Dr. Cormac Corr

Biography

Associate Professor Cormac Corr holds a degree in Applied Physics and a PhD titled 'A Study of Instabilities in Electronegative RF-Driven Discharges' from Queen's University Belfast. After completing his PhD, Cormac spent several years working at the Laboratory of Plasma Physics at Ecole Polytechnique in Paris before joining the Australian National University (ANU) in 2006. At ANU, he has attracted around $6 million in funding including an ARC Future Fellowship and various government and industry grants totaling approximately $1.2 million. He has supervised around 50 research students in projects focused on physics and engineering. Cormac has won several teaching awards, including an individual College of Science award for Outstanding Contributions to Student Learning and a team award for the Physics Project Market Day. He was recognized as a Senior Fellow of the Higher Education Academy in 2018 and received the Directors Award for continuous outstanding teaching contributions in 2022. He teaches the largest undergraduate physics course at ANU (PHYS1101) and leads a research group focusing on plasma-modified materials with applications in extreme environments, nuclear technology, and nanostructured materials for energy solutions. His research interests include high-pressure plasma torches, plasma-surface interactions, plasma source development, plasma modeling, and diagnostics.

Research Interests