Two ARC Future Fellowships awarded to CAOUS researchers

ARC Future Fellowships have been awarded to two CAOUS researchers, Dr. Jeff Davis and Assoc. Prof. Chris Vale, in the 2012 round.

The Future Fellowships scheme promotes research in areas of critical national importance by giving outstanding researchers incentives to conduct their research in Australia. The four-year fellowships are intended to attract and retain the best and brightest mid-career researchers.

To win two Future Fellowships in the same round is a remarkable achievement for the Centre.

The project titles and summaries of the two successful proposals are:

Dr. Jeff Davis:
Quantitative multidimensional optical spectroscopy: revealing dynamics and structure in complex condensed matter systems

Project Summary:
Understanding how quantum mechanics affects photosynthesis and how it can cause interactions between distant nanostructures are intriguing problems that may be of great significance for future smart technologies. This project will gain unprecedented insight into these processes using a novel technique to identify and resolve the mechanisms responsible.

Assoc Prof. Chris Vale:
Two-dimensional Fermi superfluids: understanding frictionless flow in flatland

Project Summary:
At the lowest known temperatures in the universe small samples of atoms can form new states of matter such as superfluids that flow with zero resistance. This project will provide new insight into the important case of two dimensional Fermi superfluids, which may elucidate the key physics behind high temperature superconductivity.