Keith Nugent

Keith Nugent
AO FAA
Born (1959-06-28) 28 June 1959
Bath, England
NationalityDual Australian-English
Alma materAustralian National University, University of Adelaide
Known for
SpouseEroia Barone-Nugent
Awards
  • 2004 Victoria Prize for Excellence in Science, Technology and Innovation
  • 2003 Centenary Medal
  • Two R&D 100 Award for Innovation (1988 and 2002)
  • Elected as Fellow of the Australian Academy of Science (2001)
  • Walter Boas Medal (1997) of the Australian Institute of Physics
  • Edgeworth David Medal (1992) of the Royal Society of New South Wales
  • Pawsey Medal from the Australian Academy of Science (1989)
Scientific career
FieldsPhysicist

Keith Alexander Nugent AO FAA (born 28 June 1959) is an Australian physicist. He is Emeritus Professor of Physics at the Australian National University (ANU) in Canberra.

He was the Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Research and Innovation) of the Australian National University (ANU) from January 2019 to January 2024.

Prior to this he was Deputy Vice-Chancellor and Vice-President (Research) at La Trobe University, Victoria, and a Laureate Professor of Physics at the University of Melbourne, specialising in X-ray optics and optical physics.

He received a first-class honours degree from the University of Adelaide and his PhD from the ANU. Nugent is a Fellow of the Australian Academy of Science (FAA), and is known for his research in X-ray optics, X-ray free electron laser science, novel approaches to microscopy and X-ray phase contrast imaging.

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