Associate Investigators
Our Associate Investigators contribute to the Centre’s Research Themes and Operational Committees.
Professor Amanda Berry
Amanda is a Professor in STEM Education, a passionate advocate for engaging the interest of, participation in, and success of all young people in STEM fields.
Dr Antoine Runge
Antoine’s research is currently focused on optical solitons for use in nonlinear photonic applications.
Dr Baoyue Zhang
Baoyue researches two-dimensional materials, nanotechology, plasmonic material, bio-sensing and electronic devices.
Dr Blanca del Rosal
Blanca is developing technology that uses nanoparticle beams to unveil the inner workings of the brain.
Dr Chathura Bandutunga
Chathura is developing fibre optic metrology architectures using high speed real-time digital signal processing.
Dr David Welch
David is Founder and Chief Innovation Officer at Infinera, the optical equipment specialist.
Professor Dawn Tan
Dawn’s fields of interest are in experimental optical physics, pertaining to the study of both nonlinear and linear optical phenomena, nanophotonics and quantum optics.
Dr Jiayang Wu
Jiayang’s research focuses on integrated device technologies that can provide compact device footprint, low power consumption, and the capability for large-scale manufacturing.
Professor Robyn Barnacle
Robyn is a Professor in research education and is passionate about supporting researchers and creating a more just world through education, research, and culture change.
Dr Sarah Scholten
Sarah’s research endeavours to harness the unique properties of light to break the boundaries of precision measurement for both fundamental and applied research.
Professor Sascha Schediwy
Sascha is an astrophysicist and has translated technologies and combined them with adaptive optics techniques used in cutting-edge optical telescopes.
Professor Scott Diddams
Scott performs experimental research in the fields of precision spectroscopy and metrology, nonlinear optics, microwave photonics and ultrafast lasers.
Professor Thomas Cox
Thomas’ work focuses on integrating matrix biology of cancer with precision medicine, and in particular the role of Lysyl Oxidase enzymes.
Dr Voon Hui Lai
Voon is an observational seismologist and uses a wide range of geophysical observations and novel analyses to observe seismic waveforms at high resolution.
Dr Wenle Weng
Wenle is a researcher in photonics and applied physics, with a focus on non-linear dynamics.
Dr Moritz Merklein
Moritz is a member of research staff at The University of Sydney. He works on the Information and Intelligence theme.