Join experts from ANSTO and industry to explore how quantum sensing is transforming nuclear technologies, enhancing safety, strengthening security and unlocking powerful new capabilities for the future.
Quantum technologies are moving rapidly from theory to real world application, including in nuclear technologies. In this webinar, hosted by ScienceMeetsBusiness on behalf of ANSTO, experts explore how quantum sensing could transform capabilities, safety and security across nuclear technologies and other industries.
Join us to discover how ultra-sensitive quantum sensors can enable more precise measurements, earlier detection of anomalies, and enhanced monitoring in complex environments. We will examine practical uses, current research directions on materials, and what these advances could mean for industry, government, and research organisations.
If you work in the nuclear sector, engineering, defence, security, or advanced manufacturing, this session will give you valuable insight into where quantum sensing is heading and why it matters now.
Panellists
Dr David Cortie
ANSTO
Dr Cortie is a research scientist at the Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation and an adjunct lecturer in the School of Physics at the University of Wollongong. His work focuses on exploring emerging magnetic materials using advanced nuclear methods, particularly spin‑polarised neutron techniques. This area of research, known as quantum beam science, provides unparalleled insight into the atomic‑scale structure and dynamics of complex materials, bridging the fields of nuclear science and quantum technology.
Prof Jared Cole
RMIT University/Diraq
A theoretical and computational physicist, Prof Cole specialises in quantum theory and its application in electronics, computing and condensed-matter physics. He is also Director of the RMIT Applied Quantum Technologies research centre. Current research interests include quantum circuit theory, superconducting devices, spin physics and photochemistry, semiconductor devices, decoherence, nano-electronics, quantum information and computing.
A/Prof Elizabeth Williams
Australian National University
Associate Professor
Williams is a nuclear physicist by training, with a PhD in nuclear physics from Yale. She joined ANU in 2012, where she held an ARC DECRA Fellowship in nuclear reactions before switching over to research and teaching related to safety-critical systems design. She currently leads the nuclear systems discipline for the ANU School of Engineering. She is also creator and host of the Nuclear Matters podcast.
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📅 Date: Wednesday 15 April 2026
⏰ Time: 12 noon AEST
📍 Online via Zoom | Free Registration
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