This watertank is used with the 23 MV linear accelerator to measure and calibrate the photon beam used for radiation therapy treatment.

Research Program & Research Centres

The School of Chemistry & Physics brings together and consolidates the University’s broad-ranging and cutting-edge research in the fundamental disciplines of chemistry and physics.

Research within the School is at the forefront of developments, generating high-profile media events and capturing international attention in the world's best research journals. The School's research groups receive extensive external funding and enjoy significant collaboration with researchers both nationally and internationally.

To conduct this research, the School has a wide range of state-of-the-art equipment, and IT infrastructure supported by technical and workshop staff. Supercomputing is supported by eResearch South Australia founded by academics within the School.

School Research Groups

The School has a diverse program of research.  The research interests in Chemistry are grouped into the following themes:

• Energy & Environment,
  
• Functional Materials,
  
• Medicinal & Biological Chemistry,
  
• Molecular Photoscience & Ion Chemistry.

Physics research encompasses.

• Atmospheric Physics,
  
• Atomic & Molecular Physics,
  
• Geophysics, 
  
• High Energy Astrophysics,
  
• Medical Physics,
  
• Optics & Photonics,
  
• Theoretical Physics, 
  
• Particle & Nuclear theory, and
  
• Physical Archaeometry.  

Research Centres

The School accommodates

• the Centre of Expertise in Photonics (CoEP)
  lead by Professor Tanya Monro (Federation Fellow)
  
• the ARC Special Research Centre for the Subatomic Structure of Matter (CSSM)
  with Director, Professor Anthony Williams and
  
• the ARC Centre of Excellence for Antimatter-Matter Studies
  lead by Professor Birgit Lohmann.

The School has developed strong links with a variety of partner organisations including

• The South Australian Partnership for Advanced Computing (SAPAC)
• DSTO
• CSIRO
• RAH