Prof Heike Ebendorff-Heidepriem is Deputy Director of the Institute for Photonics and Advanced Sensing (IPAS) and Director of the Optofab Adelaide Hub at the Australian National Fabrication Facility (ANFF). She is Senior Investigator of the ARC Centre of Excellence for Nanoscale BioPhotonics (CNBP). In 2017 she became a Fellow of the Optical Society of America, an honour awarded by peers for having, made significant contributions to the advancement of Optics. Earlier this year, she won the prestigious ARC Industry Laureate Fellowship.