Ross McKenzie

Emeritus Professor of Physics, University of Queensland

Biography

He is an Emeritus Professor of Physics at the University of Queensland, Australia. He received his BSc from the Australian National University and an MA and PhD from Princeton University. From 2008 to 2012, he held an Australian Professorial Fellowship from the Australian Research Council.

He is the author of Condensed Matter Physics: A Very Short Introduction (Oxford University Press, 2023).

His research interests are in Condensed Matter Theory, Chemical Physics, and Quantum Many-Body Theory. His chief research projects have been in the areas of: Models for strongly correlated electron materials such as organic and cuprate superconductors; Magnetoresistance of layered metals, including topological insulators; Excited states of organic molecules; Hydrogen bonding; Emergent phenomena in complex systems; and the relationship between science and theology.

Ross McKenzie is married to Robin and has two adult children. He enjoys writing blogs, including Soli Deo Gloria: Thoughts on theology, science and culture, a blog related to his scientific research, Condensed Concepts, and being part of the “Holy” Scribblers. From 2020-2024, he worked part-time for the International Fellowship of Evangelical Students, helping facilitate the Logos and Cosmos Initiative, which stimulated science and theology discussions in Latin America and Francophone Africa.