Andy Martin

Professor Andy Martin is a Professor in the School of Physics within the Faculty of Science at the University of Melbourne, where he holds the position of Associate Dean (Research). He obtained his BSc (Hons) in Physics in 1992 and PhD in Theoretical Condensed Matter Physics in 1996 from Lancaster University. After completing his doctorate, he undertook postdoctoral research fellowships at the University of Geneva from 1999 to 2001 and at the University of Nottingham from 2001 to 2004. Martin joined the University of Melbourne in 2004 as a Lecturer, advancing to Senior Lecturer in 2006, Associate Professor, and full Professor in 2016. He was awarded an ARC QEII Research Fellowship at the University of Melbourne starting in 2001 and has secured various significant grants from the Australian Research Council throughout his career. Additionally, he served as an IAS Fellow at Durham University from October to December 2017 and contributes to public outreach through articles in The Conversation.

Martin's research encompasses a broad spectrum within condensed matter physics and quantum optics. His work includes investigations into superconductivity, dephasing effects and charge fluctuations in mesoscopic electronic devices, modeling of interfaces and disorder in high-temperature superconductors, and the breakdown of the integer quantum Hall effect. More recently, his focus has shifted to the emergent properties of ultra-cold quantum gases, quench dynamics of few-body quantum systems, and the effects of physical rotation on quantum systems probed using nitrogen-vacancy centers in diamond. Other key areas involve Bose-Einstein condensates, cavity quantum electrodynamics, mesoscopic physics, quantum meta-materials, strongly correlated states of light in coupled atom-cavity systems, flocking phenomena in biological systems, and the emergence of defects in early universe dynamics. He leads projects such as Dynamics of Interacting Bose Gases/Fluids in Atomic and Condensed Matter Systems and Many-Body Approach to the Emergent Properties of Interacting Ultra-Cold Quantum Gases. Notable publications include 'Quantum Electrometry of Non-Volatile Space Charges in Diamond' (2026), 'Measurement of a quantum system using spin-mechanical conversion' (2026), 'Photoelectric detection of single spins in diamond by optically controlled discharge of long-lived trap states' (2025), 'Reduced density matrix approach to one-dimensional ultracold bosonic systems' (2025), and 'Energetics and Efimov states of three interacting bosons and mass-imbalanced fermions in a three-dimensional spherical harmonic trap' (2023), contributing to over 2,600 citations.