Bill Corcoran

Bill Corcoran is an Associate Professor and ARC Future Fellow at Monash University (Melbourne, Australia), specializing in optical communications and photonics. He leads the Monash Photonic Communications Laboratory and contributes to the UN Sustainable Development Goals through high-impact research in optical technologies.

Education:

• PhD in Physics (University of Sydney, 2011) – focused on light-by-light control in silicon waveguides.
• Postdoctoral Research (Chalmers University of Technology, 2011–2013) – phase-sensitive parametric amplification.

Research Interests: Development of photonic integrated circuits for high-capacity optical systems, including coherent comb sources, Brillouin processing, and ultra-dense wavelength division multiplexing. His work targets applications in quantum computing, ultra-fast fiber communications, and precision measurement.

Awards:

• CISRA Postgraduate Prize (2009)
• Dean's Prize for Outreach (2008)
• Postgraduate Research Prize for Outstanding Academic Achievement (2009)
• Wanda Henry Prize (Best Student Paper) (2010)

Advising & Grants: Accepting PhD students; leading major projects like Rainbows on Demand (coherent comb sources) and Needle in a Haystack (Brillouin-based optical filtering). Collaborates globally with institutions such as the University of Adelaide and Chalmers University.

Labs & Teams: Monash Photonic Communications Laboratory, ARC Centre of Excellence in Optical Microcombs.