Lights Collide

Tom completed his PhD at the University of Sydney, where he developed a compact spectrometer to quickly analyse chemicals. Measuring infrared light precisely is like measuring the fingerprint of molecules. Tom's company, Miriad Technologies, develops spectrometers that can exactly do this.

As an industry support scientist at ANSTO, Dr Robert Acres helps Australian industries problem solve and innovate by identify and tailoring  analytical opportunities offered by ANSTO to the the client. 
Dr Acres previously worked as a scientist at the Elettra synchrotron facility in Trieste, Italy.

Mohsen Rahmani is an Australian Research Council DECRA fellow at the Australian National University. He's received of a number of national and international awards, including Eureka Prize for Outstanding Early Careers 2018, Early Career Medal in Photonics and Laser Physics from the International Union of Pure and Applied Physics 2017.

Michael Withford is a Professor at Macquarie University and leads a research team investigating photonics and laser applications. His current research activities include laser device development, laser microfabication, microphotonics, astrophotonics and applying photonic methods to ancient artefacts.  In 2017 he co-founded and serves as CEO Modular Photonics.

Dane is Deputy Director of the ARC Centre of Excellence in Exciton Science. He leads a team exploiting quantum effects in organic optoelectronic materials and devices.

Hugh Durrant-Whyte is the NSW Chief Scientist & Engineer and a world-leading authority on machine learning and robotics, and its application in areas including cargo handling, mining and defence. As Chief Scientist & Engineer, Hugh is focused on ensuring research gets translated into outcomes that deliver benefits to NSW.