
Associate Professor Ross Young
Associate Professor
School of Physics, Chemistry and Earth Sciences
Faculty of Sciences, Engineering and Technology
Eligible to supervise Masters and PhD - email supervisor to discuss availability.
Some recent features:
RMP: Scattering processes and resonances in lattice QCD
Nature: Precision measurement of the weak charge of the proton
Nature News & Views: Strangeness in the proton
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Appointments
Date Position Institution name 2016 - ongoing Associate Professor University of Adelaide 2012 - 2016 ARC Future Fellow University of Adelaide 2010 - 2015 Lecturer University of Adelaide 2007 - 2009 Eugene P. Wigner Postdoctoral Fellow Argonne National Laboratory 2004 - 2007 Postdoctoral Fellow Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility -
Awards and Achievements
Date Type Title Institution Name Country Amount 2020 Research Award Order of Merit, Mid-Career Research Excellence University of Adelaide Australia - 2012 Fellowship ARC Future Fellowship University of Adelaide Australia $686k -
Education
Date Institution name Country Title 2001 - 2004 University of Adelaide Australia PhD
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Journals
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Book Chapters
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Conference Papers
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Conference Items
Year Citation 2015 Hall, J., Kamleh, W., Leinweber, D., Menadue, B., Owen, B., Thomas, A., & Young, R. (2015). On the structure of the lambda 1405. Poster session presented at the meeting of Proceedings of 32nd International Symposium on Lattice Field Theory: Hadron spectroscopy and interactions. Columbia University, New York: SISSA.
DOI Scopus12015 Hall, J. M. M., Kamleh, W., Leinweber, D. B., Menadue, B. J., Owen, B. J., Thomas, A. W., & Young, R. D. (2015). The Lambda(1405) is a KN molecule. Poster session presented at the meeting of Proceedings of Science. Online: Scuola Internazionale Superiore di Stdi Avanzati (SISSA). -
Preprint
Year Citation 2025 Can, K. U., Crawford, J. A., Horsley, R., Rakow, P. E. L., Schar, T. G., Schierholz, G., . . . Zanotti, J. M. (2025). The Gross-Llewellyn Smith sum rule from lattice QCD. 2025 Can, K. U., Horsley, R., Rakow, P. E. L., Schierholz, G., Stüben, H., Young, R. D., & Zanotti, J. M. (2025). Towards nucleon structure function moments and parton momentum fractions
from lattice QCD.2025 Can, K. U., Crawford, J. A., Horsley, R., Rakow, P. E. L., Schierholz, G., Stüben, H., . . . Zanotti, J. M. (2025). Transverse force distributions in the proton from lattice QCD. 2025 Can, K. U., Horsley, R., Rakow, P. E. L., Schierholz, G., Stüben, H., Young, R. D., & Zanotti, J. M. (2025). Renormalisation Group Equations for 2+1 clover fermions. 2024 Can, K. U., Horsley, R., Nakamura, Y., Rakow, P. E. L., Schierholz, G., Stüben, H., . . . Zanotti, J. M. (2024). The parity-odd structure function of nucleon from the Compton amplitude. 2024 Li, Y., Wu, J. -J., Lee, T. -S. H., & Young, R. D. (2024). Generalized boost transformations in finite volumes and application to
Hamiltonian methods.2024 Hannaford-Gunn, A., Can, K. U., Crawford, J. A., Horsley, R., Rakow, P. E. L., Schierholz, G., . . . Zanotti, J. M. (2024). Reconstructing generalised parton distributions from the lattice
off-forward Compton amplitude.2024 Crawford, J. A., Can, K. U., Horsley, R., Rakow, P. E. L., Schierholz, G., Stüben, H., . . . Zanotti, J. M. (2024). Transverse force distributions in the proton from lattice QCD. 2023 Smail, R. E., Batelaan, M., Horsley, R., Nakamura, Y., Perlt, H., Pleiter, D., . . . Zanotti, J. M. (2023). Constraining beyond the Standard Model nucleon isovector charges. 2009 Young, R. D., Hall, J. M. M., & Leinweber, D. B. (2009). Towards selecting a finite-range regularization scale.
Year | Project | Investigators | Funding scheme | Amount |
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2024–2026 | Unravelling the neutron lifetime puzzle with lattice quantum chromodynamics | J Zanotti, R Young | ARC Discovery Project | $431,814 |
2022–2024 | Imaging the spatial distribution of forces that bind quarks to a proton | R Young, J Zanotti | ARC Discovery Project | $395,000 |
2021–2022 | Emergent phenomena revealed in subatomic matter | W Kamleh, D Leinweber, R Young, J Zanotti | Pawsey Centre for Extreme scale Readiness (PaCER) | $123,785 |
2019–2021 | Supercomputing the tomography of the proton | J Zanotti, R Young | ARC Discovery Project | $396,000 |
2014–2016 |
Elucidating the role of quantum electrodynamics in hadron properties |
R Young, J Zanotti, D Leinweber | ARC Discovery Project | $375,000 |
2012–2016 |
Interplay of the forces of nature: electroweak and strong interactions |
R Young | ARC Future Fellowship | $685,928 |
2011–2017 | ARC Centre of Excellence for particle physics at the terascale | G Taylor, T Ghergetta, A Thomas, K Varvell, B Yabsley, R Volkas, C Balazs, N Bell, E Barberio, M Sevior, A Williams, R Young, A Limosani | ARC Centre of Excellence | $25,200,000 |
2011–2013 | Excitation spectra of quantum chromodynamics | R Young, D Leinweber | ARC Discovery Project | $300,000 |
Current teaching:
- Gauge Field Theories (2010-2012,2017–present)
- Classical Physics II (2017–present)
- Quantum Mechanics II (2024–present)
- Physics IA (2024–present)
- Principles & Practices of Research I (2017-present)
- Coordination: Principles & Practices of Research III (2022–present)
Previous courses:
- Quantum Field Theory (2010–2012,2014–2022)
- Physics for Life & Earth Sciences I (2017–2022)
- Physics IIA: Introductory Quantum Mechanics (2011–2013)
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Current Higher Degree by Research Supervision (University of Adelaide)
Date Role Research Topic Program Degree Type Student Load Student Name 2025 Co-Supervisor Investigating superconducting quantum interference devices (SQUIDs) by mean of effective field theories Doctor of Philosophy Doctorate Full Time Mr Alex Austin Moulds 2025 Co-Supervisor Charm quarks in spectroscopy and structure from lattice QCD Doctor of Philosophy Doctorate Full Time Ms Lula Abdirashid Ali 2024 Co-Supervisor Hadronic structure of the pion from Lattice QCD Doctor of Philosophy Doctorate Full Time Mr Jordan McKee 2024 Principal Supervisor Constraining Beyond Standard Model Physics with Lattice QCD Doctor of Philosophy Doctorate Full Time Mr Ian Van Schalkwyk 2024 Co-Supervisor Radiative Corrections to Neutron Decay via Lattice Quantum Chromodynamics Master of Philosophy Master Full Time Mr Joshua Charles Perks 2023 Co-Supervisor Generalised Parton Distributions Doctor of Philosophy Doctorate Full Time Mr Matthew Rumley 2023 Co-Supervisor Searching for beyond the Standard Model physics at the Belle II experiment through the application of machine learning algorithms Doctor of Philosophy Doctorate Full Time Mr Cameron Cooper Harris 2022 Co-Supervisor Transverse Properties of Baryons Using Lattice Quantum Chromodynamics Doctor of Philosophy Doctorate Full Time Mr Joshua Alexander Crawford 2022 Co-Supervisor Algorithmic aspects of lattice QCD for nuclear and particle physics Doctor of Philosophy Doctorate Full Time Mr Nabil Humphrey -
Past Higher Degree by Research Supervision (University of Adelaide)
Date Role Research Topic Program Degree Type Student Load Student Name 2023 - 2025 Principal Supervisor Lattice Discretisation Artefacts in the Compton Amplitude Master of Philosophy Master Full Time Mr Thomas Gerard Schar 2021 - 2025 Co-Supervisor Precision Constraints of Electroweak Decays of Hadrons with Lattice QCD Doctor of Philosophy Doctorate Full Time Miss Rose Eden Smail 2020 - 2022 Co-Supervisor Novel Algorithms for Computing Nuclear Correlation Functions in Lattice Quantum Chromodynamics Master of Philosophy Master Full Time Mr Nabil Humphrey 2020 - 2023 Principal Supervisor The Compton Amplitude from the Lattice Feynman-Hellmann Method Doctor of Philosophy Doctorate Full Time Mr Alec Hannaford Gunn 2019 - 2022 Principal Supervisor Broken flavour-symmetry induced state mixing in lattice QCD+QED Doctor of Philosophy Doctorate Full Time Mr Zeno Rafael Kordov 2019 - 2023 Co-Supervisor Baryon Structure Using the Feynman-Hellmann Theorem in Lattice Quantum Chromodynamics Doctor of Philosophy Doctorate Full Time Mr Mischa Batelaan 2019 - 2024 Principal Supervisor Hadronic Momentum Fractions: Calculation and Renormalisation from the Feynman-Hellmann Method in Lattice QCD Doctor of Philosophy Doctorate Full Time Dr Tomas Liam Howson 2019 - 2024 Co-Supervisor Just a little bit of flavour: A search for B to mu nu using semileptonic-tagging at Belle II Doctor of Philosophy Doctorate Full Time Ms Shanette Anne De La Motte 2018 - 2020 Co-Supervisor Direct CP Violation in B Meson Decays Master of Philosophy Master Full Time Mr Liam Christopher Hockley 2018 - 2020 Principal Supervisor Generalised Parton Distributions from Lattice Feynman-Hellman Techniques Master of Philosophy Master Full Time Mr Alec Hannaford Gunn 2016 - 2020 Co-Supervisor Transverse Properties of Baryons using Lattice Quantum Chromodynamics Doctor of Philosophy Doctorate Full Time Mr Jacob Maddox Bickerton 2016 - 2020 Co-Supervisor Hadron Structure Using Feynman–Hellmann Theorem Doctor of Philosophy Doctorate Full Time Kim Yves Somfleth 2015 - 2019 Principal Supervisor Isospin Violating Hadronic Mass Splittings using Lattice QCD+QED Doctor of Philosophy Doctorate Full Time Mr Zachary Koumi 2015 - 2020 Co-Supervisor B-Physics in Lattice QCD and at Belle II Doctor of Philosophy Doctorate Full Time Miss Sophie Elizabeth Hollitt 2014 - 2018 Principal Supervisor Hadron Structure and the Feynman-Hellmann Theorem in Lattice Quantum Chromodynamics Doctor of Philosophy Doctorate Full Time Dr Alexander John Chambers 2014 - 2019 Principal Supervisor Charge Symmetry Violation in the Extraction of Strangeness Form Factors of the Nucleon Doctor of Philosophy Doctorate Full Time Mr Ali Abdullah M Alkathiri 2013 - 2017 Principal Supervisor Improved Determination of Hadron Matrix Elements using the Variational Method Doctor of Philosophy Doctorate Full Time Jack Dragos 2012 - 2015 Co-Supervisor Strangeness and Charge Symmetry Violation in Nucleon Structure Doctor of Philosophy Doctorate Full Time Miss Phiala Elisabeth Shanahan 2011 - 2016 Co-Supervisor PROPERTIES OF HADRONS FROM A NON-PERTURBATIVE APPROACH Doctor of Philosophy Doctorate Full Time Mr Manuel Eduardo Carrillo Serrano 2011 - 2014 Co-Supervisor Hadron Structure in Electroweak Precision Measurements Doctor of Philosophy Doctorate Full Time Mr Nathan Luke Hall 2011 - 2013 Co-Supervisor Resonance in a Finite Volume in Quantum Chromodynamics Master of Science Master Full Time Mr Anthony Chi-Pin Hsu 2011 - 2015 Co-Supervisor Hadrons and Quarks in Dense Matter: From Nuclear Matter to Neutron Stars Doctor of Philosophy Doctorate Full Time Dr Daniel Leslie Whittenbury 2011 - 2016 Co-Supervisor Supersymmetric Dark Matter in the NMSSM and E6SSM Doctor of Philosophy Doctorate Full Time Ms Sophie Underwood 2011 - 2016 Co-Supervisor Nonperturbative Aspects of Kaon Structure Doctor of Philosophy Doctorate Full Time Mr Parada Tobel Paraduan Hutauruk 2010 - 2014 Co-Supervisor Behaviour of Quantum Chromodynamics Near an Infrared Fixed Point Doctor of Philosophy Doctorate Full Time Mr Galib Omar M Souadi 2010 - 2011 Co-Supervisor Modelling the Nucleon Axial Form Factor in a Finite Volume Master of Philosophy Master Full Time Mr Nathan Luke Hall 2010 - 2011 Co-Supervisor Chiral Effective Field Theory Beyond the Power-Counting Regime Doctor of Philosophy Doctorate Full Time Dr Jonathan Hall 2010 - 2013 Co-Supervisor Chiral-Scale Perturbation Theory About an Infrared Fixed Point Doctor of Philosophy Doctorate Full Time Mr Lewis Tunstall
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