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Roles & Affiliations: Professor of Nanophotonics and Director of the Nanotechnology Research Facility (Nanolab) at Swinburne University of Technology's Optical Sciences Centre. Previously held tenured positions at Hokkaido University and the University of Tokushima in Japan. Lead of the Applied Plasmonics research group focused on nanotechnology and photonics applications.
Education: PhD in Material Science and Experimental Physics (cotutelle) from Vilnius University (Lithuania) and Lyon-I University (France). MSc in Physics from Vilnius University.
Research Interests: Specializes in nanophotonics, plasmonic light-field enhancement, and femtosecond laser micro-fabrication. Develops technologies for sensing, solar energy conversion, solid-state lighting, and opto-fluidics. Research includes nano-textured surfaces for bactericidal applications and high-pressure material phase transformations via ultra-short laser pulses. Works at the intersection of fundamental physics and industrial nanotechnology solutions.
Grants & Advising: Principal investigator on multiple Australian Research Council (ARC) grants including projects on ultra-fast material characterization, UV optical lens-fiber couplers, and high-power blue laser processing. Supervises PhD/Master's projects on metamaterials for radiative cooling, axion dark matter detection, and laser-fabricated optics for astronomy instrumentation.
Awards: Fellow of OSA and SPIE, recognizing contributions to optics and photonics research. Author of over 700 peer-reviewed publications and book chapters.
Labs & Facilities: Directs Swinburne's Nanolab, a class-1000 cleanroom facility for nanofabrication established in 2012. Integrates advanced laser systems and characterization tools for nanoscale research.
