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Structured light, photonic chip, nanophotonics, nano-optics, hyperspectral imaging, fibre optics, quantum nanophotonics

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Biography

I am a DECRA Fellow and lead the Structured Nanophotonics Group at Monash. My nanophotonics research exploits the full potential and multi-dimensional nature of light and its controlled light-matter interactions at the nanoscale. My motivation is driven by fascinating optical physics and photonic applications across many topical areas in optics-related fields. I have avaialble PhD and Honours projects, please reach out if you are interested in our nanophotonics research - a fun field in applied physics.

As Chief Investigator, I have secured over $2M in research funding in the past five years, including 2024 ANFF-VIC Technology Fellow Ambassador, 2024 Perkins Collaboration Research Award - Walk for Women's Cancer, 2023 Perkins ECR Awards, Monash Uplift Grants (2022, 2024), DECRA Fellowship, Discovery Project, Macquarie University Research Fellowship, and Humboldt Research Fellowship.

I am an Associate Investigator for the ARC Centre of Excellence for Transformative Meta-Optical Systems. I have published more than 30 first- and corresponding-authored papers in top journals such as Science, Science Advances, Nature Photonics, Nature Nanotechnology, Nature Communications, Physical Review Letters, and Advanced Materials. I have received prestigious awards, including the 2024 SPIE Best Paper Award, the 2023 Rising Stars of Light, the 2022 Emerging Leaders (Journal of Optics), the 2022 ANZOS Geoff Opat Early Career Researcher Prize, and the 2017 Victoria Fellowship. I have been invited to speak at over 30 major international conferences and serve as Chair of the OPTICA (leading society in optics and photonics) Photonic Metamaterials Technical Group.

Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals

In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):

  • SDG 7 - Affordable and Clean Energy

Education/Academic qualification

Optics, PhD, Nanophotonics manipulation of angular momentum of light for information optics, Swinburne University of Technology

20 Mar 201317 Feb 2017

Award Date: 17 Feb 2017

External positions

Chair of the Photonic Metamaterials Technical Group at OPTICA (formly OSA), Optica LLC

1 Jan 202431 Dec 2026

Honorary Research Fellow, Macquarie University

1 Jun 202231 May 2027

Associated Investigator, The Australian Research Council Centre of Excellence for Transformative Meta-Optical Systems

1 Jan 202231 Dec 2023

Research area keywords

  • Nanophotonics
  • Structured light
  • Integrated photonics
  • Quantum optics
  • Holographic display
  • Optical sensing
  • Fibre optics
  • Meta-optics
  • Plasmonics
  • Orbital angular momentum

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