Tim Molteno presents Steve Rawlins Lecture

Tim Molteno presented the prestigious Steve Rawlings Lecture, on “The Transient Array Radio Telescope, at the South African Radio Astronomy Observatory postgraduate conference 2024.Tim is known for his innovative […]

Sciences Divisional Awards 2024

Congratulations to Blair Blakie and Hannah Kasenich for their divisional awards 2024! Outstanding Researcher Professor Blair Blakie, Department of Physics Professor Blair Blakie is a globally recognised leader in theoretical […]

Marsden Fund success 2024

Congratulations to Otago Physics awardees of the 2024 Marsden round: Professor Niels Kjaergaard and Dr Matthew Chilcott, Physics, $941,000, Modifying the transmission of light through quantum-controlled light scattering Associate Professor […]

Quantum Many-body Physics with Fermions in an Optical Box

Petra Fisher awarded Woolf Fisher Scholarship

Petra Fisher, Physics BSc (Hons) student at Otago, is one of four Woolf Fisher Trust scholarship awardees for New Zealand in 2025. The prestigious scholarship will fund Petra’s doctoral research […]

Trapping Dysprosium in a Magnetic Optical Trap Directly from a Thermal Beam

Radio Astronomy in South Africa: Probing galaxy cluster environments with MeerKAT

World Ozone Day: What’s the deal with the ozone hole?

Hannah Kessenich

Topology in time-evolving quantum systems

Sir Michael Berry: James and Jean Davis Prestigious Visitor of the University of Otago

Sir Michael Berry, distinguished British physicist, renowned for his groundbreaking contributions to the field of quantum mechanics and wave phenomena has visited New Zealand as a James and Jean Davis […]