Murray Batchelor

Murray Batchelor
Born	1961 Taree, New South Wales, Australia
Residence	Australia
Fields	Mathematics, Physics
Institutions	Australian National University
Alma mater	Australian National University University of New South Wales
Notable awards	Pawsey Medal, Australian Mathematical Society Medal

Murray Thomas Batchelor (born 27 August 1961), is an Australian mathematical physicist. He is currently the Head of the Department of Theoretical Physics in the Research School of Physics and Engineering with a joint appointment in the Mathematical Sciences Institute at the Australian National University. He is best known for his work in mathematical physics and theoretical physics. However, Batchelor has also shown an interest in ancient and modern stromatolites, which has led him on a number of field trips to outback Australia, including to the Pilbara Craton and to Hamelin Pool Marine Nature Reserve.

Academic career

Batchelor was educated at Chatham Public School and Chatham High School (Taree, New South Wales) in Taree. He completed an Honours degree in Theoretical Physics at the University of New South Wales in 1983, graduating with 1st class honours and a University Medal. Batchelor completed a PhD in Mathematics at the Australian National University in 1987.

His first postdoctoral research position was at the Lorentz Institute in Leiden. After a time as a postdoctoral research fellow in mathematics at the University of Melbourne he took up an Australian Research Council QEII Fellowship at the Australian National University. He then was awarded two successive ARC Senior Research Fellowships, followed by an ARC Professorial Fellowship in 2003.

Batchelor has held visiting positions at a number of universities, including the University of Oxford, the University of Tokyo and Institut Henri Poincaré.

During his career, Batchelor has published over 150 peer-reviewed papers. He is a Fellow of the Australian Mathematical Society, the Australian Institute of Physics and the Institute of Physics (UK).

Batchelor is currently Editor-in-Chief of Journal of Physics A: Mathematical and Theoretical. Prior to this he served as Mathematical Physics Section Editor (2007-2008) and as a member of the Editorial Board (2005-2006).

In 2008 Batchelor was awarded an Honorary Professorship at Chongqing University, China. He is a General Council Member of the Asia-Pacific Center for Theoretical Physics.

Public Roles

Batchelor served on the Mathematical and Information Sciences and Technology Assessment Panel for the Australian Research Quality Framework (2007).

Awards

• University Medal, UNSW - 1983

• Pawsey Medal, Australian Academy of Science - 1997

• Australian Mathematical Society Medal - 1998

• ARC Professorial Fellowship 2003

External links

• Personal home page
• Journal of Physics A|Journal of Physics A: Mathematical and Theoretical

Selected bibliography

• The Bethe Ansatz after 75 years, M. T. Batchelor, Physics Today (2007) 60:36-40.
• The art of sangaku, M. T. Batchelor, Nature Physics (2008) 4:669.

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Name	Batchelor, Murray
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Date of birth	27 August 1961
Place of birth	Taree, New South Wales, Australia
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