Peter Hannaford

Peter Hannaford (born 15 July 1939) is an Australian academic and university professor. He is the Director of the Centre for Atom Optics and Ultrafast Spectroscopy at Swinburne University of Technology in Melbourne, and winner of the Walter Boas Medal in 1985.

Education and career Hannaford studied at the University of Melbourne, where he earned his Bachelor of Science (BSc) in 1961, his Master of Science (MSc) in 1963, and his Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) in 1968.

Awards 1985 — Walter Boas Medal of the Australian Institute of Physics 1991 — Fellow of the Australian Academy of Science (FAA) 2023 — Companion of the Order of Australia (AC)

Selected publications From magnetic mirrors to atom chipsAndrei Sidorov and Peter Hannaford (Eds. J. Reichel and V. Vuletic) Wiley-VCH Chapter 1, pp. 3–31 (2011)