{"id":4335,"date":"2017-04-29T13:43:47","date_gmt":"2017-04-29T03:43:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/intraining.com.au\/?p=4335"},"modified":"2017-04-11T13:53:14","modified_gmt":"2017-04-11T03:53:14","slug":"meet-a-member-matt","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dev3.dxcoders.com\/index.php\/2017\/04\/29\/meet-a-member-matt\/","title":{"rendered":"Meet a club member &#8211; Matt Davis"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Meet MATT DAVIS<\/h2>\n<h3><a href=\"http:\/\/intraining.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/MattDavis.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-4308\" src=\"http:\/\/intraining.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/MattDavis-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"MattDavis\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" \/><\/a>About Matt<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Professor of Theoretical Physics at the University of Queensland.<\/li>\n<li>Physics Lecturer to undergraduate students, and researcher in Quantum Physics.<\/li>\n<li>In 2015 I was fortunate to spend 12 months on sabbatical at the University of Colorado in Boulder where I got to spend 100% of my time on research.<\/li>\n<li>intraining Club Member since 2013<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>intraining Running\u00a0 Groups<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Tuesday Speed:\u00a0 Indooroopilly<\/li>\n<li>Thursday Threshold:\u00a0 Indooroopilly<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Matt works in an area called \u201cultracold quantum gases\u201d.\u00a0 \u201cThese can be realised experimentally by taking a small sample of pure atoms of a metal such as sodium or rubidium, and using lasers and magnetic fields to cool them down to a few billionths of a degree above absolute zero.\u00a0 At such cold temperatures quantum physics takes over, and the gas can become a \u201csuperfluid\u201d \u2013 it can flow without friction, and rotate only by forming vortices.\u00a0 \u201cMy particular speciality is studying these systems driven away from equilibrium.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>This research has led Matt to be involved in two recently announced Australian \u201cCentres of Excellence.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Centre for Engineered Quantum Systems is trying to develop new \u2018quantum technologies\u2019 based on this sort of physics for precision sensing and building new types of devices.\u00a0 \u201cThe Centre for Future Low-Energy Electronics Technologies is trying to develop devices using these ideas that use minimal power \u2013 a significant amount of the world\u2019s energy budget goes towards electronics.\u201d<\/p>\n<h2>RUNNING FACTS ABOUT MATT<\/h2>\n<h3>Favourite Race \/ Distance<\/h3>\n<p>parkrun! I do like the 10km distance though.<\/p>\n<h3>What running experiences did you have while living in Boulder for 12 months?<\/h3>\n<p>I discovered that I really enjoyed running in the snow!\u00a0 With the right layering it is beautiful on a crisp, cool morning.<\/p>\n<h3>What is it that you enjoy about the intraining community?<\/h3>\n<p>I really like the positivity and encouragement, regardless of natural ability.<\/p>\n<h3>How did you start running?<\/h3>\n<p>I found it hard to fit exercise in between work and family.\u00a0 But I had a very large colleague at work who began running, and within 12 months was as skinny as a rake and was running marathons in close to three hours.\u00a0 A second colleague from Germany is even busier than me \u2013 but when he came to visit me for a month, I discovered that he was still fitting in time to train for a half marathon.\u00a0 I decided that if those guys could make the time, then I could too, and started running on my own one or twice a week.<\/p>\n<p>I was cajoled by friends into entering the Bridge to Brisbane in 2012, and really enjoyed it. I did it again the next year after qualifying for the \u201cred zone\u201d and had such a good time I decided I would start training more regularly for a half marathon. I met Stephen Walmsley by chance at the Rocks Riverside parkrun trial run, and he encouraged me to come along to an intraining session.<\/p>\n<h3>What do you do to relax?<\/h3>\n<p>Running has been the very best thing I have found for relaxation!<\/p>\n<h3>Personal Best&#8217;s (PB&#8217;s)<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>5km: 20:19<\/li>\n<li>10km: 43:47<\/li>\n<li>Half: 1:35:19<\/li>\n<li>Marathon: I have yet to develop the urge to train for a marathon<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\">Keen to meet other intraining club members?<\/h3>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/intraining.com.au\/intrainingclub\/running\/meet-a-club-member\/\" target=\"_blank\">Click here<\/a> to meet more members.<\/h3>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\">Ready to join the club or want to <a href=\"http:\/\/intraining.com.au\/intrainingclub\/why-intraining-club\/\">find out more<\/a>?<\/h2>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Meet MATT DAVIS About Matt Professor of Theoretical Physics at the University of Queensland. 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