Dr Shivananju Bannur Nanjunda was a Postdoctoral Research Fellow working with Michael Fuhrer and Kris Helmerson at Monash University. His PhD at the Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, was in the field of nano-biophotonics. His current research focuses on graphene and related 2D materials based on photonics and optoelectronics applications such as photodetectors, ultrafast lasers, optical modulators, plasmonics (SNOM), and optical sensors.