Physicist

Specialisations: Nuclear Physicist, Medical Physicist, Biophysicist, Astrophysicist, Astronomer, Nanotechnology Engineering Technologists, Crystallographer

• Evaluating results of investigations and experiments and expressing conclusions, mainly using mathematical techniques and models
• Observing, analysing and interpreting celestial phenomena and developing methods, numerical models and techniques to extend knowledge of fields such as navigation, satellite communication, space exploration, celestial bodies and cosmic radiation
• Ensuring the safe and effective delivery of radiation (ionising and non-ionising) to patients to achieve a diagnostic or therapeutic result as prescribed by a medical practitioner
• Ensuring the accurate measurement and characterization of physical quantities used in medical applications
• Developing, implementing and maintaining standards and protocols for the measurement of physical phenomena and for the use of nuclear technology in industrial and medical applications
• Testing, commissioning and evaluating equipment used in applications such as imaging, medical treatment and dosimetry
• Advising and consulting with medical practitioners and other health care professionals in optimizing the balance between the beneficial and deleterious effects of radiation
• Applying principles, techniques and processes to develop or improve industrial, medical, military and other practical applications of the principles and techniques of physics or astronomy
• Conducting research and improving or developing concepts, theories, instrumentation, software and operational methods related to physics and astronomy
• Preparing scientific papers and reports