John Watt (born c.1932) is an Australian physicist, former Assistant Chief of the CSIRO Division of Mineral and Process Engineering, and Australia Prize winner.
[2] John Watt started work with the Australian Atomic Energy Commission (AAEC) as a Research Officer after graduating from The University of Sydney in 1956 with a Master of Science.
He worked in the AAEC Isotope Division, becoming Head of the Radioisotope Applications Research Section in 1967.
John's research has covered a whole range of on-line analysis applications in the minerals, coal and oil industries.
In 2003 Watt was awarded a Centenary Medal for service to Australian society in applied physics.