Alexander Arriola, PhD, 2013
Alexander Arriola, PhD, 2013 While Alexander Arriola’s PhD research focused on using lasers to fabricate sensors to measure the ...
Alexander Arriola, PhD, 2013
While Alexander Arriola’s PhD research focused on using lasers to fabricate sensors to measure the concentrations of Parkinson’s biomarkers in the blood, after graduation he spent a year in Edinburgh focusing on astronomy. His quest for Earth-like planets around newly formed stars brought him back to Macquarie a year later, where he remains as a postdoctoral researcher. Today, he designs, fabricates and tests optical circuits for telescopes in Coonabarabran and Hawaii. “The work uses photonics circuits and Macquarie is a world leader in this field,” Alex says. “When I studied for my PhD, my colleagues came from 10 different nationalities, united by their passion for physics. They have become some of my best friends,“he says.
While Alexander Arriola’s PhD research focused on using lasers to fabricate sensors to measure the concentrations of Parkinson’s biomarkers in the blood, after graduation he spent a year in Edinburgh focusing on astronomy. His quest for Earth-like planets around newly formed stars brought him back to Macquarie a year later, where he remains as a postdoctoral researcher. Today, he designs, fabricates and tests optical circuits for telescopes in Coonabarabran and Hawaii. “The work uses photonics circuits and Macquarie is a world leader in this field,” Alex says. “When I studied for my PhD, my colleagues came from 10 different nationalities, united by their passion for physics. They have become some of my best friends,“he says.