People

Professor Benjamin Eggleton

FAA, FTSE, FOSA, FIEEE, FSPIE

Pro-Vice-Chancellor (Research)
Co-Director – NSW Smart Sensing Network (NSSN)
Principal Investigator – Jericho Smart Sensing Laboratory (JSSL)
School of Physics, Institute of Photonics and Optical Science (IPOS)

Email: benjamin.eggleton@sydney.edu.au
Michael Spence Building F23
The University of Sydney NSW 2006
www.sydney.edu.au/nano
www.sydney.edu.au/science/people/benjamin.eggleton.php

Professor Eggleton is a leading physicist in integrated nanophotonics and nonlinear optical physics and has made seminal contributions to the fields of optics, photonics and optical communications technology.

Before serving as the Director of The University of Sydney Nano Institute and Co-Director of the NSW Smart Sensing Network (NSSN), Professor Eggleton was the founding Director of the Institute of Photonics and Optical Science (IPOS) at the University of Sydney. He was previously an ARC Laureate Fellow and an ARC Federation Fellow twice. In addition, he was the founding Director of the ARC Centre of Excellence for Ultrahigh bandwidth Devices for Optical Systems (CUDOS) from 2003-2017.

During nearly 30 years of doing research, he has made significant advances in nonlinear optics, waveguides, soliton physics, and fundamentals and applications of slow light. He has also made important contributions to optical communications technology with applications to ultrafast and ultra-broadband and energy efficient information signal processing devices that are chip-based.

Dr Alvaro Casas Bedoya
Associate Director, Integrated Photonics Sensing Group
Phone: +61 2 8627 4412
Email: alvaro.casasbedoya@sydney.edu.au
Building A31 – Sydney Nanoscience Hub
The University of Sydney NSW 2006
www.sydney.edu.au/science/people/alvaro.casasbedoya.php

Dr Eric Magi
Senior Research Fellow
Phone: +61 2 9036 5206
Email: eric.magi@sydney.edu.au
Building A28 – School of Physics
The University of Sydney NSW 2006
www.sydney.edu.au/science/about/our-people/academic-staff/eric-magi

Dr Moritz Merklein
Senior Research Fellow
Phone: +61 2 8627 7320
Email: moritz.merklein@sydney.edu.au
Building A28 – School of Physics
The University of Sydney NSW 2006

Dr Choon Kong Lai
Postdoctoral Research Associate
Phone: +61 2 8627 9379
Email: choon.lai@sydney.edu.au
Building A28 – School of Physics
The University of Sydney NSW 2006

Dr Tomonori Hu
Research and Development Theme Leader – NSW Smart Sensing Network
Phone: +61 2 9351 6049
Email: tomonori.hu@nssn.org.au | tomonori.hu@sydney.edu.au
Building A28 – School of Physics
The University of Sydney NSW 2006
www.nssn.org.au/tomonori-hu

Dr Ayu Saraswati
Senior Machine Learning & Data Engineer
Email: ayu.saraswati@nssn.org.au
Building A28 – School of Physics
The University of Sydney NSW 2006

Dr Timothy Bui
Senior Clean Room Process Development Engineer
Email: cong.bui@sydney.edu.au
Building A28 – School of Physics
The University of Sydney NSW 2006

Ms. Harjit Rana
Associate Director, Design, Translation and Engagement
Email: harjit.rana@sydney.edu.au
Building A31 – Sydney Nanoscience Hub
The University of Sydney NSW 2006

Mr. David Powers
Senior Industrial Designer
Email: david.powers@sydney.edu.au
Building A28 – School of Physics
The University of Sydney NSW 2006

Ms Simone Kingston
Research Associate – Webmaster
Email: simone.kingston@sydney.edu.au
Building F13 – Anderson Stuart
The University of Sydney NSW 2006

Mr. Jack Liang
Senior Electronics & Development Engineer in Prototyping
Phone: +61 2 8627 9693
Email: jack.liang@sydney.edu.au
Building A28 – School of Physics
The University of Sydney NSW 2006

Mr James Coyte
Senior Electronic Engineer
Phone: +61 2 8627 9268
Email: james.coyote@sydney.edu.au
Building A28 – School of Physics
The University of Sydney NSW 2006

Mr Ziqian Zhang
Associate Lecturer
Email: ziqian.zhang@sydney.edu.au
Building A28 – School of Physics
The University of Sydney NSW 2006

Mr Ben Agnew
Software Engineer
Email: benjamin.agnew@sydney.edu.au
Building A28 – School of Physics
The University of Sydney NSW 2006

Ms Kristia Ningsih
PhD Student
Email: knin3722@uni.sydney.edu.au
Building A28 – School of Physics
The University of Sydney NSW 2006

Mr Tom Corne
Senior Electronics and Development Engineer
Email: tom.corne@sydney.edu.au
Building A28 – School of Physics
The University of Sydney NSW 2006

Mr Ryan Russell
Research Assistant
Email: rrus9997@uni.sydney.edu.au
Building A28 – School of Physics
The University of Sydney NSW 2006

Ms Caitlin Zou
Senior Project Officer
Email: caitlin.zou@sydney.edu.au
Building A28 – School of Physics
The University of Sydney NSW 2006

Mr Joshua Golden
Casual Lab Assistant
Email: joshua.golden@sydney.edu.au
Building A28 – School of Physics
The University of Sydney NSW 2006

Mr Mitchell Austin
Research and Development Engineer (Secondee)
Email: mitchell.austin@sydney.edu.au
Building A31 – Sydney Nanoscience Hub
The University of Sydney NSW 2006

Mr Milad Elisha
Capstone Project Student
Building A28 – School of Physics
The University of Sydney NSW 2006

Ms Ancy Rajan
Capstone Project Student
Building A28 – School of Physics
The University of Sydney NSW 2006

Mr Aswant Ramana Arunachalam
Capstone Project Student
Building A28 – School of Physics
The University of Sydney NSW 2006

Mr Austin Lin
Dalyell Project Student
Building A28 – School of Physics
The University of Sydney NSW 2006

Ms Xie Kun Xie
Capstone Project Student
Building A28 – School of Physics
The University of Sydney NSW 2006

Affiliates

Dr Nicholas Haskins
Chief Operating Officer – NSSN
Phone: +61 2 9385 5450 
Email: nicholas.haskins@nssn.org.au
Building A28 – School of Physics
The University of Sydney NSW 2006
www.nssn.org.au/nick-haskins

Previous Staff & Students

Mr Nicholas Athanasios
PhD Student

Ms Calla Klafas
Senior Research and Development Engineer

Ms Reena Parihar
Visiting PhD Student

Mr Matéo Yerlès
Visiting Research Student

Dr Zihang Zhu
Visiting Researcher

Mr Gaurav Agarwal
Research Assistant

Mr Max Kiewiet
Visiting Research Student

Dr Peter Krug
Scientific Consultant

Mr Eyder Mauricio Loango Alegria
Lab Assistant

Ms Inka-Maria Bane
Project Administrator – NSSN

Mr Meritxell Cabrejo Ponce
Visiting Research Student

Mr Guo Xin
Visiting Research Student

Mr Jingxiang Zhou
Visiting Research Student

Mr Andres Cuellar
Lab Assistant

Mr. Yuanfei Zhang
Visiting Research Student

Ms Michelle Wang
Honours Student

Dr Yang Liu
Postdoctoral Researcher

Mr Udai Rathore
Research Assistant

Mr James Arnall
Research Assistant

Dr Zhitao Xiong
Research Theme Leader

Mr Samuel Jakes
Research Assistant (Software Developing)

Mr Luke McKay
PhD Student

Ms Kate Nguyen
Project Administrator – Eggleton Research Group

Dr Shouyi Xie
Postdoctoral Research Associate

Mr Victor Zdanowicz-Muchlado
Senior Software Engineer

Mr Andrew Stasiak
Electronics and Development Engineer- JSSL

Ms Alison Haire
Senior Full-stack Developer

Ms Vera Brinkel
Research Administration Officer – Eggleton Group

Mr Jimmy Tran
Electronics Engineer – NSSN

Mr Ivan Chua 
Business Development Manager – NSSN

Mr Lachlan Goulden
Research Assistant – Casual

Wiwid Howat
Senior Project Officer

Mr Mingqian Chen
Research Assistant – Casual

Mr Oliver Bickerton
Research/Lab Assistant

Govert Neijts
Visiting PhD Student

Ms Kimi Izzo
Electronics & Development Engineer

Cristina Catalá Lahoz
Visiting Research Student

Mr Matthew Garrett
PhD Student (Casual)