Murray Thomas Batchelor (born 27 August 1961) is an Australian mathematical physicist.
Prior to this he served as Mathematical Physics Section Editor (2007–2008) and as a member of the Editorial Board (2005–2006).
However, Batchelor has also shown an interest in ancient and modern stromatolites, which has led him on a number of field trips to outback Australia, including to the Pilbara Craton and to Hamelin Pool Marine Nature Reserve.
In 2018 he led research into the stones used to build Buckingham Palace, determining that they were made from 200 million year old microbes.
[2] Batchelor served on the Mathematical and Information Sciences and Technology Assessment Panel for the Australian Research Quality Framework (2007).