Prof. Michael Tobar

Professor Michael Tobar is a leading researcher in precision and quantum limited measurement and testing fundamental physics, which has been recognised by many awards both internationally and nationally as well as many invited talks at international conferences. Within EQUS, Professor Tobar is a Research Theme Leader, Node manager, and Chief Investigator

He leads the Quantum Technologies and Dark Matter Research Laboratory at the University of Western Australia (qdmlab.com), and is also a leader in the ARC Centre of Excellence for Dark Matter Particle Physics. His broad research interests encompass the disciplines of frequency metrology, precision and quantum measurements, low temperature, condensed matter and quantum physics. Over his career he has developed a variety of measurement tools, allowing investigations in many areas of Physics and Engineering, leading to many prestigious awards. In particular, he has developed technologies to undertake precise tests of fundamental physics and has also adapted such technology to the commercial sector, which includes 13 patents on precision radar and detectors and over 300 refereed journal publications. He also leads the well-known ORGAN axion Dark Matter detector collaboration co-funded by both Centres, and in 2019 his group become an official collaborator of the famous Axion Dark Matter eXperiment situated at the University of Washington, Seattle.