ARC Centre of Excellence in Optical Microcombs for Breakthrough Science (COMBS)

Distributed Acoustic Sensing can be applied to seismological applications that can help us to record ground motion from earthquakes and our active environment in unprecedented detail. We're currently hiring for a Postdoctoral Fellow/Research Fellow to join our Centre, with the role being based at our The Australian National University node, under the direction of our Chief Investigator and seismologist Meghan S. Miller. Does this sound like you, or someone you know? Applications for the role close 1st August.   Read more 👉 https://lnkd.in/g4w98STs   Voonhui Lai | Andreas Boes | Andre Luiten | Arnan Mitchell #hiring #postdoc #researchfellow #research #seismology #DAS #earthsciences #highered #academicjobs

Equipping next-gen quantum technology leaders in biology, engineering, and physics with essential technical and leadership skills is now a reality with nearly $5 million investment to launch the Australian Research Council Training Centre in Current and Emergent Quantum Technologies (CE-QuTech). Led by the University of Adelaide, alongside RMIT University and The University of Queensland, the Training Centre aims to bridge the skills gap and drive innovation in quantum technology, ensuring Australia remains a global leader. Training Centre Director Glenn Solomon will lead the Centre, which brings together three Centre of Excellences including ARC Centre of Excellence for Engineered Quantum Systems, ARC Centre of Excellence in Quantum Biotechnology (QUBIC) and us at COMBS! The Centre for Current and Emergent Quantum Technologies aims to bridge the skills gap and drive innovation in quantum tech, ensuring Australia remains a global leader. Congratulations to Glenn Solomon, our Director Arnan Mitchell, our Chief Investigators Kishan Dholakia and Andreas Boes, Andrew White, Jacquiline Romero, Halina Rubinsztein-Dunlop, Brant Gibson, Andrew Greentree, Jared Cole, Yan Jiao, Jiawen Li, Katharina Richter, PhD, Giuseppe Carlo Tettamanzi, Tyler Neely, Abel Santos and Warwick Bowen. This Training Centre also brings together many industry partners including Robert Scholten (MOGLabs), Paul Butler (Analog Quantum Circuits), James Rabeau (Infleqtion), Martin O'Connor (QuantX Labs), Sander Dorenbos (Single Quantum) and Niccolo Somaschi (Quandela). https://lnkd.in/g8PiBKeV

We're hiring! Our Centre is seeking to hire a new key member of our professional team to coordinate two very important aspects of our Centre: 1) Equity, Diversity and Inclusion 2) higher degree research and postdoctoral mentoring, training and professional development If you are passionate about helping to grow a new generation of researchers in a culture of equity and respect we would love to hear from you. Please see the position description linked below. https://lnkd.in/gxu3GKhj #highered #hiring #researchtraining #edi #edicareers #equity #diversity #inclusion | Arnan Mitchell | Sumeet Walia | Heike Ebendorff-Heidepriem | Scott Kolbe

We rely on optical fibres for our internet every day; they run under our footpaths, roads, and even through our oceans. These fibres are not only great for transmitting internet data but are also highly sensitive to environmental vibrations. There is growing interest in leveraging this existing infrastructure for environmental sensing to detect changes in the physical environment.   Prof. Lu Chao from the The Hong Kong Polytechnic University will be discussing his recent work tomorrow (26 June 2024) from 3pm – 4pm (AEST) in a hybrid seminar on integrating optical communication and sensing technologies, along with some applications from his work.   All are welcome to attend, please register here for the Teams link: https://lnkd.in/eqP_ek85 Baohua Jia | RMIT STEM College | Integrated Photonics and Applications Centre | RMIT School of Engineering | #opticalfibres #distributedsensing #researchseminar #seminar

As the internet continues to grow exponentially, the demand for AI tools is putting enormous pressure on our data centres. While electronic chips are evolving rapidly in complexity and capacity, traditional wires are proving too slow and inefficient for transferring data. The solution? Light. Learn more about how electronics and photonics make a formidable duo in the ANZOS May Newsletter, written by our Director Arnan Mitchell and Science Communications Coordinator Rachael Vorwerk. Australian and New Zealand Optical Society newsletter (page 27): https://lnkd.in/gEdWuxfn Or read the article republished on our COMBS website: https://lnkd.in/gKTv9zaC #photonics #electronics #internet #datacommunications

Are you interested in joining our Centre? Now's your chance! We have two positions currently advertised, including a Postdoc in chemistry or materials science, and a Physics Lecturer/Senior Lecturer full time continuing position! ~~Postdoctoral Researcher - Photonic Glasses and Fibres~~ You will be embedded within an interdisciplinary team, working towards creating microcombs at new wavelengths, generating ultimately a microcomb platform that covers the full optical spectrum from the ultraviolet to the mid-infrared region for the specific requirements in the other Themes. The position is based at our Adelaide node at the University of Adelaide, under our Chief Investigator Prof. Heike Ebendorff-Heidepriem. Enquire here for more information: https://lnkd.in/gxgPWGrp ~~Lecturer/Senior Lecturer in Physics (Teaching and Research)~~ Establish a research program in theoretical optics and photonics in this ongoing, full-time position at our University of Sydney node in the School of Physics. The person who is selected for this position is expected to take on the role of Chief Investigator from Prof. Martijn de Sterke. Learn more: https://lnkd.in/gY8c2pC7 See both of the positions on our Open Positions page: https://lnkd.in/dtWtFsHH #hiring #jobs #recruitment #recruiting #postdoc #highered #research

Unsure what a microcomb is? Want to know what we are planning on achieving over the next seven years at COMBS? Now you can find out on our new website!   While it will always be added to, tweaked, and constantly evolving, we are pleased to be able to guide people to a one-stop-shop about our Centre. It’s been a pleasure working with Studio Binocular to make this happen. A big thank you to Nirel Hardjosewoyo, Sarah Costanzo, Katerina Hionis and Laura Cornhill for all your hard work bringing this to life!   Stay tuned for updates about our Centre – available positions, our case studies, and when we’re in the news, which will also be shared on our LinkedIn.   For the time being, jump into the website and enjoy!   Arnan Mitchell | David Moss | Kishan Dholakia | Andre Luiten | Irina Kabakova | Jean Brodie | Andreas Boes | William (Bill) Corcoran | Heike Ebendorff-Heidepriem | David G Lancaster | Benjamin Eggleton | Martijn de Sterke | Meghan S. Miller | Michael Murphy | Baohua Jia | Sumeet Walia | Arthur Lowery | Jian Zhen Ou | Australian Research Council | Scott Kolbe | Nicci Coad | Rachael Vorwerk | Angela Grande www.combs.org.au

Drones that detect fruit ripeness and breath tests for disease detection – we asked our researchers to predict the impact of their work in seven years this International Day of Light! #lightday2024 #lightinourlives2024 Arnan Mitchell | Kishan Dholakia | Andre Luiten | Irina Kabakova | Jean Brodie | Andreas Boes | William (Bill) Corcoran | Heike Ebendorff-Heidepriem | David G Lancaster | Benjamin Eggleton| Martijn de Sterke | David Moss | Meghan S. Miller | Michael Murphy | Baohua Jia | Sumeet Walia | Arthur Lowery | Jian Zhen Ou | Australian Research Council | RMIT University | University of Adelaide | University of South Australia | The Australian National University | University of Sydney | University of Technology Sydney | Swinburne University of Technology | Monash University

It’s not every day you get commended for a career long contribution to science and technology – and meet HM King Frederik X of Denmark! It was indeed an extraordinary day for our COMBS Deputy Director David Moss last week!    Congratulations to Dave for receiving an Honorary Doctorate from our COMBS Partner DTU - Technical University of Denmark, in recognition of his seminal contributions to the advancements of the science and technology of nanophotonic optical frequency combs (AKA microcombs) and their wide-reaching applications – from quantum science to neural networks.   We are fortunate and really proud to have such insight and experience in COMBS, and we are delighted to have such a supportive global network of partners: Leif Katsuo Oxenløwe and DTU - Technical University of Denmark – it is a great honour to have the work that has led to this point recognised so significantly. We are really excited about the next steps we will take to make optical frequency combs as cheap, readily available and accessible as today’s consumer electronics and explore together how these microcombs can achieve impact across society. Swinburne University of Technology | Australian Research Council | Arnan Mitchell | #research #microcombs #opticalfrequencycombs #researchimpact https://lnkd.in/ggMbzeUR

Congratulations to our Centre Coordinator Nicci Coad for winning an RMIT Research Services Award for her foresight, dedication, and passion in helping RMIT University's Centre of Excellence researchers. Nicci and Brooke Nati jointly won the award for their stakeholder management, processes, monitoring and tracking Centre success, event management, and building Centre relationships and social events (which is integral when you're trying to build trust and connection between interdisciplinary researchers). Together Nicci and Brooke supported four Australian Research Council Centres of Excellence: FLEET: the ARC Centre of Excellence in Future Low-Energy Electronics Technologies, ARC Centre for Quantum Computation and Communication Technology, ARC Centre of Excellence in Exciton Science and ARC Centre of Excellence for Nanoscale BioPhotonics. With such extraordinary experience in making these previous Centres achieve excellence, we are so pleased to be able to benefit form Nicci’s insight and expertise as we commence COMBS. Nicci has already been instrumental in bringing the COMBS team together over the past year – particularly at our annual workshop and working behind the scenes on our processes and systems – making sure COMBS is hitting the ground running! A big congratulations to Nicci (and Brooke!) on this much-deserved recognition!