Researcher biography

Jacinda Ginges is a theoretical physicist in the School of Mathematics and Physics at UQ. Her research is directed towards atomic tests of fundamental physics, involving development and application of high-precision many-body methods for heavy atoms. Her areas of expertise include high-precision studies of fundamental symmetries violations (parity, time) and probes of nuclear structure. Atomic parity violation studies provide some of the tightest constraints on possible new physics beyond the standard model of particle physics, complementing searches for new physics at the LHC and dark matter searches. Studies of parity- and time-reversal-violating atomic electric dipole moments tightly constrain possible new sources of CP-violation appearing in theories beyond the standard model.

Positions:

  • 2024- Associate Professor, The University of Queensland, Australia
  • 2018- Senior Lecturer, The University of Queensland, Australia
  • 2018-2022 ARC Future Fellow, The University of Queensland, Australia
  • 2017 Research Fellow, ARC Centre of Excellence for Engineered Quantum Systems, The University of Sydney, Australia
  • 2014-2016 Senior Research Associate, UNSW Sydney, Australia
  • 2004-2008 ARC Australian Postdoctoral Fellow and Lecturer, UNSW Sydney, Australia
  • 2004 Avadh Bhatia Postdoctoral Fellowship for Women, University of Alberta, Canada