Advisory Board
Distinguished Professor Calum Drummond
Calum is RMIT’s Deputy Vice-Chancellor Research and Innovation and Vice-President. He is the chair of the COMBS Advisory Board.
Dr Amanda Caples
Amanda is Victoria’s Lead Scientist, a role that aligns and connects Victoria’s science, technology and innovation capability with business needs and with government’s economic development activities. She is a member of the COMBS Advisory Board.
Dr Kate Cornick
Kate is the CEO of LaunchVic and has considerable experience in both technology and innovation across startups, corporate, academia and government. She is a member of the COMBS Advisory Board.
Dr Nadia Court
Nadia is the inaugural Director of the Semiconductor Sector Service Bureau (S3B). She is a member of the COMBS Advisory Board.
Dr Katja Digweed
Katja is a Research Director at Australia’s national Science Agency, CSIRO. She is a member of the COMBS Advisory Board.
Professor Kathryn McGrath
Kathryn is the Deputy Vice Chancellor Research at the University of Technology Sydney. She is a member of the COMBS Advisory Board.
Professor Karen Hapgood
Karen is the Deputy Vice Chancellor Research at Swinburne University of Technology. She is a member of the COMBS advisory board.
Professor Arnan Mitchell
Distinguished Professor Arnan Mitchell is an expert in integrated photonics who works with academics and industry to create technology solutions with real world impact.
Dr Scott Kolbe
Scott leads the Centre operations of the Australian Research Council Centre of Excellence in Optical Microcombs for Breakthrough Science (COMBS).