Keith Nugent

Keith Nugent
Born (1959-06-28) 28 June 1959 (age 65)
Bath, England
NationalityDual Australian-English
Alma materAustralian National University, University of Adelaide
Known for
SpouseEroia Barone-Nugent
Awards
  • 2004 Victoria Prize for Excellence in Science, Technology and Innovation
  • 2003 Centenary Medal
  • Two R&D 100 Award for Innovation (1988 and 2002)
  • Elected as Fellow of the Australian Academy of Science (2001)
  • Walter Boas Medal (1997) of the Australian Institute of Physics
  • Edgeworth David Medal (1992) of the Royal Society of New South Wales
  • Pawsey Medal from the Australian Academy of Science (1989)
Scientific career
FieldsPhysicist

Keith Alexander Nugent FAA (born 28 June 1959) is an Australian physicist.[1] He is Emeritus Professor of Physics at the Australian National University (ANU) in Canberra.

He was the Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Research and Innovation) of the Australian National University (ANU) from January 2019 to January 2024.

Prior to this he was Deputy Vice-Chancellor and Vice-President (Research) at La Trobe University,[2] Victoria, and a Laureate Professor of Physics at the University of Melbourne, specialising in X-ray optics and optical physics.

He received a first-class honours degree from the University of Adelaide[3] and his PhD from the ANU. Nugent is a Fellow of the Australian Academy of Science (FAA),[4] and is known for his research in X-ray optics, X-ray free electron laser science, novel approaches to microscopy and X-ray phase contrast imaging.

  1. ^ "Nugent, Keith Alexander (1959-)". Trove. National Library of Australia. Retrieved 11 May 2012.
  2. ^ "Keith Nugent at La Trobe". scholars.latrobe.edu.au. Retrieved 17 December 2021.
  3. ^ "Professor Keith Nugent". Business Victoria. 25 March 2007. Archived from the original on 25 March 2007.
  4. ^ "Keith Nugent". www.science.org.au. Retrieved 17 December 2021.