Anton Wallner is the Head of the Department of Accelerator Mass Spectrometry and Isotope Research at HZDR.
Currently the spokesperson of the ATLAS experiment at the LHC, Professor Karl Jakobs is an experimental particle physicist with a well-established career using detectors situated at particle colliders. When not present full-time at CERN, he leads the particle physics group at the University of Freiburg.
Professor Gianfranco Bertone is an internationally renowned theoretical physicist working at the interface between particle physics, astrophysics and cosmology.
Professor Phil F. Hopkins is a world-leading computational astrophysicists and expert on dark matter simulations, and has developed one of the standard supercomputer simulation codes, GIZMO.
Assistant Professor Tracy Slatyer is an esteemed theoretical particle physicist, who has worked extensively on searches for and models of dark matter, especially searches employing astrophysical and cosmological data.
One of the world’s most eminent theoretical physicists, Professor Frank Wilczek was awarded the 2004 Nobel Prize in Physics (alongside David Gross and Hugh David Politzer) for his discovery of asymptotic freedom in strong interactions.
Dr. Richard Garrett is Senior Advisor, Strategic Projects, and Manager, Industry and External Engagement at the Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation (ANSTO).
Dr. Michael Hotchkis is Principal Research Scientist at the Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation (ANSTO).
Dr. Damian Marinaro will explore technology transfer between the Centre and the Defence, National Security, and Industry sectors.
Professor Diemoz has over thirty years of experience in high-energy physics, and is the current Director of Italy’s Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare (INFN).
Dr. Aldo Ianni is the current Director of the Laboratorio Subterráneo de Canfranc underground laboratory, and has considerable experience in the development and operation of dark-matter direct-detection experiments in low-radiation underground environments.
Associate Professor Gray Rybka is a leading researcher in the area of axion direct-detection searches.
Professor Neil Spooner is a world-leading expert in dark matter detection and neutrino physics, including development of directional dark-matter direct-detection methods.