The discovery and development of an ‘optical wrench’ has won Professor Halina Rubinsztein-Dunlop AO the 2021 C. E. K. Mees Medal.
A Chief Investigator at the Australian Research Council Centre of Excellence for Engineered Quantum Systems (EQUS) and professor of physics at The University of Queensland, Professor Rubinsztein-Dunlop is a pioneer of the field of optical micromanipulation—that is, using light to manipulate and move tiny objects.
