Nicole F. Bell (born 1975) is an Australian physicist who is a professor at the University of Melbourne. She is a theoretical physicist who works on dark matter, neutrino physics, and other topics in particle and astroparticle theory.[1]
Nicole F. Bell | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1975 (age 48–49) |
| Alma mater | University of Melbourne |
| Scientific career | |
| Institutions | University of Melbourne California Institute of Technology Fermilab |
| Thesis | Neutrino oscillations and the early universe (2000) |
| Website | https://blogs.unimelb.edu.au/nicole-bell/ |
Bell is president of the Australian Institute of Physics. She was awarded the 2020 Australian Academy of Science Nancy Millis Medal for her work on dark matter and particle theory.
Education and career
editBell is from Australia. She earned her doctorate at the University of Melbourne with thesis research on neutrino oscillations and the early universe.[2] After earning her doctorate, Bell moved to the United States and joined the Fermilab Center for Particle Astrophysics as a research fellow. After three years at Fermilab, Bell was awarded a Sherman Fairchild Prize Fellowship at the California Institute of Technology.[3]
Bell returned to the University of Melbourne in 2007.[4] In 2011, she became a Chief Investigator of the Australian Research Council Centre of Excellence for Particle Physics at the Terascale, and in 2020, the Theory Program leader of the ARC Centre of Excellence for Dark Matter Particle Physics.[3]
In 2021 Bell was elected vice president of the Australian Institute of Physics.[4] Bell became president of the Australian Institute of Physics in 2023.[5]
Awards and honours
edit- 2001 Bragg Gold Medal in Physics[6]
- 2012 Australian Research Council Future Fellowship[7]
- 2016 Elected Fellow of the American Physical Society "for fundamental contributions regarding the interface of astrophysics and particle physics, particularly in neutrino astrophysics and cosmology, and dark matter phenomenology."[8]
- 2020 Elected Fellow of the Australian Institute of Physics[9]
- 2020 Australian Academy of Science Nancy Millis Medal for Women in Science[10]
Personal life
editBell has three children.[citation needed]
References
edit- ^ "Nicole Bell". STEM Women. Retrieved 24 April 2022.
- ^ Bell, Nicole F (2000). Neutrino oscillations and the early universe (Thesis). OCLC 222921402.
- ^ a b "CV | Nicole Bell". Retrieved 24 April 2022.
- ^ a b "New hands at the helm, galactic evolution, Science Meets Parliament, and old computers the size of wardrobes | Australian Institute of Physics". Retrieved 24 April 2022.
- ^ Durrani, Matin (17 March 2023). "Ask me anything: Nicole Bell – 'Collaboration is the norm: we achieve more when we work together'". Physics World. Retrieved 6 April 2023.
- ^ "Bragg Gold Medal for Excellence in Physics". Retrieved 24 April 2022.
- ^ "ARC Future Fellows announced | CoEPP". www.coepp.org.au. Retrieved 24 April 2022.
- ^ "APS Fellow Archive". APS. Retrieved 24 September 2020.
- ^ "AIP Fellows".
- ^ "2020 Nancy Millis Medal for Women in Science". Australian Academy of Science. Retrieved 24 April 2022.