The Australian Synchrotron has appointed two new members to the Board of Directors. The new directors are Professor Max Lu, Deputy Vice Chancellor (Research) University of Queensland and Professor Keith Nugent, Laureate Professor and ARC Federation Fellow, School of Physics, University of Melbourne.

Max Lu is an internationally renowned scientist in material sciences and nanotechnology. Keith Nugent is also Research Director at the Australian Research Council Centre of Excellence for Coherent X-ray Science.