Edward Simpson

Edward Simpson is a Senior Fellow in the Department of Nuclear Physics & Accelerator Applications at the Research School of Physics, Australian National University. He completed his PhD in nuclear theory at the University of Surrey in 2009 and has held research positions at the University of Surrey, University of York, and ANU.

Research Interests: His work spans nuclear collisions with applications in:

• Nuclear fusion and structure
• Radiation effects in space environments
• Proton/hadron beam cancer therapy
• Astrophysics

Awards:

• UK Institute of Physics Nuclear Physics Group Prize (2010)
• Young Tall Poppy Award (2018)
• Research School of Physics Director's Award (2018)
• Nomination for ANU College of Science Supervision Award (2019)

Grants:

• ARC Discovery Project: Cluster Dynamics in Nuclear Fusion (2019, $510K)
• National Computational Infrastructure: Nuclear Reaction Cross Sections (2018, 1.76M CPU hours)
• ARC Discovery Project: Quantum Thermalisation Framework (2016, $643.5K)
• Travel grants from ANU and Ian Potter Foundation (2015)

Teaching: Leads Quantum Scattering courses (PHYS4304/2013), supervises undergraduate projects (10+ students), Capstone Engineering (6 students), and Honours candidates.

Affiliation: Member of Nuclear Reaction Dynamics and Nuclear & Radiation Modelling research groups.