The School of Mathematical and Physical Sciences at UTS brings together a vibrant research and teaching culture with a diversity of interest areas of chemistry, forensic science, mathematical sciences and physics.
Executive staff
The School of Mathematical and Physical Sciences is led by the Head of School, Professor Steven Langford and is supported by:
- Associate Professor Alexander Solntsev, Associate Head of School (Research)
- Associate Professor Charles Cranfield, Associate Head of School (Teaching and Learning)
- Camila Cremonese, School Manager
Professional and technical staff
A group of professional and technical staff support the School operations. Our major teaching and research support roles are:
School Professional Staff Team
- Camila Cremonese, School Manager
- Zimo Wei, School Administration Officer
- Victor van Doren - School Academic Officer (Research)
- Madeline Witt - School Academic Officer (Teaching & Learning)
- Anne Devenish-Meares - Research Centre Coordinator (IBMD/QUBIC)
- Sarma Strazds - Research Centre Coordinator (CFS/AFTER)
- Sophia Aharonovich - Research Centre Coordinator/Outreach Officer (TMOS)
Chemistry and Physics Technical Services Managers
- Chad Jarolimek, Research
- Anthea Harris, Teaching
- Jane Yao, CCET Manager
Disciplines
The School of Mathematical and Physical Sciences teaches across four key disciplines:
Forensic Science
Led by Associate Professor Xanthe Spindler
In the discipline of forensic science, we share the vision that crime reduction, crime solving and national security in general are important for society and that there are great benefits for Australia in modern and validated scientific techniques, processes and policies for the prevention and investigation of crime and terrorism.
Mathematical Sciences
Led by Professor James Brown
Mathematical sciences at UTS maintains research expertise across a broad range of areas in Applied Mathematics and Statistics, with a strong orientation towards industry-focussed problems and applications. Areas of research strength include Financial Mathematics, Operations Research, Theoretical Photonics, Differential Equations, Computation, Statistical Methods and Data Science.
Read about the early development of mathematics at UTS (PDF, 139KB)
Physical Sciences
Led by Professor Christopher Poulton
We are a multidisciplinary discipline conducting research in the areas of photonics, plasmonics, quantum physics, biomedical physics and advanced and emerging materials. We share the goal of advancing the fields of communication, computing and optical technologies by harnessing the unique attributes of photons, as well as studying their generation and interactions with metamaterials, two-dimensional materials, and other advanced materials.
Chemical Sciences
Led by Professor Andrew McDonagh
The study of chemistry is central to an understanding of the world around us, the properties of modern materials, and is relevant to all other science areas, such as physics, biology, geology and the environment.
Research Institutes, Centres and Initiatives
The School of Mathematical and Physical Sciences has five Research-Intensive areas, each of which has a Director: