Our people

Dr Martin Ams received the B.Sc. degree in physics and the Ph.D. degree in optical laser physics from Macquarie University, Sydney, NSW, Australia, in 2001 and 2008, respectively. He then worked as a Research Associate at the MQ Photonics Research Centre and the Centre for Ultrahigh bandwidth Device… View full profile

Prof. Mohsen Asadnia is a biomedical and Mechatronics engineer currently serving as a full professor at the School of Engineering, at Macquarie University. He is also the director of Master by Research at Faculty of Science and Engineering. With over 20 years of experience, he has made significant c… View full profile

Darren Bagnall is a Professor in Electrical and Electronic Engineering, he is Director of Macquarie Sustainable Energy Research Centre, and and Independent Non-executive Director at Bell Resources. He was Dean of Engineering from August 2017 to July 2022.PhD University of Salford (1995). Post-Docto… View full profile

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I am the Deputy Dean Research and Innovation in the Faculty of Science and Engineeringa. From 2016-2018 I was the Director of the MQ Photonics Research Centre. From 2009 to 2012 I was Head of the Department of Physics and Astronomy. I am a member of the Optical Society of America and the Australian … View full profile

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Dr. Toney Fernandez received his MSc and PhD degree in Physics from Mahatma Gandhi University, India. He then worked as a Research Associate at Politecnico di Milano (Milan, Italy), Spanish National Research Council (Madrid, Spain) and University of Leeds (UK) before joining Macquarie Unversity in 2… View full profile

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I received a BSc in Electrical Engineering and MSc in Microelectronics from the Vienna University of Technology, Austria in 2007 and 2008, respectively. Before starting my PhD I worked as engineer for Pantec Engineering AG and Pantec Biosolutions AG, Liechtenstein, where I was involved in the develo… View full profile

Dr Inglis received a BSc in Engineering Physics from The University of Alberta in 2001 and a PhD in Electrical Engineering from Princeton University in 2007. He was an Australian Postdoctoral Fellow in the Physics Department of Macquarie University from 2008 to 2011. He is now an Associate Professor… View full profile

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Photonics dynamical systems – there is a diversity in the dynamics of light that can be obtained from photonic systems, including chaotic output. Several different dynamical outputs can be obtained from a single system in some instances. We build broad understanding of what is experimentally possibl… View full profile

I am a lasers and optics researcher specializing in generation of new wavelength of light using nonlinear porceses. Currently, I am working on generation of tunable THz radiation using stimulated polariton scatterign in crystals. Previously, I was reseraching powerscaling and frequency control of di… View full profile

Xinyue LEI is a research assistant of MQ Photonics Research Centre at Macquarie University, Sydney, Australia. Xinyue graduated from Queen Marry University of London with a B.Sc. degree (Hons) and from Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications with a B.Eng. degree in telecommunications engi… View full profile

I graduated from the University of Lyon in 2012 with a Master in Nanoscale Engineering. I then moved in Geneva to do a PhD in the Group of Applied Physics where I developed and studied solid-state quantum memories for light based on rare-earth ion doped solids with application in quantum communicati… View full profile

I completed my PhD in 2010 studying the physics of light-matter interactions in ultrafast direct-write laser applications. Since then, I have enjoyed a multidisciplinary postdoctoral research career studying the optics of spider silks, statistical analysis of chaotic systems, interferometric imaging… View full profile

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Rich Mildren (Australian Research Council Future Fellow 2010-2014) is a Professor of Physics in the School of Mathematical and Physical Sciences. His research is in the development of novel and versatile photonic sources, instrumentation and applications. His PhD and early postdoctoral research was … View full profile

I received a PhD in Nano-photonics from Macquarie University in 2015 under the supervision of Prof. Judith Dawes in MQ Photonics centre. My research was focused on design, fabrication and testing of nano-plasmonic devices including nano-plasmonic lenses and plasmonic-enhanced graphene photodetectors… View full profile

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Emeritus Professor Brian Orr (BSc Hons I, Sydney, 1964; MSc, Sydney, 1965; PhD, Bristol, UK, 1968; FRACI, FAIP, FOSA) has since 2003 been based in Macquarie University’s Department of Physics and Astronomy. He had previously held an 18-year academic appointment at the University of NSW before moving… View full profile

My PhD is from Macquarie University, and I am now a Professor in the Department of Physics and Astronomy. I have worked at the Optoelectronics Research Centre at Southampton University, UK, and held a range of research fellowships including an ARC (Australian Research Council) Future Fellowship (201… View full profile

Dr. Supriya Pillai is a Senior Research Fellow (Honorary) with the School of Engineering at Macquarie University. She has a background in Electrical and Electronics Engineering and a PhD in Photovoltaic Engineering from UNSW (2007) for a thesis based on surface plasmon enhnaced solar cells (Prof. Ma… View full profile

Dr Haoran Ren is a Honorary Research Fellow at Macquarie University. He is currently working as an ARC DECRA Fellow at Monash University. His nanophotonic research aims to develop advanced optical materials and nanotechnology for both fundamental light-matter interactions and broad photonic applicat… View full profile

I received an MPhys degree (1997) and a DPhil (2001) from Oxford University, UK. Following two years as a Research Assistant in the Clarendon Laboratory at Oxford, I moved to Macquarie University in 2004, where I completed an ARC Research fellowship (APDF). I now hold a professorship in the MQ Photo… View full profile

Alison Rodger has been at Macquarie University since 2017 after over 20 years at the University of Warwick. Her research focuses on developing and applying spectroscopic techniques to understand the structure and function of biomacromolecules and their assemblies. Her particular expertise is with sp… View full profile

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I develop the theory of a new sources of high-frequency acoustic waves, from emitters of single-phonon, to acoustic analogues of lasers.… View full profile

I have been a researcher in photonics technologies, the study of devices for generating, controlling and detecting light for over 25 years. My interests include periodic structures, quantum optics in integrated devices, magnetic effects on light and the interaction between sound and light.My full r… View full profile

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Our research group is broadly focused on organic and organometallic materials chemistry. The central theme of our research involves the rational design and creation of novel molecular and macromolecular structures for light emitting devices (energy to light conversion), solar cells (light to energy … View full profile

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Yuling completed her PhD degree at the Changchun Institute of Applied Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences in 2009. After graduation, she took up a postdoctoral position at Purdue University, working in the Bindely Bioscience Center on the project of Nanobiotechnology. After working at Purdue Univ… View full profile

Michael Withford is a laser physicist in the School of Mathematics and Physical Sciences, Macquarie University, a Director of the Optofab Node of the Australian National Fabrication Facility, a co-founder and CEO of start-up Modular Photonics, and a CSIRO ON alumni. His expertise includes laser base… View full profile

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Simon Ellis is an Associate Professor at Macquarie University where he is the head of the Instrument Science Group, which is responsible for research and development in astronomical instrumentation and technologies.  He has over 20 years experience of research in astronomy and astrophysics, includin… View full profile

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Prof Jon Lawrence is Head of Instrumentation at AAO-Macquarie. He leads a large team of scientists, managers, engineers, and technicians working on an array of instrument projects for the world’s premier telescopes. These instrument projects bring together multiple disciplines in mechanical, optical… View full profile