Laboratory Infrastructure

Gill

Gurpreet Singh Gill received his B.Tech. and M.Tech. degrees in electronics and communication engineering. He completed his Ph.D. in micro-electronics within the Microelectronics Research Group at The University of Western Australia (UWA) in 2022. He is currently working as a Postdoctoral Research Associate within the same group. Before commencing his Ph.D. at the UWA, he …

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Hickey

Deon joined ANFF OptoFab ACT in September 2023 as an Optomechanical Engineer. He graduated from the Australian National University in 2019 with a BSc (Honours) in Physics and Astronomy. Before joining ANFF he worked in OzGrav as a research technician developing Newtonian Noise sensors for gravitational wave detection. He is responsible for the Ion Beam …

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Lau

Desmond is the Senior Technical Manager at STEM college within RMIT University. He manages the micro/nano fabrication , electron microscopy, additive manufacturing and analytical chemistry facilities. He obtained his PhD in Physics in 2009 and has various academic and technical roles throughout his career.

Ranasinghe

Sampath joined ANFF-Qld as a Service Engineer in 2023, focuses on maintaining instruments and lab facilities, leads facility improvement projects, and commissioning of new equipment and processes of ANFF-Qld at The University of Queensland. With a PhD in chemical sciences from the University of Peradeniya (2015), he pursued a postdoctoral research fellowship at Toyota Technological …

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Nagarajan

Selvaraj (Raj) Nagarajan is a Senior Equipment Engineer at ANFF-NSW University of Sydney. Raj has significant equipment maintenance and installation experience gained across semiconductor research and manufacturing industries. He has a proven track record of providing equipment and process engineering support to enhance best outcomes for organisations and groups. Recent roles at Microsoft Quantum involved …

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Sim

Lim brings over a decade of experience in Australia’s semiconductor industry, encompassing diverse projects in academia and industry. His expertise lies in end-to-end device fabrication, process development, and integration. He is committed to utilising his background to drive strategic innovation and foster impactful partnerships within the industry. He will be engaging with university, industry, and …

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Huynh

Process Engineer focussing on optical fibre fabrication

Ng

Alson is a specialist in Mid-IR glass fabrication, focusing on ZBLAN, Tellurite, and Germanate glasses. He excels in managing analytical facilities and operating instruments such as Dilatometers, UV-vis spectrophotometers, FTIR, DSC, TGA, STA-MS, and Optical Profilometers. Alson’s expertise extends to designing, installing, and commissioning glass fabrication equipment, including high-temperature furnaces, gloveboxes, and chemical etching facilities. …

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Regan

Focus on improvement of diamond nanofabrication processed in diamond membranes.

Rao Saladi

John maintains equipment and provides general infrastructure support.

Punzmann

Dr Horst Punzmann is an experimentalist in plasma physics and fluid mechanics.

Orelup

Bernie is responsible for the management of the technical engineering teams and as the Quality Manager oversees MCN’s regulatory compliance for ISO9001 certification.