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R.G. Menzies Scholarship to Harvard

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Short profiles of the Menzies Scholars named elsewhere on this site, drawn from their official university, court and organisation pages. Where a role can change, we give it as at October 2026. Each profile links to its sources.

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  1. Maja Cassidy

    2008 Menzies Scholar · PhD in Applied Physics, Harvard School of Engineering and Applied Sciences

    As at October 2026 she is a Senior Lecturer, ARC DECRA Fellow and Scientia Fellow in the School of Physics at UNSW Sydney, where she leads the QMD lab. After a master’s and PhD in applied physics at Harvard and a postdoctoral fellowship at TU Delft/QuTech, she spent five years as a Principal Research Manager at Microsoft Quantum, where she led quantum hardware integration. Her research develops technologies for future quantum computing and sensor systems.

    Source: UNSW staff profile: Maja Cassidy (opens in a new tab)

    Maja Cassidy on the Honour Roll

More Scholars

These are 9 of the 103 Menzies Scholars since 1968. The Honour Roll lists every one, and scholars who have joined the scholar network can add a public profile. Spotted something out of date? Let us know.