Bruce McKellar

Professor Bruce Harold John McKellar <a href="/facts/Companion_of_the_Order_of_Australia/rx4oLyAh">AC</a> (born 1941) is an Australian theoretical particle physicist who is Honorary <a href="/facts/Professorial_Fellow/v0wgBCGl">Professorial Fellow</a> at the Centre of Excellence for Particle Physics at the Terascale (CoEPP) in the School of Physics at <a href="/facts/The_University_of_Melbourne/KbwoHgto">The University of Melbourne</a>. The <a href="/facts/International_Union_of_Pure_and_Applied_Physics/ah3BodlS">International Union of Pure and Applied Physics</a> (IUPAP) elected him as its President-Designate in 2012. In November 2014 McKellar became President of IUPAP, the first-ever Australian to take on this role.
McKellar is a theoretical particle physicist who is known for his work on <a href="/facts/Particle_physics/YgIuyj2t">particle physics</a> and many other fields such as <a href="/facts/Nuclear_physics/fzQbt1aF">nuclear physics</a> and <a href="/facts/Cosmology/yM19zM7Y">cosmology</a>. His other work has had applications in <a href="/facts/Photography/ezLPT43M">photography</a>, atmospherics physics and <a href="/facts/Geophysics/ywVQ1sAQ">geophysics</a>, as well as implications for <a href="/facts/Pure_mathematics/V29nQC1C">pure mathematics</a>.
On <a href="/facts/Australia_Day/tnL0gXva">Australia Day</a> (<a href="/facts/2014_Australia_Day_Honours/UDCUNt1h">26 January 2014</a>), McKellar was appointed a <a href="/facts/Companion_of_the_Order_of_Australia/rx4oLyAh">Companion of the Order of Australia</a> (AC) by Governor-General <a href="/facts/Quentin_Bryce/bBRrFuXN">Quentin Bryce</a>, for his service to science, particularly <a href="/facts/Theoretical_physics/Cs2Y12rQ">theoretical physics</a>, as an academic, educator and researcher, through seminal contributions to scientific development organisations, and as an author and mentor. The AC is Australia's highest civilian honour.

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Bruce McKellar