# People
**Source**: https://eggleton-group.sydney.edu.au/people/
**Parent**: https://eggleton-group.sydney.edu.au/
## **Professor Benjamin Eggleton**
FAA, FTSE, FOSA, FIEEE, FSPIE, FRSN, FAIP
**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)\
Editor-in-Chief, APL Photonics**
Email: [[email protected]](/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#3a585f54145f5d5d565f4e55547a49435e545f43145f5e4f145b4f)\
The University of Sydney NSW 2006\
[www.sydney.edu.au/nano](http://www.sydney.edu.au/nano)\
[www.sydney.edu.au/science/people/benjamin.eggleton.php](http://www.sydney.edu.au/science/people/benjamin.eggleton.php)\
<http://www.nssn.org.au/>\
<http://scitation.aip.org/content/aip/journal/app>
**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](tel:+61%202%208627%204412)\
Email: [[email protected]](/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#47262b31263528692426342634252223283e2607343e2329223e69222332692632)\
Building A31 – Sydney Nanoscience Hub\
The University of Sydney NSW 2006\
[www.sydney.edu.au/science/people/alvaro.casasbedoya.php](http://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: [+](tel: +61 2 9385 5450)[61 2 9036 5206](tel: +61 2 9036 5206)\
Email: [[email protected]](/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#69490c1b000a4704080e00291a100d070c10470c0d1c47081c)\
Building A28 – School of Physics\
The University of Sydney NSW 2006\
[www.sydney.edu.au/science/about/our-people/academic-staff/eric-magi](http://www.sydney.edu.au/science/about/our-people/academic-staff/eric-magi)
**Dr Moritz Merklein**\
**Senior Research Fellow**\
Phone: [+61 2 8627 7320](tel:+61 2 8627 7320)\
Email: [[email protected]](/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#14797b667d606e3a7971667f78717d7a54676d707a716d3a7170613a7561)\
Building A28 – School of Physics\
The University of Sydney NSW 2006
**Dr Choon Kong Lai**\
**Postdoctoral Research Associate**\
Phone: [+61 2 8627 9379](tel:+61 2 8627 9379)\
Email: [[email protected]](/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#23404b4c4c4d0d4f424a63505a474d465a0d4647560d4256)\
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](tel: +61 2 9351 6049)\
Email: [[email protected]](/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#83f7eceeecedecf1eaadebf6c3edf0f0edadecf1e4ade2f6) | [[email protected]](/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#285c47454746475a4106405d685b514c464d51064d4c5d06495d)\
Building A28 – School of Physics\
The University of Sydney NSW 2006\
[www.nssn.org.au/tomonori-hu](http://www.nssn.org.au/tomonori-hu)
**Dr Ayu Saraswati**\
**Senior Machine Learning & Data Engineer**\
Email: [[email protected]](/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#6b0a121e45180a190a181c0a1f022b051818054504190c450a1e)\
Building A28 – School of Physics\
The University of Sydney NSW 2006
**Dr Timothy Bui**\
**Senior Clean Room Process Development Engineer**\
Email: [[email protected]](/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#60030f0e074e021509201319040e05194e0504154e0115)\
Building A28 – School of Physics\
The University of Sydney NSW 2006
**Ms. Harjit Rana**\
**Associate Director, Design, Translation and Engagement**\
Email: [[email protected]](/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#6901081b03001d471b080708291a100d070c10470c0d1c47081c)\
Building A31 – Sydney Nanoscience Hub\
The University of Sydney NSW 2006
**Mr. David Powers**\
**Senior Industrial Designer**\
Email: [[email protected]](/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#7b1f1a0d121f550b140c1e09083b08021f151e02551e1f0e551a0e)\
Building A28 – School of Physics\
The University of Sydney NSW 2006
**Ms Simone Kingston**\
**Research Associate – Webmaster**\
Email: [[email protected]](/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#b8cbd1d5d7d6dd96d3d1d6dfcbccd7d6f8cbc1dcd6ddc196dddccd96d9cd)\
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: [[email protected]](/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#8be1eae8e0a5e7e2eae5eccbf8f2efe5eef2a5eeeffea5eafe)\
Building A28 – School of Physics\
The University of Sydney NSW 2006
**Dr James Coyte**\
**Senior Electronics & Development Engineer** \
Phone: +61 2 8627 9268\
Email: [[email protected]](/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#492328242c3a672a2630263d2c093a302d272c30672c2d3c67283c)\
Building A28 – School of Physics\
The University of Sydney NSW 2006
**Dr Ziqian Zhang**\
**Associate Lecturer in Photonics**\
Email: [[email protected]](/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#a5dfccd4ccc4cb8bdfcdc4cbc2e5d6dcc1cbc0dc8bc0c1d08bc4d0)\
Building A28 – School of Physics\
The University of Sydney NSW 2006
**Mr Ben Agnew**\
**Software Engineer**\
Email: [[email protected]](/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#c4a6a1aaaea5a9adaaeaa5a3aaa1b384b7bda0aaa1bdeaa1a0b1eaa5b1)\
Building A28 – School of Physics\
The University of Sydney NSW 2006
**Ms Kristia Ningsih**\
**PhD Student**\
Email: [[email protected]](/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#660d080f08555154542613080f48151f0208031f48030213480713)\
Building A28 – School of Physics\
The University of Sydney NSW 2006
**Dr Atiyeh Zarifi**\
**Senior Optoelectronics Engineer**\
Building A31 – Sydney Nanoscience Hub\
The University of Sydney NSW 2006
**Mr Tom Corne**\
**Senior Electronics and Development Engineer**\
Email: [[email protected]](/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#5a2e353774393528343f1a29233e343f23743f3e2f743b2f)\
Building A28 – School of Physics\
The University of Sydney NSW 2006
**Mr **Maximus Kypriotis****\
**Research and Development Officer (Engineer)**\
Buildings A28 & A31\
The University of Sydney NSW 2006
Mr **Ryan Russell**\
**PhD Student**\
Email: [[email protected]](/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#7d0f0f080e4444444a3d081314530e041913180453181908531c08)\
Building A28 – School of Physics\
The University of Sydney NSW 2006
**Ms Caitlin Zou**\
**Senior Project Officer**\
Email: [[email protected]](/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#4320222a372f2a2d6d392c3603303a272d263a6d2627366d2236)\
Building A28 – School of Physics\
The University of Sydney NSW 2006
**Mr Milad Elisha**\
**Lab Assistant**\
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
****Mr Luis Zhen Yu Yap****\
**Honours Student**\
Buildings A28 & A31\
The University of Sydney NSW 2006
**Mr **Elijah Cruz****\
**Honours Student**\
Buildings A28 & A31\
The University of Sydney NSW 2006
**Mr **Finn Harley Whitney****\
**Honours Student**\
Buildings A28 & A31\
The University of Sydney NSW 2006
**Mr **Sid Kothari****\
**Honours Student**\
Buildings A28 & A31\
The University of Sydney NSW 2006
**Mr **Jitse Boonstra****\
**Masters Student**\
Buildings A28 & A31\
The University of Sydney NSW 2006
**Mr **Lachlan Adams****\
****PhD Student****\
Buildings A28\
The University of Sydney NSW 2006
## **Affiliates**
**Dr Nicholas Haskins**\
**Chief Operating Officer – NSSN**\
Phone: [+61 2 9385 5450](tel: +61 2 9385 5450)\
Email: [[email protected]](/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#44642a2d272c2b2825376a2c25372f2d2a37042a37372a6a2b36236a2531)\
Building A28 – School of Physics\
The University of Sydney NSW 2006\
[www.nssn.org.au/nick-haskins](http://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)
**Mr Joshua Golden**\
**Casual Lab Assistant**
**Mr Mitchell Austin**\
**Research and Development Engineer (Secondee)**
**Ms Ancy Rajan**\
**Capstone Project Student**
**Mr Aswant Ramana Arunachalam**\
**Capstone Project Student**
**Mr Austin Lin**\
**Dalyell Project Student**