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Associate Professor Karen Livesey
Contact details are only visible to registered journalists. To register click hereHonorary Associate Professor of Physics (School of Maths and Physics)
University of Wollongong
Associate Professor Adjoint (Biofrontiers Center & Physics)
University of Colorado Colorado Springs
Newcastle, NSW, Australia
Expertise
Nanotechnology, physics, magnets, nanomedicine, materials physics, mathematical physics, static electricityMedia
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Previous media experience
In 2023, I gave 8 radio interviews in 5 states, plus 11 public talks in pubs and at universities. I visited 19 schools. I wrote an article that was published in ABC News and the Conversation, plus was discussed on TV. I have extensive media training from Science and Technology Australia as part of the Superstars of STEM program.
In 2025 I gave several interviews for print articles (the Guardian, ABC News) and radio (ABC Adelaide, ABC Newcastle).
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Biography
Associate Professor Karen Livesey is designing nanomagnets for applications in computing and treating cancer.As first-in-family to graduate high school, Karen went on to study a BSc and a PhD in Theoretical Physics at the University of Western Australia. After a long stint at the University of Colorado - Colorado Springs (USA), she returned to Australia to take up a position at the University of Newcastle (2020-2026).
She has won awards for her teaching and research, and gives public lectures and radio interviews around Australia. In 2023, she was the Women in Physics lecturer (Australian Institute of Physics) and was 1 of 60 Superstars of STEM (Science and Technology Australia).
In 2026, she took up roles as Honorary Associate Professor at the University of Wollongong and started a two year term as chair of the NSW branch of the Australian Institute of Physics.
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Female
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https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4392-7784
Last updated: 11 Dec 2025