Karen Livesey

Associate Professor of Physics, University of Newcastle

Dr Karen Livesey was the 2023 Women in Physics lecturer, touring the nation thanks to the Australian Institute of Physics. She is a Superstar of STEM in 2023-24, awarded by Science and Technology Australia. Along with teaching theoretical physics at the University of Newcastle, she researches nano-magnets with biomedical and technological applications.

Experience

–present

Senior Lecturer of Physics, University of Newcastle
2018–2020

Associate Professor of Physics, University of Colorado - Colorado Springs

Education

2010

University of Western Australia, PhD / Physics

Honours

Superstar of STEM 2023-24, Women in Physics Lecturer 2023, Citation: Australian Award for University Teaching 2023, Emmy Noether Fellow 2019