I N T E R N E T G A T E W A Y : P H Y S I C S

P E O P L E & O R G A N I Z A T I O N S

This page contains a number of links to New Zealand, Australian and International university physics departments, government departments, and organizations.

New Zealand

Universities

Massey University
Institute of Fundamental Sciences

University of Auckland
Department of Physics

University of Canterbury
Physics and Astronomy Department.

University of Otago
Department of Physics

University of Waikato
Physics Programme

Victoria University of Wellington
School of Chemical and Physical Sciences

Organizations / Societies / Institutes

Auckland Astronomical Society

Auckland Observatory

Carter Observatory

Foundation for Research, Science and Technology
Statutory authority which is responsible for about 60% of the public expenditure on research and development in New Zealand. It covers almost all fields of science, including the social sciences but excluding defence and health.

Industrial Research Ltd.
Aims to be New Zealand’s leading provider of scientific and technological research and development in the processing, manufacturing and energy industries.

Institute of Geological and Nuclear Sciences Ltd.

Kiwi Physicists Abroad
Provides contacts for New Zealand undergraduates physics students who may be considering going abroad for graduate studies.

National Radiation Laboratory

New Zealand Association of Science Educators.
This is a national institution which represents the interests of teachers of science.

New Zealand Geophysical Society

New Zealand Government Online

New Zealand Institute of Physics

New Zealand Limnological Society

NIWA - National Institute of Water & Atmospheric Research

Royal Astronomical Society of New Zealand

Royal Society of New Zealand

Australia

Universities

Australian National University
Research School of Astronomy and Astrophysics
Research School of Physics and Engineering

Curtin University of Technology
Discipline of Applied Physics

Flinders University
School of Chemical and Physical Sciences

James Cook University
School of Mathematical and Physical Sciences

La Trobe University
Department of Physics

Macquarie University
Department of Physics

Monash University
School of Physics

Murdoch University
Physics and Nanotechnology

Newcastle University
School of Mathematical and Physical Sciences

University of Adelaide
Mathematical Physics Group
National Institute for Theoretical Physics
School of Chemistry and Physics

University of Melbourne
School of Physics

University of New England
Physics and Electronics

University of New South Wales
School of Physics

University of Queensland
School of Mathematics and Physics

University of Southern Queensland
Faculty of Sciences: Astronomy

University of Sydney
School of Physics

University of Tasmania
Discipline of Physics
Theoretical Physics Group

University of Technology, Sydney
Department of Physics and Advanced Materials

University of Western Australia
School of Physics

University of Wollongong
Department of Engineering Physics

Organizations / Societies / Institutes

Anglo-Australian Observatory (AAO)
Operates the Anglo-Australian and UK Schmidt telescopes on behalf of the astronomical communities of Australia and the UK.

Astronomical Society of Australia (ASA)

Australasian Society for General Relativity and Gravitation

Australian Academy of Science

Australian Antarctic Division

Australian Institute for High Energy Physics

Australian Institute of Nuclear Science and Engineering (AINSE)

Australian Institute of Physics

Australian Mathematical Society

Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organization (ANSTO)

Australian Synchrotron Research Program (ASRP)
Provides Australian researchers with access to state-of-the-art synchrotron radiation research capabilities at overseas synchrotron light source facilities.

Australian Telescope National Facility (ATNF)

Canberra Deep Space Communication Complex
Responsible for the tracking of spacecraft that partake in interplanetary missions. The complex is a NASA facility operated under a USA-Australian Government agreement which involves JPL, CSIRO Australia and British Aerospace Australia.

Commonwealth Science and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO): Australia’s largest scientific research agency. See particularly its Divisions for Astronomy and Space Science, "CSIRO’s provider of technology and services for radio astronomy, spacecraft tracking and space sciences", and Mathematics, Informatics and Statistics

Defence Science and Technology Organisation (DSTO)

Federation of Australian Scientific and Technological Societies (FASTS)
Aims to have a significant influence in the formulation of science and technology policy; and by improving the overall climate for research and development, to bring useful economic, environmental and social benefits to Australia.

Ionosphere Prediction Service (IPS) Radio and Space Services
A unit of the Department of Industry Science and Tourism, part of the Australian Government. IPS provides the Australian radio propagation and space environment services.

Joint Australian Centre for Astrophysical Research in Antarctica (JACARA)
Constituted to facilitate Australian participation in the development of Antarctic astronomy. It has joint nodes at the School of Physics in the University of New South Wales, and at Mount Stromlo and Siding Springs Observatories in the Australian National University.

Mount Stromlo and Siding Spring Observatories, Australian National University

Perth Observatory

Vacuum Society of Australia

International

Universities

PhysicsWeb : Directory for Physics Departments
Search Engine for international university departments.

Organizations / Societies / Institutes

Scholarly Societies Project - Physics
An up-to-date site maintained by the University of Waterloo, with links to professional and scholarly physics societies around the world.

Abdus Salam International Centre for Theoretical Physics (Trieste, Italy).

Acoustical Society of America includes the ASA Digital Library.

American Astronomical Society

American Geophysical Union

American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics

American Institute of Physics

American Mathematical Society

American Meteorological Society

American Nuclear Society

American Physical Society

American Society for Mass Spectrometry

AVS - American Vacuum Society