Congratulations to the following members who have been recognised with AIP Awards for outstanding accomplishments in research.

Prof Yuerui Lu (The Australian National University) has been awarded the Walter Boas Medal for making remarkable contributions to the development of novel optoelectronic and quantum photonic devices based on two-dimensional quantum materials.

Dr Claudia Reyes (UNSW) has been awarded the Bragg Gold Medal for Excellence in Physics, recognising the most outstanding PhD thesis in physics or its applications by a student from an Australian University, for the thesis titled:  “Asteroseismology of Giant Stars”.

Dr Sam Scholten (The University of Melbourne) has been awarded the Bragg Gold Medal for Excellence in Physics, recognising the most outstanding PhD thesis in physics or its applications by a student from an Australian University, for the thesis titled: “Development of Widefield Defect Microscopy with Electron Spins in Diamond and Hexagon Boron Nitride”.

Josh Green (The University of Western Australia) has been awarded the Thomas H Laby Medal, recognising the most outstanding Honours or Master’s thesis in physics by a student from an Australian University, for the thesis titled: “Efficient Quantum State Preparation”.

These awards will be presented at the AIP Summer Meeting in Wollongong in December.