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Professor, Physics, The University of Melbourne

Professor Nicole Bell is a theoretical physicist at the University of Melbourne. Her research lies at the interface of elementary particle physics with astrophysics and cosmology.

She leads the Theory Program of the ARC Centre of Excellence for Dark Matter Particle Physics, and is currently the Vice President of the Australian Institute of Physics.

Her research interests include:
- dark matter
- neutrino physics
- the cosmological matter-antimatter asymmetry
- particle and astroparticle phenomenology
- particle physics beyond the Standard Model

She was awarded the 2020 Nancy Millis Medal by the Australian Academy of Science for her work on dark matter and neutrino physics. She is a Fellow of the American Physical Society and the Australian Institute of Physics.

Experience

  • –present
    Professor, Physics, The University of Melbourne