Starting 6:00 pm Tuesday 24th of June 2008, Slade Lecture Theatre, School of Physics, University of Sydney.

Anatoly Rozenfeld is a Professor at the University of Wollongong, School of Engineering Physics. He was born in Kiev and has moved to Australia at the end of 1992. He has joined University of Wollongong in1993 as a lecturer aiming to work on development of medical radiation physics research and educational program. His scientific interest is in the development of innovative radiation semiconductor detectors and instrumentation based on them for radiation dosimetry, microdosimetry and nanodosimetry for radiation therapy including proton, heavy ions and synchrotron therapies, space applications and medical imaging and HEP. His major contribution in a field is in the development of mini-silicon detectors for real time dosimetry in radiotherapy and imaging. They are MOSFET detectors, silicon neutron sensors, nuclear spectroscopy based in vivo dosimetry, radiation damage monitoring dosimetry for nuclear reactors and HEP and others. Anatoly originated and contributing strongly to silicon microdosimetry direction and leading international collaboration in this field. Currently he is working with his team on semiconductor nanodosimetry.

Main Event: Monday 26th May, 6.00 pm Australian Museum (see below for alternate venues)

The Australian Institute of Physics International Women in Physics Lecture Series was instituted to celebrate the contribution of women to advances in physics. Under this scheme, a woman who has made a significant contribution in a field of physics will give a series of lectures around Australia, including a Public Lecture arranged by each participating branch of the AIP. The Lecture will be of interest to a non-specialist physics audience and is expected to increase awareness among students and their families of the possibilities offered by continuing to study physics.

New classes of optical fibres are rapidly emerging that allow fibres to be used well beyond their established role in data transmission and into applications in a broad range of areas including sensing, biology, medicine, defence and optical data processing. These developments have been enabled by research in a diverse range of areas including physics, materials science, process engineering and fluid mechanics. Recent progress in a range of areas will be reviewed. In particular, the use of tiny air holes to modify the propagation of light will be described.

How to get there:
The lecture will be held in the Terrace. Enter the Museum through the William Street entrance and catch the lift to the fourth floor. You may need to mention to security that you are at the museum for the Women in Physics Lecture.

Further enquiries, please contact:
Annette Dowd ((02)9514 2215, annette.dowd @uts.edu.au (remove space))
Mikayla Keen ((02)9320 6389, mikayla.keen @austmus.gov.au (remove space))

Alternate venues (follow links for venue specific information)

Tuesday 27th May, 7 pm, Wollongong Science Centre, University of Wollongong.

Wednesday 28th May, 11 am, Building E6A-102, Macquarie University (contact David Spence dspence @ics.mq.edu.au (remove space))