John McFerran is an Associate Professor at UWA. Since completing his Ph.D. at UWA 2003 he has held research positions at the National Institute of Standards and Technology, Boulder, CO (in the Time and Frequency Division and Optoelectronics Divisions); LNE-SYRTE, Paris Observatory, France (developing an optical lattice clock);  XLIM, Limoges, France; and the University of Durham, UK. His fields of research include optical frequency synthesis (fibre-laser and solid state-laser-based frequency combs), optical atomic clocks and laser spectroscopy. He was awarded an ARC Future fellowship in 2011 and has developed a cold atom optical clock based on ytterbium at UWA.

His teaching role has expanded in recent years and includes the topics of Atomic physics,  Nuclear physics, Modern Optics and Quantum Optics.

Masters and PhD Supervisor, Lecturer, Researcher and Academic Conduct Advisor.

ARC Future Fellow 2012-2016
ARC Centre of Excellence for Engineered Quantum Systems (EQUS): 2018-2019.

Scientific Mobility (French) travel award 2013

www.atomicclocklab.net

Optical atomic clocks.  Optical frequency synthesis. Atomic spectroscopy.

- Developing an optical lattice clock with ultracold Yb atoms.
- Measuring isotope shifts and nuclear parameters in neutral ytterbium

- Performing King plot analyses for tests of the Standard Model of particle physics

PHYS3006 Atomic and Nuclear Physics,  PHYS3012 Contemporary Physics (Modern & Quantum Optics), PHYS2001 Electromagnetism, PHYS1030 Physics Bridging.  All current apart from PHYS2001.

Measuring isotope shifts and nuclear parameters in neutral ytterbium, and performing King plot analyses for tests of the Standard Model of particle physics.

Chercheur Postdoctoral, Systèmes de Référence Temps-Espace, Observatoire de Paris, France.
Chercheur Postdoctoral, XLIM Institute, Université de Limoges, France.
Guest Researcher, National Institute of Standards & Technology, Boulder, USA.

Guest Researcher, Durham University, United Kingdom.