The CIPM has elected Dr Victoria Coleman as President of the Consultative Committee for Length (CCL) for a four-year term starting from 21 March 2023.
During the first session of its 112th meeting (21-23 March 2023) the CIPM elected Victoria Coleman as President of the Consultative Committee for Length (CCL) for a four-year term starting from 21 March 2023. Dr Coleman was awarded a PhD in Physics by the Australian National University in Canberra in 2006 for research on defects in semiconductor grade zinc oxide. She subsequently joined the Ångstrom Laboratory, Uppsala University (Sweden), as a postdoctoral researcher focusing on doping zinc oxide with cobalt for spintronic applications. In 2008 she joined the NMIA (Australia) as one of the founding members of the nanometrology section; Dr Coleman has been leading the section since 2016 with an emphasis on the development of a metrological scanning probe microscope and on particle characterization.
"With my background in dimensional nanometrology, I am honoured to take on the role of CCL President. Length metrology is at the heart of emerging measurement challenges in critical technologies such as advanced manufacturing, so it is a very exciting time to take on this role and I am really looking forward to working with the community.”
Dr Gianna Panfilo, principal physicist in the BIPM Time Department, responsible for the algorithm used for the calculation of the Coordinated Universal Time (UTC) has been the Executive Secretary of the CCL since 2018. Dr Panfilo received a Master's Degree in mathematics from the Italian University La Sapienza, Rome and a PhD in metrology from the Politecnico di Torino, Turin (Italy). Her doctoral research encompassed the mathematical model of the atomic clock error with applications to time scales and satellite systems. She is secretary of the CIPM Consultative Committee for Time and Frequency (CCTF) Working Groups on the CIPM MRA (CCTF-WGMRA), on the Primary and Secondary Frequency Standards (CCTF-WGPSFS) and of the CCL-CCTF Working Group on Frequency Standards (CCL-CCTF-WGFS). Additionally, Dr Panfilo has been Executive Secretary of the Consultative Committee for Acoustics, Ultrasound and Vibration (CCAUV) since 2015.
The BIPM wishes Dr Coleman success in the role and extends its warmest thanks to Dr Ismael Castelazo (CENAM, Mexico) who held the position from 2016 to 2023.
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