Impact and Translation
The Impact and Translation Committee aims to build and support a culture of research translation and commercialisation within the Centre. Our goal is to align our technology with end-user needs to deliver practical applications.
Our key aspects
Building a culture of research translation and entrepreneurship
Provide opportunities for COMBS researchers to learn about research translation through focussed workshops and bootcamps, industry placements with COMBS partners, and mentoring with researchers who have rich experience in research translation and entrepreneurship.
Impact mapping
Conduct impact mapping workshops with COMBS researchers and partners to identify industry and societal needs that our technology can address. This includes the ongoing identification of key markets and end-users, expanding our reach beyond current partners, particularly within Australia.
Building strategic partnerships
Engage with global industrial road mapping initiatives (e.g. IEEE Integrated Photonics Systems Roadmap), engagement with our industry partners, non-industrial impact opportunities (e.g. Astronomy and Space programs), and national security initiatives such as ASCA.
IP management
In collaboration with our University research partnership and translation teams, create common processes to capture and protect intellectual property and, most importantly, identify pathways for investment in the development and translation of this IP to create impact.
Our Impact and Translation Committee
Dr Adam Chrimes
Adam manages the research and impact translation activities at the Australian Research Council Centre of Excellence in Optical Microcombs for Breakthrough Science (COMBS).
Professor David Lancaster
David is a laser researcher and inventor who is interested in sensing, defence and advanced manufacturing applications.
Dr William (Bill) Corcoran
Bill is an optical communications researcher focusing on using novel photonic technologies to fix problems in the systems underpinning the backbone of the internet.
Professor Allison Kealy
Allison is a Professor specialising in Geodesy and resilient positioning, navigation, and timing, with the aim of developing more resilient navigation systems that can operate without dependency on satellite signals.
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.
Dr Toby Mitchell
Toby is a postdoctoral research associate contributing to the ARC COMBS centre working with Astrocombs at Swinburne University of Technology.
Dr Christopher Perrella
Christopher is an Associate Investigator whose research aims to push the limits of precision measurement for both fundamental and applied research
Featured case studies
Predicting the unpredictable: Investing in science and technology for the next decade
From discovering Earth-like planets to revolutionising medical imaging for earlier diagnostics – we are aiming for high-impact outcomes at COMBS. A key step in achieving this is bridging the gap between researchers and end-users to align our research with society’s biggest future challenges.