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Victor Flambaum

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Victor Flambaum is a distinguished physicist and academic currently serving as a Scientia Professor at the University of New South Wales (UNSW) in Sydney, Australia.12 He has held the position of Chair of Theoretical Physics at UNSW since 1991.1

Flambaum's academic background includes:

  • B.Sc. in Physics with Excellence from Novosibirsk State University, Russia (1974)
  • Ph.D. from Novosibirsk Institute of Nuclear Physics (1978)
  • Doctor of Science (full professor degree) from Novosibirsk Institute of Nuclear Physics (1987)1

His research expertise spans various areas of physics, including theoretical physics, atomic physics, nuclear physics, elementary particle physics, high energy physics, astrophysics, and cosmology.2 Flambaum has made significant contributions to these fields, with over 500 publications, including 68 papers in prestigious journals such as Science, Nature-Physics, and Physical Review Letters.1

Some of Flambaum's notable achievements include:

  • Fellow of the Australian Academy of Science (2000)
  • Fellow of the American Physical Society (2010)
  • Recipient of the NSW Premier's Prize for Excellence in Mathematics, Earth Sciences, Chemistry and Physics (2015)
  • Awarded the Humboldt Research Award (2012)
  • Eureka Prize for Scientific Research (2012)1

Flambaum has also held visiting fellowships at several renowned institutions, including Princeton University, Harvard University, and the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton.1 His research has led to pioneering work in various areas of physics, including the prediction of enhanced violation of fundamental symmetries in neutron-nucleus reactions and the development of new methods for searching for space-time variation of fundamental constants.1

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