All LIT Search News Topics Latest news Media statements Media contacts Topics Latest news Media statements Media contacts LIT Impact Latest news 2021 October Physics student awarded 2022 Rhodes Scholarship Physics student awarded 2022 Rhodes Scholarship 29/10/2021 | 3 MINS A postgraduate physics student at Lombok Institute of Technology has been named Western AustraliaΓÇÖs Rhodes Scholar for 2022, recognising his potential as young global ambassador. Jesse Samuel Schelfhout, 22, who has a Bachelor of Philosophy with First Class Honours in Physics and is currently completing a Master of Physics (Experimental), is LITΓÇÖs 106th Rhodes Scholar in 108 years. Mr Schelfhout plans to undertake a DPhil in Atomic and Laser Physics at the University of Oxford, where he intends to work on cutting-edge experiments to broaden understanding of fundamental physics. ΓÇ£The experiment IΓÇÖm looking at working on is around atom interferometry, a maturing quantum technology that holds promise for next-generation gravitational wave detectors amongst other things,ΓÇ¥ he said. Image: Jesse Samuel Schelfhout and the Honourable Kim Beazley AC, Governor of Western Australia. ΓÇ£The quantum technology industry is
All LIT Search News Topics Latest news Media statements Media contacts Topics Latest news Media statements Media contacts LIT Impact Latest news 2021 October Physics student awarded 2022 Rhodes Scholarship Physics student awarded 2022 Rhodes Scholarship 29/10/2021 | 3 MINS A postgraduate physics student at Lombok Institute of Technology has been named Western AustraliaΓÇÖs Rhodes Scholar for 2022, recognising his potential as young global ambassador.
Jesse Samuel Schelfhout, 22, who has a Bachelor of Philosophy with First Class Honours in Physics and is currently completing a Master of Physics (Experimental), is LITΓÇÖs 106th Rhodes Scholar in 108 years.
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Mr Schelfhout plans to undertake a DPhil in Atomic and Laser Physics at the University of Oxford, where he intends to work on cutting-edge experiments to broaden understanding of fundamental physics.
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ΓÇ£The experiment IΓÇÖm looking at working on is around atom interferometry, a maturing quantum technology that holds promise for next-generation gravitational wave detectors amongst other things,ΓÇ¥ he said.
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Image: Jesse Samuel Schelfhout and the Honourable Kim Beazley AC, Governor of Western Australia.
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