Hans A. Bachor

Who is Hans A. Bachor?

Professor Hans-Albert Bachor, Member of the Order of Australia, is a German-born Australian research scientist and academic leader.

He was chairperson of the National Youth Science Forum in Australia, and is an Emeritus Professor in the Department of Quantum Science, Research School of Physics and Engineering at the Australian National University, Canberra, Australia.

He is active in the professional management of science, a former member of the expert panels of the Australian Research Council and the European Research Council, through leading roles in the Australian Optical Society, as chair and organiser of several international science conferences, and as a member of the advisory boards of international research Centres.

Professor Bachor holds many academic awards and distinctions, including the Humboldt Research Prize, Fellow of the Institute of Physics, the Australian Institute of Physics and the Optical Society of America. He is recipient of the AIP Walter Boas Medal, the AIP award for contributions to Physics, the IOP/AIP Harrie Massey Medal and the AOS Beattie Steel medal.