Experimental and observational physics plays an important role in the physical sciences. Every model or theory must be ultimately verified or falsified in an experiment or via observations.
Observations and experiments work hand in hand with theoretical studies to explore and explain the natural world. In the UNSW School of Physics we have active experimental research into acoustics, biophysics and condensed matter physics, as well as observational astronomy focusing on exoplanets, stars in the Milky Way, and distant galaxies.
Dennis Stello's research projects
Sounding stars using data from NASA's Kepler and TESS missions
Kim-Vy Tran's research projects
Galaxy Evolution Across Cosmic Time
Ben Montet's research projects
Understanding Nearby Stars and their Planets
Chris Tinney's research projects
Exoplanets and Brown Dwarfs
Sarah Martell's research projects
Galactic archaeology with large data sets
Michael Ashley's research projects
Astronomy from Antarctica
Sarah Brough's research projects
How do galaxies change with time?
Peter Reece's research projects
Photonics and Optoelectronics Laboratory
Sven Rogge's research projects
Quantum computation in silicon
Alex Hamilton's research projects
Quantum electronics, topological electronics and quantum computing
Clemens Ulrich's research projects
Optical Spectroscopy and Neutron Scattering
Joe Wolfe's research projects
Fundamental physics of phonation
Michelle Simmons' research projects
ARC Centre of Excellence in Quantum Computation and Communication Technology
Adam Micolich’s research projects
Seeing is believing: Microscopy-capable nanoscale devices for bioelectronics applications
Dane McCamey's research projects
ARC Centre of Excellence in Exciton Science
Paul Curmi's research projects
Proteins are nature's nanomachines
Caroline Foster's research projects
Help unravel galaxy transformation using the MAGPI suite of state-of-the-art galaxy simulation mock galaxy observations.