Nicole F. Bell (born 1975) is an Australian physicist who is a professor at the University of Melbourne. She is a theoretical physicist who works on dark matter, neutrino physics, and other topics in particle and astroparticle theory. Bell is president of the

Australian Institute of Physics The Australian Institute of Physics was established in 1963, when it replaced the Australian Branch of the British Institute of Physics based in London.

. She was awarded the 2020 Australian Academy of Science Nancy Millis Medal for her work on dark matter and particle theory.

Education and career

Bell is from

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. She earned her doctorate at the University of Melbourne with thesis research on neutrino oscillations and the early universe. After earning her doctorate, Bell moved to the United States and joined the

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as a research fellow. After three years at Fermilab, Bell was awarded a Sherman Fairchild Prize Fellowship at the California Institute of Technology. Bell returned to the University of Melbourne in 2007. In 2011, she became a Chief Investigator of the

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Centre of Excellence for Particle Physics at the Terascale, and in 2020, the Theory Program leader of the ARC Centre of Excellence for Dark Matter Particle Physics. In 2021 Bell was elected vice president of the

Australian Institute of Physics The Australian Institute of Physics was established in 1963, when it replaced the Australian Branch of the British Institute of Physics based in London.

. Bell became president of the Australian Institute of Physics in 2023.

Awards and honours

* 2001 Bragg Gold Medal in Physics * 2012

Future Fellowship * 2016 Elected Fellow of the

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''"for fundamental contributions regarding the interface of astrophysics and particle physics, particularly in neutrino astrophysics and cosmology, and dark matter phenomenology."'' * 2020 Elected Fellow of the

Australian Institute of Physics The Australian Institute of Physics was established in 1963, when it replaced the Australian Branch of the British Institute of Physics based in London.

* 2020 Australian Academy of Science Nancy Millis Medal for Women in Science

Personal life

Bell has three children.

References

External links

Author page
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