Irene Bolognino

I am a Lecturer and the first female academic in particle physics at the Adelaide University — a milestone both for the department and for the broader physics community. I have always been deeply driven by STEM disciplines, and I bring a strong, interdisciplinary background across the full spectrum of astroparticle physics, spanning cosmic rays, gamma-ray astronomy, neutrinos, and dark matter. Alongside my academic career, I have accumulated several years of experience in industry — including aerospace, defence, and automotive sectors — and I continue to maintain active professional connections in these areas. These networks, combined with my international research collaborations, give me a uniquely broad scientific and technological perspective and allow me to connect students and colleagues with opportunities all over the world. I am a member of the Australian Institute of Physics, a member of the Nuclear and Particle Physics Committee, and I serve on the Mentoring Committee within the ARC Centre of Excellence for Dark Matter and Particle Physics. My roles across these committees reflect my commitment to community building, professional development, and supporting the next generation of physicists — especially women and under-represented groups in the field. Nuclear & Particles Physics, Astroparticle physics and particle cosmology, High energy astrophysics and galactic cosmic rays, Statistics, Simulation and Modelling

[2026] Fu, G., Mews, M., Scutti, F., Urquijo, P., Barberio, E., Bashu, V., . . . Zhong, Y. Y. (2026). Measurement of the cosmic muon flux at the Stawell Underground Physics Laboratory. Astroparticle Physics, 179, 13 pages. DOI: 10.1016/j.astropartphys.2026.103240 [2025] Barberio, E., Baroncelli, T., Bashu, V. U., Bignell, L. J., Bolognino, I., Brooks, G., . . . Zurowski, M. J. (2025). The SABRE South technical design report executive summary. Journal of Instrumentation, 20(4), T04001-1-T04001-40. DOI: 10.1088/1748-0221/20/04/t04001 [2025] Abreu, Y., Amhis, Y., Arnold, L., Beaumont, W., Bolognino, I., Bongrand, M., . . . Yermia, F. (2025). Search for very-short-baseline oscillations of reactor antineutrinos with the SoLid detector. Physical Review D, 111(7), 8 pages. DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevD.1