Below you'll find a list of all posts that have been categorized as “Annual Workshop”
About the presenter Mitko Oldfield is an experimental physicist specialising in terahertz time-domain spectroscopy and exciton-polariton condensation, working with A/Prof Agustin Schiffrin and Dr Gary Beane at Monash University within FLEET’s research theme 2 and research theme 3. Mikto’s research focuses on forming a polariton condensate in high Q-factor microcavities through the use of a terahertz pumping beam generated via …
About the presenter Dr Eliezer Estrecho is a DECRA Fellow at the Australian National University and a Research Fellow of FLEET. His research interests are mainly on exciton-polariton condensates, non-Hermitian physics, and strong light-matter interaction, specifically between electronic excitations (excitons) and photonic modes.
About the presenter Karen Bayros is a PhD student working with Jared Cole and Jackson Smith at RMIT where she models current flow through dielectric barriers in superconducting quantum bits. The influence of defects and imperfections can limit the dissipationless flow-through devices comprised of these barriers, and Karen uses advanced computational models to understand the interplay between the molecular structure …
About the presenter Zhao is a Research Fellow in CI Nikhil Medhekar‘s group. After completing his PhD in 2018, Zhao is exploring magnetic materials and topological materials theoretically. He aims to understand the integration of magnetism and topology in 2D materials. This work fits the FLEET Research Theme 1, Topological Materials.
About the presenter AI Shaffique Adam is currently an Associate Professor, Yale-NUS College and an NRF Fellow. A/Prof Adam is an expert in the theoretical physics of Dirac systems. Within FLEET, he is working on gaining an understanding of the electronic transport and other properties of novel Dirac semimetals, as well as the conventional insulator to topological insulator transition in …
About the presenter Dr Chris A. Browne’s research and teaching focus is on building the literacy of systems concepts in socio-technical problems including problem-solving methodology, and strategies for developing intuition of dynamic systems. These approaches are applied to broad application spaces, such as responsible innovation, healthcare, critical infrastructure, climate change and education. Chris holds a PhD, BEng(Hons) and BAsianStudies from …
About the presenter Phat Tan Nguyen is a PhD student working under the supervision of A/Prof Agustin Schiffrin and Dr Gary Beane at Monash University, where he is investigating optically-driven topological phases of matter using terahertz time-domain spectroscopy and pump-probe spectroscopy with sub-picosecond time resolution, and at the scale of a single atom. He is mainly involved in Research theme …
About the presenter Mitchell Conway is currently a research associate working with Dr Jeff Davis’s ultrafast spectroscopy group at Swinburne University of Technology. Mitch recently completed his PhD project working on modifying the electronic band structure of 2D materials by driving non-equilibrium states to realise 2D Floquet topological insulators. This work has contributed to Research Theme 3 light-transformed materials.
About the presenter Sangeet Kumar is a PhD student working with FLEET Associate Investigators Jesper Levinsen and Dmitry Efimkin at Monash University. Sangeet works on Novel exciton-polariton systems for his PhD project to investigate the dynamics of excitons-polaritons in two-dimensional semiconductors, with a particular focus on interactions mediated by strong coupling to light. This work fits in FLEET Research Theme …
About the presenter Dr Olivier Bleu is a Postdoctoral Research Fellow working with Prof Meera Parish and Dr Jesper Levinsen at Monash University within FLEET’s Research themes 2: Exciton superfluids. His research interests include Berry curvature and related effects, topological photonics, Bose-Einstein condensates and exciton-polariton physics.
About the presenter Emma Vincent is a PhD student at the University of Auckland, co-supervised by CI Jared Cole and PI Nicola Gaston.
About the presenter Weiyao Zhao is a research fellow at Monash University, working with CI Julie Karel and Prof Xiaolin Wang under Enabling technology A: atomically-thin materials and Research theme 1. Weiyao studies single-crystal growth of topological materials, via optical floating zone, slow cooling, and chemical vapor transport methods. His current focus is fabrication of high-quality topological insulator single crystals, …
About the presenter Jack is a PhD candidate in CI Oleg Sushkov‘s group. His project aims to establish a theoretical groundwork for magnetohydrodynamics in 2D electron fluids using periodic micromagnets. This work fits the FLEET Enabling Research Theme 1, Topological Materials.
About the presenter Enamul is a PhD candidate in CI Nikhil Medhekar‘s group. His research specialises in the areas of advanced functional materials science within the field of computational materials science. Enamul’s project will focus on electron-phonon interactions in 2D topological insulators and their impact on the carrier transport. This work fits the FLEET Enabling Research Theme 1, Topological Materials.
About the presenter Yow-Ming (Robin) Hu is an Honours student working with Chief Investigator Elena Ostrovskaya. Her project aims to characterise the topology of an exciton-polariton system and to show how to calculate and measure its quantum geometric tensor, including complex Berry curvature. This works towards a key objective of FLEET Research Theme 2 Exciton Superfluids to observe, theoretically and …
About the presenter Dr Paul Dyke is currently a research fellow at Swinburne University of Technology. Within FLEET, Dr Dyke is working in Research theme 3, he is experimentally studying Floquet topological superfluidity, non-equilibrium enhancements to superfluids and 2D topological insulators in synthetic dimensions.
About the presenter Prof Justin Hodgkiss uses ultrafast optical spectroscopy at the Victoria University of Wellington in search of molecular electronic materials for new, low-cost printable electronics – primarily solar cells. His group invented transient grating ultrafast fluorescence spectroscopy and has used laser spectroscopy to develop a detailed understanding of the physics of photocurrent generation in printable solar cells. Prof …
About the presenter Winitha Bonney is a leading global expert in helping purpose driven brands build inclusive cultures. She is also Australia’s first and foremost thought leader in leadership for Womxn and People of Colour. In 2021 she was awarded an Order of Australia Medal for her extensive work in diversity and inclusion. Winitha has over 23 years of experience …
About the presenter AI Dr Jianbo Tang is a Lecturer and ARC DECRA Fellow in the School of Chemical Engineering at UNSW. His research focusses on the surface sciences and nanotechnology of liquid metals. He leverages liquid metals’ unique properties for developing nano/low-dimensional materials and interfacial patterns for next-generation electronics, optics, catalysis and sensing systems. Within FLEET, Dr Tang is …
About the presenter Maedehsadat Mousavi is a PhD candidate in the School of Chemical Engineering at UNSW, working with Prof Kourosh Kalantar-zadeh to investigate liquid metal-assisted synthesis and applications of topological insulators. Maedehsadat’s research falls within FLEET’s Enabling technology B: nano-device fabrication.
About the presenter AI A/Prof Jesper Levinsen is currently an ARC Future Fellow at Monash University. As a theoretical physicist, within FLEET he works on topological Floquet superfluids and on the dynamical manipulation of superfluids with impurities.
About the presenter Dr Pieczarka is an experimental physicist working as an assistant professor at Wroclaw University of Science and Technology (WUST). Maciej works closely with FLEET Partner Investigator Professor Grzegorz Sęk at WUST, seeking high-temperature operation of exciton-polariton lasers based on AlGaAs compounds and additionally investigates the properties of room-temperature condensates light in laser cavities. Maciej has been a …
About the presenter Prof Francois Peeters is a member of FLEET’s International Scientific Advisory Committee. He leads the Condensed Matter Theory Group at the University of Antwerp and also distinguished Professor at Yunnan University. Prof Peeters has made seminal contributions in areas of meso- and nano-physics of semiconductors, two dimensional materials and superconductors. Currently, his interest is in two-dimensional atomic …
About the presenter AI A/Prof Mark Edmonds is faculty member at Monash University. Within FLEET, he is working on realising large-gap topological insulators in two dimensions.
About the presenter Cheng Tan is currently working as a postdoctoral researcher working on a FLEET industry project He recently finished his PhD, working with Prof Lan Wang (RMIT) to study Van der Waals (vdW) magnetic materials and heterostructures for their potential in quantum anomalous Hall effect (QAHE) devices within FLEET’s Research theme 1 and Enabling technology B. In such …
About the presenter Benjamin Lowe is a PhD student at Monash University where he works in Research theme 1 with A/Prof Agustin Schiffrin studying the self-assembly of metal-organic systems using a state-of-the-art scanning probe microscopy (SPM)facility that allows metal-organic systems to be engineered and probed with atomic-scale precision. He seeks to develop systems with electronic and opto-electronic properties that are …
