Biographical entry Nugent, Keith Alexander (1959 - )

Summary

Keith Nugent was appointed Professor of Physics at the University of Melbourne in 1993, when he was only 34. This was one of the university's youngest ever professorial appointments. Nugent is currently an ARC Federation Fellow at the School of Physics and the only Australian to twice receive an RD 100 award (R&D Magazine's award for the 100 most technologically significant products and advancements). Nugent is a world leader in research into x-ray optics, near-field microscopy, biophysical imaging and developed Quantitative Phase Imaging technology which changed the way we see and measure images using light. Nugent was educated at the University of Adelaide (BSc) and Australian National University (PhD).

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1984 - 1985

Career position - AINSE Research Fellow at the Australian National University

1985 - 1990

Career position - Lecturer in Physics at the University of Melbourne

1988

Award - R&D 100 Award received from R&D Magazine

1989

Award - Pawsey Medal received from the Australian Academy of Science

1989

Career position - Visiting Research Scientist at the University of California, USA

1991

Career position - Senior Lecturer in Physics at the University of Melbourne

1991 - 1993

Career position - Reader/Associate Professor of Physics at the University of Melbourne

1993 -

Career position - Professor of Physics at the University of Melbourne

1993

Award - Edgeworth David Medal received from the Royal Society of New South Wales

1995 - 1996

Career position - Chair of the Australian Institute of Physics, Victorian branch

2000 -

Award - Fellow of the Australian Academy of Science (FAA)

2002

Award - R&D 100 Award received

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• National Library of Australia, 'Nugent Keith Alexander', Trove, National Library of Australia and the Australian National Maritime Museum Darling Harbour, 2009, http://nla.gov.au/nla.party-1476370. Details