Academic Level E
College of Science and Engineering
Professor Michael Brunger has experimental research interests in positron and electron scattering from a range of molecular species and radicals that are of medical, technological and atmospheric importance. With colleague Dr Laurence Campbell, he has also developed a modelling faculty that enables the role of electron-driven processes in our atmosphere and that of other planets to be simulated.
Associate Dean (Research), School of Chemical and Physical Sciences.
Marie Curie Fellowship - SEP 2012
ARC DECRA - SEP 2012
JSPS Fellowship - SEP 2012
Newton International Fellowship - SEP 2012
Professor Brunger is President of the Flinders University Branch of the National Tertiary Education Union and is a member of the Australian Labor Party. He serves on the editorial boards of the journals PMC Physics B and the European Journal of Physics D and on the international scientific advisory committees of the following conferences:
He was recently Vice-Chair and then Chair of the "Will Allis PrIze" Committee of the American Physical Society (2006-10) and also served on the "Gold Bragg Medal" committee of the Australian Institute of Physics (2007-9).