Anthony B Murphy received his B.Sc. (Hons.) and Ph.D. degrees from the University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia, in 1981 and 1987, respectively. He was a postdoctoral scientist at the Max Planck Institute for Plasma Physics, Germany from 1987 to 1989. He is currently a chief research scientist with CSIRO Manufacturing, Lindfield, Australia, where he has worked on thermal plasmas, plasma catalysis and solar hydrogen production. He is a fellow of the U.K. and Australian Institutes of Physics and the American Physical Society. He has received several awards, including the 1995 Edgeworth David Medal from the Royal Society of NSW, the 2000 Pawsey Medal from the Australian Academy of Science, the 2012 Harrie Massey Medal from the U.K. and  Australian Institutes of Physics, the 2021 Plasma Innovation Prize from the Association of the Asia–Pacific Physical Societies Division of Plasma Physics, the 2021 Plasma Chemistry Award, the 2023 NSW Premier's Prize for Excellence in Mathematics, Earth Sciences, Chemistry or Physics, and the 2024 Plasma Physics Innovation Prize of the European Physical Society Plasma Physics Division.