IPAS Annual Report - University of Adelaide

IPAS Institute for Photonics 

& Advanced Sensing 

2011 

Annual 

Report

Table of 

Contents 

1 Executive Summary 

2 IPAS Director’s Snapshot 

3 Director’s Message 

5 Chairman’s Report 

6 2011 Highlights 

7 illumin8 

8 IPAS Research & Facilities 

9 Research Overview 

10 ARC Super Science Fellowships 

12 IPAS Pilot Projects Scheme 

13 Studying for a PhD at IPAS 

14 Research Theme 1: 

Optical Materials & Structures 


Lasers & Nonlinear Optics 

18 Research Theme 3: Remote Sensing 


Chemical & Radiation Sensing 


Surface Science & Synthetic Chemistry 


Medical Diagnostics and Biological Sensing 

26 Research Facilities 

27 Soft Glass and Fibre Fabrication 

28 Silica Glass and Fibre Fabrication 

29 The Adelaide Proteomics Centre 

30 The STARR Lab (Reproductive BioPhotonics) 

30 Current Research Projects 

32 Optofab Adelaide Node – The Australian 

National Fabrication Facility 

33 Atmospheric Physics – Buckland Park 

34 Advanced LIGO and the Gingin Facility 

35 Bragg X-ray Crystallography Facility 

36 Environmental Luminescence 

38 IPAS Structures and Governance 

39 IPAS Structure 

40 IPAS Board 

42 IPAS Scientific Management Committee 

43 IPAS Science Themes and Theme Leaders 

44 IPAS Senior Advisory Group 

45 IPAS Executive Committee 

46 IPAS Professional Team 

47 IPAS Student Committee 

48 Working with Industry/Commercialisation 

49 Industry links 

50 Commercialisation and Industrial Collaboration 

52 2011 Activities 

53 A Fine Line – Glass Art or Science? 

54 Trilateral Nanophotonics Workshop 

55 IPAS Student Prizes 

56 South Australian of the Year 2011 

57 John Prescott 1924–2011 

58 DSTO 

59 IPAS Global Collaborators 

60 IPAS Australian Collaborators 

61 IPAS Members 

69 2011 Publications

Our Vision is to become a global hub 

of disruptive Photonics and Advanced Sensing 

research, creating transformational new approaches 

to sensing, and a new profession of transdisciplinary 

problem solvers.

Executive 

Summary 

Executive 

Summary 

1 / IPAS Annual Report 2011 / Executive Summary 

IPAS Research 

& Facilities 

IPAS Structures 

and Governance 

Working with Industry / 

Commercialisation 

2011 

Activities

Executive 

Summary 

IPAS Director’s Snapshot 



& Facilities 

The Institute for Photonics & Advanced Sensing (IPAS) is one of five 

research institutes at The University of Adelaide. IPAS fosters excellence in 

research in materials science, chemistry, biology and physics, and across 

these boundaries, and develops disruptive new tools for measurement. 

IPAS creates the opportunity to invent and harness new tools for 

measurement to address many of the current exciting big questions 

in science. Many of the challenges we face as a society can only be 

solved by pursuing a transdisciplinary approach that brings together 

experimental physicists, chemists, material scientists, biologists, 

experimentally-driven theoretical scientists and medical researchers to 

create new sensing and measurement technologies. This is the vision 

of IPAS. We work to create new tools that will change the questions 

scientists can ask, stimulate the creation of new industries, and create a 

new profession of transdisciplinary problem solvers. 

Our research is focused around six Research Themes, which 

interconnect and allow us to tackle the major challenges facing 

Australia and the world and which offer particular opportunities for the 

development of new and disruptive technologies: 

• Optical Materials & Structures 

• Lasers & Nonlinear Optics 

• Surface & Synthetic Chemistry 

• Chemical & Radiation Sensing 

• Medical Diagnostics & Biological Sensing 

• Remote Sensing 

An overview of these themes can be seen in a short video which can be 

found at http://www.adelaide.edu.au/ipas/. 





Fast Facts for 2011 

• 142 papers published in refereed journals, 41 Conference 

Proceedings and 2 book chapters in 2011. 

• 12 invited talks 

• A maximum ERA ranking of 5 in ’02 Physics’ and ‘0205 Optical 

Physics’ was given to IPAS’s core research strengths. 

• 154 research members, including students. 

• $9.9 million in external research income. 

• 60% growth on 2010 income. 

• Peter Hoffmann appointed as IPAS Deputy Director. 

• $1M start-up funding secured from South Australian State 

Government to attract a new Chair of Experimental Physics. 

• New silica fibre fabrication facility operational. 

• New biophotonics facility for reproductive health sensing created. 

• New $97M headquarters building construction underway. 

Professor Tanya Monro, IPAS Institute Director 

2011 

Activities 

$9.9 million 

in external 

research 

income

Executive 

Summary 

Director’s Message 



& Facilities 

IPAS is two years old and it is very exciting for me to be able to share 

some of our recent research achievements. 

In 2011 we were able to capitalise on the research infrastructure, 

collaborations and expertise that we have been building and this has 

allowed us to achieve several significant research breakthroughs: 

• a new waveguide laser architecture in collaboration with 

Macquarie University; 

• photoinduced electron transfer chemical ion sensing within 

an optical fibre; 

• the discovery that electron transfer in helical structures occurs 

by a hopping mechanism; 

IPAS Director Tanya Monro and IPAS Deputy Director Peter Hoffmann 





• demonstration of optical fibre aluminium ion sensing utilising novel 

surface chemistry; 

• the development of two biosensor systems with novel approaches 

to surface plasmon resonance and whispering gallery modes; 

• an optical fibre radiation dosimeter capable of instant readout of 

ionising radiation; 

• the discovery of new biomarkers for the early detection of 

gastric cancer; 

• the discovery of high energy gamma-rays from a new type of source, 

a stellar cluster harbouring an extremely massive star as well as a 

super-magnetised neutron star (known as a magnetar). 

2011 

Activities 

Each of our 

themes have 

achieved 

significant 

research 

breakthroughs

Executive 

Summary 



& Facilities 

Each of our six research themes have achieved significant growth in 

research outputs through the hard work of our members coupled 

with support from our core team and the support schemes that the 

Institute offers. 

It has been particularly pleasing to see the impact our pilot project 

scheme is making and how this has allowed new threads of research 

to develop and win follow-on funding, new patents to be filed and new 

global collaborations to develop. 

We continue to work on a spectrum of projects that range from 

fundamental to applied research projects which gives us a feedstock 

of new approaches to bring to practical problems and opportunities to 

drive world-class research as well as engage closely with industry. We 

secured three industrial linkage grants in laser development, medical 

diagnostics and wine analysis. The list below shows a cross section 

of some of the applications we are working on with industrial and 

government partners: 

Defence & national security – corrosion detection, high power lasers 

and luminescence techniques. 

Environmental & agricultural monitoring – laser radar systems for 

monitoring wind, moisture and pollution in the atmosphere, sensors 

for monitoring soil and water quality. 

Medical diagnostics – rapid virus detection to help prevent global flu 

pandemics, early detection of cancer biomarkers and technologies to 

improve IVF success rates. 

Food & wine – monitoring of wine maturation, soil nutrient monitoring. 

Construction of the illumin8 project, our new headquarters, has 

started and is scheduled for completion at the end of February 2013. 

I would like to acknowledge the Australian Federal Government, South 

Australian State Government, DSTO, Defence SA and The University of 





Adelaide who have invested over $40M in this project. illumin8 

will house a unique suite of transdisciplinary laboratories including 

glass development and processing, optical fibre fabrication, laser 

and device development, luminescence dating, environmental 

genomics, photonic sensor development, and synthetic, surface 

and bio-chemistry laboratories. 

Ahead of this facility we have been busy with the commissioning and 

operation of our new Silica Fibre Facility; this is allowing us to develop 

novel fibre laser technology and new fibre sensing architectures. 

We are already working with groups from across the globe who are 

keen to collaborate in this exciting area of research. We have also 

commissioned our STARR (Sensing Technologies for Advanced 

Reproductive Research) laboratories in the University’s Medical School 

building for the development of new reproductive health tools with our 

academic and commercial partners. 

As well as driving the science agenda we have also been actively 

involved in public engagement in science with a Glass Science meets 

Art exhibition in May in collaboration with the JamFactory. Several of our 

research team are members of the Scientists in Schools program and 

are helping to promote science to the next generation. 

I would like to acknowledge the incredible efforts of the IPAS members 

and thank the senior management team at the University, the IPAS 

Board, Professional staff team and IPAS committees for all their work 

in the past year. 

Professor Tanya Monro 

IPAS Institute Director 

2011 

Activities 

I would like to 

acknowledge 

the incredible 

efforts of the 

IPAS members

Executive 

Summary 

Chairman’s Report 



& Facilities 

2011 was the second year of operations for IPAS and the Institute 

continues to build on its record of research excellence. The award of 

maximum ERA ranking of 5 in ‘02 Physics’ and ‘0205 Optical Physics’ 

reflects the evidence of outstanding performance well above world 

standard. The 142 papers published in peer-reviewed journals during 

2011 are further evidence of a sustained, high-quality research output by 

all the IPAS members. 

I am always delighted when members of the Institute receive awards 

and recognition and 2011 has been a bumper year for this. I would firstly 

like to congratulate Professor Tanya Monro for being awarded Scopus 

Young Researcher of the Year 2011, Australian of the Year 2011 for South 

Australia and being a finalist in the Eureka Prizes. Congratulations must 

also go to Dr Tara Pukala for winning a South Australian Tall Poppy 

Award and to Dr Stephen Warren-Smith, winner of the 2011 South 

Australia Science Excellence Awards (PhD research excellence) as well 

as several University medals. 

In February we celebrated on the Barr Smith Lawns the next stage 

in development of the new IPAS headquarters building. The Vice 

Chancellor Prof James McWha held an illumination ceremony with 

Senator Hon Kim Carr, the Minister for Innovation, Industry, Science & 

Research. By the end of the year this project had reached the 1st floor 

level. I look forward to IPAS members being able to move in, as this will 

surely catalyse even greater achievements. 





DSTO continues to provide significant support for a range of defencerelated 

projects and I would like to thank them for their ongoing support. 

The South Australian State Government has also been instrumental in 

our success through their continued support, and I acknowledge and 

thank them. 

The IPAS Board met three times in 2011 and there were numerous 

one-on-one meetings with Board members and IPAS Director Professor 

Tanya Monro. 

I am delighted to see IPAS continuing to grow from strength to strength, 

as is attested by the significant growth in research income, membership, 

facilities and collaborations. IPAS is maturing well and has created a 

strong global brand and awareness of its ground-breaking research. 

I would like to acknowledge and thank my fellow members of the 

IPAS Board, the IPAS Director Professor Tanya Monro, the IPAS 

Professional staff team, and the researchers and staff for their invaluable 

contributions. 

Mr Joe Flynn 

IPAS Chairman 

2011 

Activities 

IPAS continues 

to build on 

its record 

of research 

excellence

Executive 

Summary 

2011 Highlights 



& Facilities 

ERA: award of maximum ERA ranking of 5 in ’02 Physics’ and ‘0205 

Optical Physics’. 

Grants: $9.9M grant income in 2011 a growth on 60% from 2010. 

Publications: 142 peer reviewed journal papers, 41 Conference 

proceedings and 12 Invited talks. 

illumin8 – New IPAS headquarters: illumination ceremony 2 Feb 2011. 

Level 1 concrete slab completed by December 2011. Move-in date 

February 2013. 

IPAS Silica Fibre Fabrication Facility: fabrication of silica fibres began 

in April. Six research contracts secured to supply novel fibres to global 

customers and collaborators. 

Art & Science: a showcase of IPAS glass at ‘A Fine Line’ science meets 

art glass exhibition 26 March – 7 May 2011 at the JamFactory. 

IPAS Members: 150 research members. 

Research Team Growth: 5 new research staff appointed in 2011. 

IPAS Deputy Director: A. Prof Peter Hoffmann appointed as IPAS 

Deputy Director. 

Workshops/Conferences: 

IPAS sponsored the Astronomy Society of Australia Annual Scientific 

Meeting (ASM) 1–3 July, 2011. 

IPAS hosted a Trilateral nanophotonics workshop at McLarean Vale 

from 24–26 August. With sponsorship from the French Embassy in 

Australia, the South Australian State Government, The Department 

of Innovation, Industry, Science and Research (DIISR), the Italian 

Consulate and the Australian Nanotechnology Network. 





IPAS sponsored the International Quantum Electronics Conference / 

Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics Pacific Rim (IQEC/CLEO) 

Pacific Rim 2011, 28 August – 1 September, Melbourne. 

IPAS Sponsored the Conference on Optics, Atoms and Laser 

Applications (KOALA) student conference, 27 November – 2 

December 2011, Melbourne. 

Patents: Three new patent applications have been filed. One US patent 

has been granted on nanowires. 

ARC Super Science Fellowships: Six fellows have been appointed and 

projects are underway. 

New Major Equipment items installed: Cary Spectrometer, Glass 

Polishing Machine, Tellurite Oxide Glovebox, High Temperature 

Extrusion Machine. 

Scholarships: IPAS funded seven summer scholarships for 1st to 3rd 

year students. 

Outreach: IPAS had a number of visits for high school students and 

hosted three work experience students. 

2010 IPAS Equipment Scheme: Funding totalling $700k was allocated 

by the IPAS Science Management Committee. 

STARR Lab: Operations have started. Three projects are currently 

underway in reproductive health sensing. 

2011 

Activities 

Maximum 

ERA ranking 

of 5 in ’02 

Physics’ and 

‘0205 Optical 

Physics’

Executive 

Summary 



& Facilities 

illumin8 – The New Headquarters for IPAS 

The Australian Federal Government, South Australian State 

Government, DSTO, Defence SA and The University of Adelaide 

have invested over $40M to construct a new headquarters for IPAS, 

which will house a unique suite of transdisciplinary laboratories. 

These facilities include glass development and processing, optical 

fibre fabrication, laser and device development, luminescence 

dating, environmental genomics, photonic sensor development, and 

synthetic, surface and bio-chemistry and offices to co-locate IPAS 

researchers and students from a broad range of scientific disciplines. 

This will all be located in the University’s new building, which is due 

for completion in February 2013. illumin8 will also incorporate a 420seat 

lecture theatre and other teaching and research facilities. 

The illumin8 Room Champions 





The following construction activities happened during 2011 

• January – Site works were started. 

• March – Work began on the 12m deep basement walls. 

• May – A 39 million-year-old sample was excavated during the 

drilling of one of the 24m deep foundation piles. 

• July – Diaphragm wall and foundation piling were completed. 

• August - Pouring of the concrete basement slab was started 

and the tower crane was erected. 

• November – Ground floor slab completed. 

• December – 1st floor slab completed. 

2011 

Activities 

On schedule 

for completion 

in February 

2013

Executive 

Summary 


& Facilities 

8 / IPAS Annual Report 2011 / IPAS Research & Facilities 


& Facilities 





2011 

Activities

Executive 

Summary 

Research Overview 

Research Environment 



& Facilities 

Since IPAS was formed in 2009 support of over $10M has been 

provided by The University of Adelaide, the SA State Government and 

DSTO. The Federal Government through the Education Investment Fund 

has provided funding of $29M towards the construction of the illumin8 

building, which will serve as the IPAS HQ building. 

In 2011, IPAS successfully secured more than $11M in new grant 

funding, including 5 Discovery Projects, 3 Linkage Infrastructure, 

Equipment and Facilities (LIEF) grants and 3 industrial Linkage Project 

grants. 2011 outputs include 142 peer reviewed journal papers and 41 

refereed conference papers, with 12 invited talks and a plenary session. 

The optical fibre fabrication facilities at IPAS form part of the Australian 

National Fabrication Facility (ANFF). 

IPAS has a strong culture of knowledge-sharing both internally and 

externally. Weekly seminars are held with the Optics and Photonics 

research group, and IPAS-wide seminars are held monthly. 

The outputs of our members’ research are published in high-impact 

peer reviewed journals, and presented at national and international 

conferences. Breakthroughs are disseminated via social media (e.g. 

Twitter, Facebook, Blogs, Newsletters), after careful assessment of IP 

considerations. 





IPAS provides support to its centres and members in order to maximise 

their research outcomes and their contributions to the Objectives by: 

• Providing access to leverage and seed funding schemes (for 

equipment, feasibility studies, etc). 

• Provision of administrative support – Group & IPAS supported travel 

organisation, Meeting co-ordination, Recruitment support, Video/ 

tele-conferencing systems, customer relationship management 

systems, inventory management etc. 

• Publicising the achievements of the Institute members, to internal and 

external audiences via the web, newsletters, media and PR activity. 

• Providing research grant support – awareness of programmes, grant 

development, and finance planning. 

• Helping the Centres and members get the best support from the 

central University systems – IT, Finance, Marketing, HR. 

• Providing accurate research statistics to members and ensuring that 

their research metrics are accurate and optimised. 

• Providing commercial support for commercial interactions, contract 

research, collaborative research, patenting and spin-out activities. 

• Providing a new building as the focus for the Institute activities with 

meeting rooms and other facilities. 

• Organisation of workshops and conferences. 

2011 

Activities 

Breakout The Federal box 

text Government for this 

panel has provided TBC 

funding of 

$29M towards 

illumin8

Executive 

Summary 

ARC Super Science Fellowships 



& Facilities 

Optical fibre-based sensors have the potential to transform our ability 

to monitor our environment, protect our nation’s assets and safeguard 

our citizens, and to offer improved clinical diagnostics and food quality 

control by creating tools that can detect molecules in real-time within 

complex samples. 





In April 2010, IPAS was awarded six Super Science fellowships from the 

Federal Government. The aim of this scheme was to attract and retain 

outstanding early career researchers in key areas of science critical 

to Australia’s future. These prestigious fellowships have substantial 

funding support from IPAS and the University, which allows the fellows 

to purchase key equipment, consumables and to travel for conferences 

and collaborations. 

IPAS ARC Super Science fellows: Dr Kris Roland, Dr Florian Englich, Dr Georgios Tsiminis, Dr Sabrina Heng, Dr Stephen Warren-Smith, Dr Linh Nguyen. 

2011 

Activities 

Breakout IPAS was box 

text awarded for this six 

panel ARC Super TBC 

Science 

fellowships

Executive 

Summary 

Super Science Projects 



& Facilities 

Super Science 1: Whispering Gallery Mode-based Capillary 

Electrophoresis. 

Whispering Gallery Mode-based Capillary Electrophoresis is 

focused on developing a new architecture for enhancing the interactions 

between light and matter by creating devices for optical-fibre-based 

cavity ringdown spectroscopy. If successful, this will underpin the 

development of tools for rapid biological fingerprinting. 

Dr Kris Roland. 

Super Science 2: Label Free Optical Fibre Gas Sensing. 

Label Free Optical Fibre Gas Sensing is focused on developing 

new label-free optical fibre sensing platforms by exploring the interaction 

of guided light with paramagnetic analytes under the influence of 

magnetic fields. The use of specifically tailored fibre geometries and 

materials for such sensor architectures underpin the development 

of miniature, selective, optical gas sensors with extremely small 

sample volumes for chemical, biological, defence and environmental 

monitoring applications. 

Dr Florian Englich. 

Super Science 3: Nanomachines: Light Driven On/Off Sensors 

Nanomachines: Light Driven On/Off Sensors will develop light-driven 

nanomachines that can be located on the glass surface within micro 

and nano-structured optical fibres. The central idea to is create a new 

type of nanomachine-based sensor that can be remotely controlled via 

light. For example, these sensors will allow reversible analyte binding 

and light-assisted expulsion of the analyte after sensing. 

Dr Sabrina Heng. 





Super Science 4: Probing The Seed and The Soil: New Tools for 

IVF and Women’s Health 

Probing The Seed and The Soil: New Tools for IVF and Women’s 

Health will, in partnership with Reproductive Health Researchers, 

work on creating new ways of monitoring the viability of embryos prior 

to implantation and testing endometrial receptivity, without negative 

effects. The project will develop new optical fibre based sensing tools to 

improve the success rates of IVF and women’s health. 

Dr Stephen Warren-Smith. 

Super Science 5: Blood Typing at Crime Scenes 

Blood Typing at Crime Scenes working with genomics researchers will 

focus on developing forensic field tools for rapid blood typing at crime 

scenes, developing new DNA detecting optical fibre based sensing 

tools. The aim is to develop new Forensic Science tools for blood 

analysis to accelerate crime scene investigations. 

Dr Linh Nguyen. 

Super Science 6: Detection of Trace Quantities of Explosives 

Detection of Trace Quantities of Explosives will collaborate with 

Defence Scientists from DSTO to develop new tools for the rapid 

detection of trace quantities of explosives. There is a critical need for 

new technologies to detect Improvised Explosive Devices (IEDs) in 

combat zones. This project will build on IPAS expertise in this area to 

develop novel photonic systems to help solve this problem. 

Dr Georgios Tsiminis. 

2011 

Activities 

These 

prestigious 

fellowships 

have substantial 

funding support 

from IPAS

Executive 

Summary 

IPAS Pilot Projects Scheme 



& Facilities 

IPAS launched its first pilot projects scheme in 2011 with the aim of 

driving the development of new research projects and directions. To 

win funding the projects had to demonstrate the potential to lead to 

external funding. The scheme encourages collaborative projects, within 

and across disciplinary boundaries and provides the IPAS Scientific 

Management Committee (SMC) with information on IPAS activities, 

capabilities, strengths, and opportunities to enable strategic decisionmaking. 

Six projects were selected for funding by the IPAS Scientific 

Management Committee and funding of $50k was allocated across 

these projects. 

• Waveguide laser development – David Lancaster 

• Nanocrystals in optical fibre – Heike Ebendorff-Heidepriem 

• Alzheimer’s diagnostics – John Carver & Andrew Abell 

• Browning sensor for next generation toasters – Sean Manning, 

Andrew Richardson & Kristopher Rowland 

• Whispering gallery mode sensing – Alex Francois 

• Developing a new camera system for atmospheric infrared studies – 

Roger Clay 



Incorporation of nanocrystals in glass 



2011 

Activities 

Six projects 

were selected 

for funding

Executive 

Summary 



& Facilities 

Studying for a PhD at IPAS – Case Studies 

Witold Bloch 

After the completion of my undergraduate degree in chemistry I became 

interested in the solid-state chemistry of porous coordination polymers 

(PCPs). My PhD project is focused around the synthesis and study of 

porous coordination polymers (PCPs) that exhibit dynamic behaviour. 

Dynamic PCPs can be utilised in applications which are not easily 

accessible by rigid frameworks. This includes selective guest adsorption 

or gated adsorption/desorption behavior, which is useful in applications 

such as gas storage and separation. We have synthesized a dynamic 

PCP composed of silver(I) and di-2-pyrazinylmethane that is extremely 

flexible and undergoes reversible solid-state contraction and expansion 

upon exposure to different guest molecules. We anticipate this material 

may be applicable to the separation of particular solvents or gases, 

having the capability to alter its size to accommodate particular guest 

molecules. 

Karina Martin 

After completing my undergraduate degree in biochemistry I decided 

to work towards a PhD with A/Prof Peter Hoffmann at the Adelaide 

Proteomics Centre researching ovarian cancer biomarkers. Ovarian 

cancer is the leading cause of death from gynaecological malignancies 

affecting approximately 1200 women in Australia annually. 

My PhD project aims to identify ovarian cancer biomarkers that are 

detectable at early stages of the disease in order to develop an effective 

early stage diagnostic test. Cancer induced autoantibodies have great 

potential as an early stage biomarker. I have been working to develop 

an immunoproteomic approach that has led to the identification of 137 

autoantibodies that are differentially present in ovarian cancer patients 

compared to benign and healthy individuals. These autoantibodies 

will be verified using protein microarray and subsequently validated as 

diagnostic indicators for early ovarian cancer. 



Sebastian Ng 



When I completed my double degree in science and mechanical 

engineering I secured a Professional Officer role at IPAS working on the 

development of new silica and germinate fibre lasers. After nine months I 

decided that I wanted to pursue a PhD in this area. My project is to design, 

fabricate and test new large mode area silica fibre lasers for high peak 

power applications like remote sensing, material processing and defence 

applications. I’m learning how to model and design fibres, then I work 

with the technical staff to fabricate the preforms and draw these into fibres 

which I can then characterise in the laser laboratories. 

Sebastian Ng, Karina Martin & Witold Bloch 

2011 

Activities 

IPAS provides 

a vibrant 

environment 

for study

Executive 

Summary 



& Facilities 

RESEARCH THEME 1: Optical Materials & Structures 

Theme Leaders: 

A/Prof Heike 

Ebendorff-Heidepriem 

Key Contacts: 

Prof Tanya Monro 

Soft Glasses & Fibres 

A/Prof Heike 

Ebendorff-Heidepriem E: heike.ebendorff@adelaide.edu.au 

Silica Glasses & Fibres 

A/Prof David Lancaster E: david.lancaster@adelaide.edu.au 

Optical Structure Modelling 

Dr Shahraam Afshar V. E: shahraam.afshar@adelaide.edu.au 

ANFF Optofab Node Materials Facility 

Mr Luis Lima-Marques E: luis.lima-marques@adelaide.edu.au 



Soft glass optical fibre draw 



2011 

Activities 

Optical 

Materials and 

Structures

Executive 

Summary 



& Facilities 

RESEARCH THEME 1: Optical Materials & Structures 

Capabilities 

• IPAS has complete vertical integration of expertise and facilities 

from modelling to device fabrication. 

Modelling 

• Prediction of optical properties of waveguides and fibres; 

• New theoretical frameworks to explore waveguides and fibres 

with extreme properties and nanoscale features. 

Fabrication of glasses and fibres: 

• Controlled atmosphere glass melting; 

• Soft and hard glass preform extrusion; 

• Doped silica modified chemical vapour deposition (MCVD) preform lathe; 

• Ultrasonic mill; 

• Soft glass and silica fibre drawing towers. 

Characterisation 

• High-resolution electron and atomic force/scanning near-field 

optical microscopes (AFM/SNOM); 

• transmission spectrometers and ellipsometers spanning from the 

ultraviolet to the far-infrared spectral region (200nm-30μm). 

Research 





Our Optical Materials & Structures research ranges from fundamental 

science to application driven design and development: 

• new glasses with novel optical properties; 

• novel nanocomposite materials; 

• advanced technologies for processing and shaping glass; 

• design and fabrication of micro- and nanostructured soft glass 

optical fibres; 

• speciality rare-earth doped and passive silica fibres, including 

single-mode germano-silica and double/triple clad fibres; 

• development of novel silica and polymer fibres, including 

the capacity for rare-earth and nanoparticulate doping; 

• advanced light propagation theory within optical fibres and 

planar waveguides. 

Key areas of strength include: 

• tellurite and fluoride glasses (both passive and active); 

• advanced preform technologies (both extrusion and MCVD based); 

• development of glasses and fibres capable of transmitting light in 

the mid-infrared that underpin new sensing platforms and lasers; 

• custom silica fibres for fibre lasers and sensing. 

2011 

Activities 

Optical 

Materials and 

Structures

Executive 

Summary 



& Facilities 

RESEARCH THEME 2: Lasers & Nonlinear Optics 


A/Prof David Lancaster Dr David Ottaway 

Key Contacts: 

Fibre & Planar Waveguide Lasers 

A/Prof David Lancaster E: david.lancaster@adelaide.edu.au 

Nonlinear Optics 

Dr Shahraam Afshar V. E: shahraam.afshar@adelaide.edu.au 

Solid State Lasers 

Dr David Ottaway E: david.ottaway@adelaide.edu.au 

Silica & Soft Glass Laser Development Facilities 




Upconversion in a fibre during characterisation tests 



2011 

Activities 

Lasers and 

Nonlinear 

Optics

Executive 

Summary 



& Facilities 

RESEARCH THEME 2: Lasers & Nonlinear Optics 

Our world leading research in lasers and novel light sources includes: 

• Planar waveguide and fibre lasers; 

• Solid-state lasers; 

• Fibre based super-continuum sources; 

• Fibre-based nonlinear devices including optical switches and 

frequency converters. 

Research within IPAS combines fundamental and applied physics 

to access new laser wavelengths through development of new 

laser architectures and nonlinear frequency conversion. Real world 

applications include: Atmospheric and coherent laser radars; 

gravitational wave detectors; spectroscopic sensors; surgery; and laser 

based electronic warfare systems. 

Fibre & Planar Waveguide Lasers 

Our Fibre & Planar Waveguide Lasers research is focused on 

developing and optimising new concepts in fibre and planar waveguide 

lasers. This research also drives the development of unique rareearth 

doped glasses and fibres at IPAS. The lasers we are developing 

operate in the mid-infrared allowing new applications in molecular 

spectroscopy, sensing, surgery, and meeting custom defence needs in 

countermeasures and sensor validation. 


Laser light in optical fibres can be so intense that it modifies its own 

frequency and polarisation. We are conducting fundamental research 

to gain new insight into nonlinear optical processes that occur within a 

variety of optical fibre materials and geometries. 

We also have expertise in modelling nonlinear processes in nano-scale 

waveguides; these could provide new solutions for high speed optical 

switches, laser sources and sensing architectures. 



Solid State Lasers 



Solid State Laser research at IPAS focuses on the development of lownoise 

and high-power systems for specific applications including ultra 

high precision measurement, spectroscopy, and remote sensing. We have 

over 60 years experience and know-how and the team have worked on 

international projects such as LIGO, developed Laser Radars (LIDAR) and 

have interests in differential absorption LIDAR applications. This has led to 

world-leading results in cryogenic and compact eye-safe laser systems. 

Silica & Soft Glass Laser Development Facilities 

The ANFF Optofab node and Soft Glass & Silica Fibre Fabrication facility 

provides the in-house glasses which underpin many of our novel laser 

technologies. 

2011 

Activities 

Lasers and 

Nonlinear 

Optics

Executive 

Summary 



& Facilities 

RESEARCH THEME 3: Surface Science & Synthetic Chemistry 


Prof Andrew Abell 

Key Contacts: 

Dr Chris Sumby 

Biological & Chemical Surface Functionalisation 

Prof Andrew Abell E: andrew.abell@adelaide.edu.au 

Novel Materials Synthesis 

Dr Chris Sumby E: christopher.sumby@adelaide.edu.au 

Functional Organic Materials 

Dr Christian Doonan E: christian.doonan@adelaide.edu.au 

Charge Transfer & Bioelectronics 

Dr Jingxian Yu E: jingxian.yu@adelaide.edu.au 

IPAS LARGE SCALE FACILITIES 

Bragg Crystallography Facility 

Dr Chris Sumby E: christopher.sumby@adelaide.edu.au 

Peptide Synthesis & Purification Facility 


Australian National Fabrication Facility (ANFF) Optofab 






Rigaku Hiflux Honelab diffractometer for large molecule structure 

determination, part of the Bragg Crystallography Facility 

2011 

Activities 

Surface 

Science & 

Synthetic 

Chemistry

Executive 

Summary 



& Facilities 

RESEARCH THEME 3: Surface Science & Synthetic Chemistry 

Research in this theme spans: 

• chemical surface coatings; 

• surface functionalisation strategies; 

• molecular-based sensors; 

• bioelectronics 

• new materials for gas storage or separation for renewable energy 

applications, and; 

• platforms for catalysis. 

Our researchers in this space include ARC Future and Super Science 

Fellows with expertise from fundamental chemistry to analyte-specific 

sensor development, highlighting this as an identified strength of IPAS. 

Key infrastructure is available in the School of Chemistry & Physics, and 

includes synthetic laboratories (wet and dry), NMR and X-ray structure 

determination, peptide synthesis and purification, and materials 

characterisation capabilities. 

Biological & Chemical Surface Functionalisation 

The Biological & Chemical Surface Functionalisation work at IPAS 

combines organic synthesis, supramolecular chemistry and surface 

science to functionalise the surface of a glass optical fibre and other 

surfaces, enabling the detection of specific chemicals and biomolecules. 

Novel Materials Synthesis 

Our Novel Materials Synthesis group design and synthesise 

nanostructured materials. Some of these compounds display novel 

interactions and behaviour which we may then exploit to develop 

sensors. Such new materials will also be exploited for separation 

science and as catalysts. 



Charge Transfer & Bioelectronics 



Our Charge Transfer & Bioelectronics work concerns the design and 

synthesis of peptides with specific secondary structures, whose 

electronic properties we then evaluate on surfaces, both theoretically 

and electrochemically. 

Functional Organic Materials 

IPAS researchers working on ground-breaking research in the area of 

Functional Organic Materials are developing the chemistry of ‘networked 

polymers’. These materials are synthesised from high symmetry building 

blocks, linked via strong, irreversible covalent bonds. This emerging field 

has tremendous potential for new, more efficient catalysis platforms, 

sensing, storage and separation solutions. 

Centre for Functional Nanomaterials (CFN) 

The University has established a stand-alone centre to foster, connect 

and harness research activities centred on the synthesis, processing 

and study of nanomaterials. Key research themes in the CFN will include 

Chemical and Electrical Energy Storage; Energy Waste Management; 

Heterogeneous Catalysis; and Nanoporous materials for Gas 

Separations. The Centre is led by Dr Christian Doonan. 

2011 

Activities 

Surface 

Science & 

Synthetic 

Chemistry

Executive 

Summary 



& Facilities 

RESEARCH THEME 4: Chemical and Radiation Sensing 


Prof Nigel Spooner 

Key Contacts: 


Chemical Sensing 

Prof Tanya Monro E: tanya.monro@adelaide.edu.au 

Radiation Sensing 

Prof Nigel Spooner E: nigel.spooner@adelaide.edu.au 

Optical Dating & Environmental Dosimetry 


Environmental Luminescence Facility 






Chemical sensing in liquids using a microstructured optical fibre 

2011 

Activities 

Chemical 

and Radiation 

Sensing

Executive 

Summary 



& Facilities 

RESEARCH THEME 4: Chemical and Radiation Sensing 

Using in-house and specialty optical fibre and unique surface coatings, 

we develop novel optical fibre based chemical sensing architectures. 

We explore the limits of detection; ultra-small volume samples, low 

concentrations or difficult to access areas. 

We are working with end-users and industry to develop these sensors 

for monitoring water quality, corrosion, wine maturation, embryos, soil 

nutrients, fuel degradation and explosives. We are also researching new 

fibre forms of radiation dosimeters for medicine, industry and Defence. 

The IPAS Environmental Luminescence facility hosts the most 

comprehensive suite of luminescence research equipment in the world. 

Using this capability we develop new forensic luminescence techniques 

for detection of prior exposure to ionising radiation, and provide a wide 

range of luminescence dating services to industry and academia. 

Chemical Sensing 

Our chemical sensing research includes: 

• Dip-sensors for hard to access regions, including hazardous 

environments & in-vivo; 

• Distributed sensors to enable information across a platform or structure; 

• Liquid and gas sensing techniques; 

• Approaches: fluorescence, Raman & other spectroscopic techniques; 

• Analytes successfully sensed include hydrogen peroxide(H2O2), 

aluminium ions (Al3+), free SO2, and others. 

Working in partnership with our Optical Materials & Surface 

Functionalisation theme researchers, we are developed new functional 

structures surfaces to enable advanced sensor functionality. Together 

we solve problems in partnership with irrigation companies, Defence 

organisations, embryologists and oenologists. 


The Radiation Sensing work focuses on the development of new tools 

for radiation dosimetry for both fundamental research and applications 





in health, Defence and industry. Examples include the development of 

fibre based distributed dosimeters and fibre-tip sensors for use in-vivo 

in cancer treatment. This Theme is being supported by 3 of our 6 ARC 

Super Science Fellowships spanning: 

• Photoswitchable sensor surfaces 

• Explosives detection 

• Small-volume gas sensing 

Environmental Luminescence 

The radiation sensing and Luminescence Analysis takes place in our 

Environmental Luminescence facility. The suite includes the world’s 

most sensitive TL spectrometer, a photon-counting imaging system 

(PCIS) developed in collaboration with ANU, state-of-the-art TL/OSL 

Risø readers, and specialised apparatus for the measurement of 

luminescence kinetics and signal stability. 

Luminescence techniques are highly versatile, being able to accurately 

measure ages of up to 500,000 years before present, down to doses 

as low as a fraction of one day’s background radiation. Our research 

is advancing these techniques and further extends the applicability of 

luminescence analysis. We collaborate widely with industry, Defence 

and academia, including contract Optical Dating services. 

Optical Dating & Environmental Dosimetry 

Our Optical Dating & Environmental Dosimetry researchers specialise 

in the physics of luminescence, particularly of minerals and artificial 

materials, leading to the advancement of luminescence techniques for 

forensic dosimetry, dose reconstruction following radiological incidents, 

and the application of TL and Optical Dating to a diverse range of 

questions in archaeology, geomorphology and palaeohydrology. This 

includes the dating of ancient ceramics, megafaunal extinctions, and 

human migrations across Australia (publications in Science and Nature). 

2011 

Activities 

Chemical 

and Radiation 

Sensing

Executive 

Summary 



& Facilities 

RESEARCH THEME 5: Medical Diagnostics & Biological Sensing 



Key Contacts: 

Dr Peter Hoffmann 

Biomarker Discovery 

Dr Peter Hoffmann E: peter.hoffmann@adelaide.edu.au 

Methathesis and Click Chemistry 


Protein Structure, Function and Interactions 

Prof John Carver E: john.carver@adelaide.edu.au 

Biosensing Platform Development 


Adelaide Proteomics Centre 

Dr Peter Hoffmann E: peter.hoffmann@adelaide.edu.au 

STARR Laboratory 




Development of whispering gallery mode biosensors 



2011 

Activities 

Medical 

Diagnostics 

& Biological 

Sensing

Executive 

Summary 



& Facilities 

RESEARCH THEME 5: Medical Diagnostics & Biological Sensing 

IPAS research in Medical Diagnostics & Biological Sensing seeks to: 

• Create measurement tools to enable new questions to be asked 

in biology & medicine; 

• Develop improved medical diagnostic techniques, including 

‘point of decision’ technologies; 

• Advance next generation proteomics technologies for cancer 

diagnostics & treatment; 

• Discovery and detection of biomarkers using Tissue Imaging 

Mass Spectrometry; 

• Investigate proteins and peptides underpinning the development 

and prevention of diseases; 

• Drug design and development, including the identification and 

synthesis of novel small molecules to block or activate cellular targets. 

Biomarker Discovery 

This work investigates cancers through the identification of new 

biomarkers, increasing our capacity to detect, identify and quantify 

proteins and peptides with high sensitivity and accuracy. We use mass 

spectrometry, 2D gel electrophoresis combined with difference gel 

electrophoresis fluorescence labelling for protein identification and 

quantification. This work is driven by the need for the early diagnosis 

of cancer and to monitor diseases progression as well as a better 

understanding of the disease at the molecular level. 

Protein Structure, Function & Interactions 

Our focus is chemical, spectroscopic and biophysical investigators 

of the structures, functions and interactions of peptides and proteins. 

Nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy, circular dichroism, 

fluorescence spectroscopy, electron microscopy, ultracentrifugation 

techniques and site directed mutagenesis are used to investigate 

structure-function relationships of specific amino acids within 

peptides and proteins. 



Biosensing Platform Development 



Harnessing breakthroughs from our other themes, we create new 

biosensing tools for advancing biological research, and by collaborating 

with medical researchers to enable translation to clinical applications. 

This area is been supported by 3 of our 6 ARC Super Science 

Fellowships spanning: 

• DNA detection in small volumes 

• In-vivo fertility probes 

• Protein separation & detection 

• New sensor architectures include: 

• Small-volume In-fibre fluorescence assays 

• Fibre-tip sensors for in-vivo diagnostics 

• Multi-channel sensor for virus, bacteria & biomarker detection 

for gastric cancer 

Metathesis & Click Chemistry 

We design, synthesise and test inhibitors to solve clinical challenges. Our 

investigations concentrate on proteolytic enzymes and small heat-shock 

chaperone proteins (sHsp) associated with amyloid fibril formation. We 

work to incorporate molecular ‘switches’ that when activated mimic a key 

protein or peptide. Our aim is the improved treatment and diagnosis of 

Alzheimer’s, traumatic brain injury, cataract & cancer. 

2011 

Activities 

Medical 

Diagnostics 

& Biological 

Sensing

Executive 

Summary 



& Facilities 

RESEARCH THEME 6: Remote Sensing 


Dr David Ottaway Dr Gavin Rowell 

Key Contacts: 

Light Detection and Ranging (LIDAR) 

Prof Peter Veitch E: peter.veitch@adelaide.edu.au 

Gravitational Wave Detection (LIGO) 

Dr David Ottaway E: david.ottaway@adelaide.edu.au 

High Energy Astrophysics 

Dr Gavin Rowell E: gavin.rowell@adelaide.edu.au 

Buckland Park Field Station & Observatory 

Prof Iain Reid E: iain.reid@adelaide.edu.au 



Development of new lasers for remote sensing applications 



2011 

Activities 

Remote 

Sensing

Executive 

Summary 



& Facilities 

RESEARCH THEME 6: Remote Sensing 

Remote Sensing research at IPAS includes development of advanced 

optical systems for: 

• Interferometric gravitational waves detection; 

• ICoherent laser radar systems for measuring wind fields for wind 

farms and pollutant monitoring from industrial and mining sites; 

• ILIDAR systems for measuring traces gases and remote sensing 

of the atmosphere; 

• IHigh energy astrophysics with gamma- and cosmic-rays. 

The team has a wealth of experience in developing technologies that 

underpin remote sensing. IPAS members contribute to international 

projects such as the Laser Interferometer Gravitational Wave 

Observatory (LIGO), the High Energy Stereoscopic System (HESS) 

and the Pierre Auger Observatory. 

Gravitational Wave Detection with LIGO 

Gravitational waves were predicted by Einstein. Researchers within IPAS 

are members of the LIGO team which is building a $300M instrument to 

detect these waves. We have developed a range of laser systems and 

optical sensors for advance gravitational wave detection. 

Light Detection & Ranging (LIDAR) 

We are developing coherent laser radar (CLR) systems for a range of 

eyesafe LIDAR applications including: monitoring dust and pollution 

emanating from mining and industrial sites, mapping wind speeds 

for wind farm site assessment and turbine protection, and turbulence 

detection for aerospace applications. We are also developing differential 

absorption LIDAR (DIAL) to remotely sense chemicals in the atmosphere 

including: water vapour sensing, SOx and CH4. 



High Energy Astrophysics 



High energy cosmic messengers such as gamma and cosmic rays 

enable us to study the processes in extreme objects like supernova 

explosions, pulsars and black holes. The IPAS Remote Sensing Theme is 

engaged in these research goals. Detecting gamma-rays and cosmicrays 

requires advanced techniques to filter the atmospheric background 

and apply atmospheric transmission. Current projects include the design 

of gamma ray telescopes and ultra high energy cosmic ray detectors. 

Buckland Park Station & Observatory 

Buckland Park, a coastal site north of Adelaide, boasts an array of 

equipment dedicated to studying the atmosphere, including radars (MF 

and VHF ), a radio acoustic sounding system and a 3-field photometer. 

A LIDAR for measuring temperature, density and wind velocity at 

altitudes between 10km and 105km was recently added. Combined 

with the radar and passive optical systems, this facility delivers a unique 

atmospheric measurement capability extending from the troposphere 

up to the lower thermosphere. 

2011 

Activities 

Remote 

Sensing

Executive 

Summary 

Research Facilities 



& Facilities 

Underpinning the research at IPAS are a number of world-class research 

facilities, these include: 

• Soft glass & fibre fabrication. 

• Silica glass & fibre fabrication. 

• Surface Science & Surface Chemistry. 

• The Adelaide Proteomics Centre. 

• The STARR Lab (Reproductive BioPhotonics). 

• Optofab Adelaide Node – The Australian National Fabrication Facility. 

• Atmospheric Physics – Buckland Park. 

• Advanced LIGO and the Gingin Facility. 

• Bragg X-ray crystallography facility. 

• Environmental Luminescence. 

These facilities service the needs of IPAS researchers and also offer 

contract services to researchers and companies across the world. 

The optical fibre fabrication facilities at IPAS form part of the Australian 

National Fabrication Facility (ANFF) which links eight facility nodes 

to provide researchers and industry with access to state-of-the-art 

fabrication facilities. 

The capabilities of each of these areas is explained in the following 

sections along with contact details of the leaders of these facilities. 





2011 

Activities 

These 

world-class 

facilities service 

the needs 

of IPAS

Executive 

Summary 

Soft Glass and Fibre Fabrication 



& Facilities 

The optical fibre manufacturing facilities at the Institute for Photonics & 

Advanced Sensing (IPAS), at The University of Adelaide comprise stateof-the-art 

fabrication equipment, know-how and capability. 

IPAS’ soft glass fabrication facilities support the manufacture of a range 

of glasses including fluoride, tellurite and germanate. These facilities 

include equipment for the controlled batching, melting, casting and 

annealing, which in turn enables production of novel glass compositions, 

including undoped and doped glasses. 

The soft glass production facilities comprise both open-air and 

controlled-atmosphere glass melting capability. The open-air melting 

capability consists of a melting furnace with maximum temperature 

of 1200 o C and two annealing furnaces with a maximum temperature 

of 500 o C. The open-air glass melting capability is used to produce a 

range of tellurite glasses; Na-Zn-La-tellurite glass (undoped or doped 

with fluorescent rare earth ions) is now routinely made in up to 300g raw 

material batch sizes. 

The controlled-atmosphere glass melting capability consists of a 

5-port glove box with integrated melting furnace with a maximum 

temperature of 800 - 900 o C, and an annealing furnace with a maximum 

temperature of 500 o C. A new 6-port controlled atmosphere glove box 

with one integrated melting furnace and three annealing furnaces was 

commissioned in 2011. 

IPAS has pioneered methods for extruding glass to form structured 

preforms. These structured preforms can be produced using soft glass 

and polymer billets. Preforms can be sonically milled and drilled into a 

range of cladding shapes as required. These preforms are then drawn 

down in scale into optical fibres. Fibres can be produced as core-clad 

and microstructured fibres. A large range of custom, specialised and 

microstructured fibres can be produced; such microstructured fibres 

having hole sizes in the range of 20nm – 20μm, with almost arbitrary 

hole shapes and distributions. 





Preforms can be produced with a wide range of structures using soft 

glass and polymer billets. We currently have 2 extrusion rigs: 

Our primary rig can extrude preforms at a temperature of up to 700 o C 

and a force of up to 100kN. Preforms can be made from in-house 

fabricated glasses and commercially sourced glasses, including: 

tellurite, bismuth, fluoride (ZBLAN), fluoride-phosphate (Schott: N-FK5, 

N-FK51A), lead silicate (Schott: LLF1, F2, SF6, SF57) and chalcogenide 

glasses as well as polymers. The structures can include rods of 1 - 

20mm diameter, tubes of 10 - 20mm outer diameter and 0.5 - 8mm inner 

diameter, wagon-wheel structures (suspended core), hexagonal arrays 

of 1 - 7 rings of air holes and spider-web like structures with large air 

filling fractions. 

A 4m soft glass drawing tower is currently used to draw preforms of 8 

- 15mm diameter and up to 180mm lengths into canes of approximately 

1mm outer diameter or fibres of 100 - 400μm outer diameter. The 

temperature range that can be reached in the centre of the hot zone of 

the RF furnace is approximately 200 - 900 o C. Pressure and vacuum can 

be applied to the preform during caning and fibre drawing. A range of 

soft glasses and polymer can be drawn from this tower. In addition, the 

preform can be spun during fibre drawing. On-line coating of fibres with 

UV-curable polymer can also be performed. 

Contact: 

A/Prof Heike Ebendorff-Heidepriem 

T: +61 (0)8 8303 5028 

E: heike.ebendorff@adelaide.edu.au 

2011 

Activities 

IPAS has 

pioneered 

methods for 

extruding glass

Executive 

Summary 

Silica Glass and Fibre Fabrication 



& Facilities 

IPAS’ new silica fibre fabrication facility will extend the research 

capability at IPAS and opens new opportunities as well as enhancing 

the range of applications for specialty silica fibres from photonics 

research in new lasers, telecommunications devices, nonlinear optics, 

sensing, electro-optic devices, to applications-led research in industrial 

machining and medical treatments. 

This facility located at the North Terrace and Thebarton Campuses of 

The University of Adelaide has taken 3 years and $4.5M to build and is 

staffed by world class glass fibre formulation and fabrication experts – it 

represents a state-of-the-art silica glass fabrication facility that further 

extends IPAS capabilities and opens new opportunities for Australian 

researchers within these fields. 

The North Terrace Silica Preform Facility comprises silica preform 

production via MCVD, sonic milling and drilling equipment and preform 

characterisation instruments. The Thebarton Silica Fibre Drawing 

Facility houses a 6-meter fibre drawing tower and fibre characterisation 

instruments. 

The facility includes a Modified Chemical Vapour Deposition (MCVD) 

lathe for the fabrication of doped silica preforms (dopants: Ge, P, Al, B, F, 

rare earths). 

The facility includes a Photon Kinetics 2600 preform analyser, allowing 

for the fully automated refractive index characterisation of optical fibre 

preforms. This analyser gives us the ability to fully automate preform 

positioning, facilitating rapid and comprehensive characterization of 

preform structure. From the refractive index profile data, the PK2600 

calculates preform geometry metrics such as core diameter, preform 

outside diameter, and concentricity. This data also yields equivalent 

step-index profile parameters, which allow prediction of drawn fibre 

properties and provide essential preform process feedback. 





The 6m drawing tower at this facility will enable the drawing of silica 

fibres in the temperature range of 1800-2200 o C. In addition, this reconfigurable 

and versatile tower will allow draw process modifications, 

as well as new research and commercial production opportunities of 

specialised optical fibres. 

The facility includes a Photon Kinetics 2200 optical fibre analysis 

system. This provides a high performance, high capability measurement 

system for optical fibre. It provides high-speed characterisation of the 

spectral loss of single-mode and multimode fibres. In addition, a Photon 

Kinetics 2400 fibre geometry system provides high-speed automated 

measurements of optical fibre end-face geometry. Repeatable and 

accurate measurement of parameters such as core and cladding 

diameter, core and cladding non-circularity, as well as core-cladding 

concentricity providing invaluable process control information. The 

facility also operates a re-spooler/fibre proof tester. 

Contact: 

A/Prof David Lancaster 

T: +61 (0)8 8313 0815 

E: david.lancaster@adelaide.edu.au 

2011 

Activities 

The new silica 

fibre fabrication 

facility will 

extend IPAS’ 

research 

capabilities

Executive 

Summary 

The Adelaide Proteomics Centre 



& Facilities 

The Adelaide Proteomics Centre (APC) is a joint venture of the University 

of Adelaide and Hanson Institute, established with support from the 

Australian Cancer Research Foundation. The Centre offers researchers 

and industry a state-of-the-art Proteomics facility with the technology 

to identify proteins, quantify changes in protein expression levels and 

characterize post-translational modifications. 

The Adelaide Proteomics Centre offers a range of standard and custom 

services for Proteomics and high throughput screening. 

The team at APC are equipped to provide expert services in mass 

spectrometry based protein identification, quantitation, characterisation 

of post-translational modifications and high throughput screening / QC 

of small molecules. We also provide expert 2D DIGE characterisation of 

protein expression and N-terminal sequencing. 





The APC is equipped with an Orbitrap LTQ XL ETD (Thermo Fisher 

Scientific), amaZon ETD (Bruker Daltonics), ultrafleXtreme and ultraflex III 

MALDI-TOFs (Bruker Daltonics). 

For more information on the centre please visit our website: 

http://www.adelaide.edu.au/mbs/proteomics/ 

Contact: 

A/Prof Peter Hoffmann 

M: +61 (0)434 079 108 

T: +61 (0)8 8303 5507 

E: peter.hoffmann@adelaide.edu.au 

2011 

Activities 

APC offers 

a range of 

services for 

proteomics and 

high throughput 

screening

Executive 

Summary 



& Facilities 

The STARR Lab (Reproductive BioPhotonics) 

Preventable reproductive disease costs Australia more than $3B per 

year and affects more than 25% of women between 15 and 45 years 

of age. In addition, reproductive efficiency and pregnancy loss is a 

major economic issue in livestock breeding, directly impacting on other 

industries such as agriculture. However at present it is not possible to 

monitor developing embryos or assess the uterine environment nondestructively. 

This is essential to improve productivity, cost efficiency 

and improvement in assisted reproductive technology techniques. 

The STARR laboratory was established to underpin the development 

of photonics-based reproductive health technologies to enable SA’s 

reproductive health researchers and clinicians to lead in adopting 

emerging optical fibre-based technologies. These emerging sensing 

platforms will provide a richer understanding of the science of early 

embryo development as well as improved diagnostics endometriosis, 

reproductive cancers and infertility. STARR brings together leading 

photonics and reproductive health researchers with medical instrument 

providers and clinicians to ensure that the technologies developed 

are suited for clinical uptake as well as the needs of researchers. The 

combination of these skills is the first of its type in the world. 

The STARR laboratory has been established at the University of 

Adelaide’s Medical School (South) Building, within a dark room in the 

Embryo Culture Laboratory. This location allows new sensor concepts 

to be demonstrated in an environment having access to biological 

samples, PC2 laboratory facilities and reproductive health scientists. 

The comprehensive initial suite of laboratory equipment includes: 

• Olympus Confocal Laser Scanning Microscope System 

• 2 Optical Tables (1200 x 1800 x 300mm) 

• Spectrometers 

• Laser sources 

• Optical microscopes 

• Micrometer stages 

• Ultrasonic optical fibre cleavers 

• Power meters 

• Incubator 



Current Research Projects 



Optical fibres are a promising technology for biological sensing, with 

benefits such as multiplexing, and their small size allows them to 

be minimally invasive probes. A particular design of optical fibre, a 

microstructured optical fibre, which contains air holes along its length, 

provides the additional advantage of being both an intrinsic sensor and 

a sample collector via capillary action. These microstructured optical 

fibres can collect nanolitres of liquid samples while still making sensitive 

measurements. 

Nanosampling Sensors for Real-Time Embryo Monitoring 

We now understand that the potential of every individual is established 

very early in life, during the periconceptual period when the oocytes 

mature and embryos are formed. At present, there are no technologies 

that can non-destructively monitor the local culture environment in which 

embryos develop. 

This project seeks to alleviate this shortfall, by using low-volume 

sensing methods made possible with microstructured optical fibres to 

sample the embryo culture medium. These fibres allow nanolitre scale 

measurements to be performed by drawing liquids into the voids within 

the optical fibre where they can interact with the light guided in the fibre. 

This project aims to develop a fibre optic sensor that is capable of taking 

measurements in and around the embryo culture medium, for hydrogen 

peroxide sensing, as well as developing measurement methods to 

record both the temperature and pH of low-volume samples. 

Researcher: Erik Schartner Project Leaders: Andrew Abell, 

Rob Gilchrist, Tanya Monro, Jeremy Thompson. 

Project Funding: ARC Linkage with Cook Australia Pty. Ltd. 

2011 

Activities 

STARR brings 

together leading 

photonics and 

reproductive 

health 

researchers

Executive 

Summary 



& Facilities 

Optical Fibre Endometrium Sensors for Women’s Infertility 

Women’s infertility is an increasing problem due to pregnancies 

occurring later in life. While many causes are understood, approximately 

25% of cases are unexplained. The receptivity of the endometrium is 

believed to be a significant factor behind these unexplained cases and 

thus there is currently a need to develop new tools and techniques for 

monitoring the endometrium. This will have benefits for both diagnosing 

infertility and assisting decisions on IVF implantation. 

This project aims to develop a microstructured optical fibre sensor 

for the measurement of proteins in endometrial fluid. The sensor will 

be made sensitive to proteins that have previously been identified 

as markers of infertility, such as proprotein convertase 6, and will be 

measured using a modified enzyme activity assay that will be coated 

onto the internal walls of the fibre. 

Researcher: Stephen Warren-Smith Project Leaders: Tanya Monro, 

Robert Norman, Lois Salamonsen Project Funding: ARC Super Science 

Our Partners 





The STARR facility is a $1.4M initiative by the State SA’s Premier’s 

Science and Research Fund (PSRF) and is a partnership between The 

University of Adelaide, Robinson Institute, IPAS, Cook Australia Pty 

Ltd, Flinders Reproductive Medicine Pty Ltd, Fertility SA Pty Ltd and 

Reproductive Health Science Pty Ltd 

Contact: 


M: +61 (0)400 649 369 

T: +61 (0)8 8303 3955 

E: tanya.mono@adelaide.edu.au 

2011 

Activities 

New sensing 

technologies 

will be 

developed 

in STARR

Executive 

Summary 



& Facilities 

Optofab Adelaide Node – The Australian 

National Fabrication Facility 

Established under the National Collaborative Research Infrastructure 

Strategy, the Australian National Fabrication Facility (ANFF) links 8 

university-based nodes to provide researchers and industry with access 

to state-of-the-art fabrication facilities. 

The capability provided by ANFF enables users to process hard 

materials (metals, composites and ceramics) and soft materials 

(polymers and polymer-biological moieties) and transform these 

into structures that have application in sensors, medical devices, 

nanophotonics and nanoelectronics. 

The Nodes 

The nodes, which are located across Australia, draw on existing 

infrastructure and expertise. Each offers a specific area of expertise 

including advanced materials, nanoelectronics & photonics and 

bio nano applications. Our commitment to providing a world-class 

user facility is underpinned by the sharing of best practice in service 

provision across the nodes. 

The ANFF Difference 

Of course, opening the doors to world-class infrastructure is only the 

first step. Without dedicated staff to support access, breakthrough 

research remains just an idea. Each ANFF node has experts on hand 

to assist researchers, experienced in meeting user requirements and 

maintaining leading-edge instrumentation. In fact, over 60 technical 

staff positions are funded through the program. Researchers are able 

to either work at the node under expert guidance, or to contract for 

specialised products to be fabricated at a reasonable cost. 



Optofab Node of ANFF 



Optofab consists of four centres of facilities and expertise based at 

Macquarie University, Bandwidth Foundry International, University 

of Sydney and the University of Adelaide, with the headquarters at 

Macquarie University. 

Optofab offers specialist dedicated staff that are on hand to 

provide services & technical support to users where appropriate in 

microprocessing and microfabrication of fibre, planar and bulk optical 

materials which include silica, silicon, lithium niobate and polymers. 

There are also a number of post-processing capabilities e.g. surface 

functionalisation and advanced characterisation. These techniques 

have been used to produce artefacts for use in telecoms, biotechnology, 

biomedicine, microelectronics, optical sensing, industrial processing, 

defence and security applications. 

Contact: 

Luis Lima-Marques 

M: +61 (0)413 339 808 

E: luis.lima-marques@adelaide.edu.au 

2011 

Activities 

Optofab 

consists of 

four centres 

of facilities and 

expertise

Executive 

Summary 



& Facilities 

Atmospheric Physics – Buckland Park 

Buckland Park is an Atmospheric Physics field station owned by the 

University of Adelaide. It is located 60km North-West of Adelaide. The 

facility comprises MF, VHF and UHF radars. 

IPAS researchers working in atmospheric and laser physics are setting 

up a new LIDAR facility at Buckland Park. The aim is to measure 

atmospheric temperature, wind and dynamical processes with high 

spatial and temporal resolution from 10 to 110 km altitudes. 

Investigating the middle atmosphere by LIDAR is a well-established 

method and utilised at many sites around the world. However, these 

sites are predominately in the northern hemisphere and there are 

very few LIDAR stations in the southern hemisphere. In particular the 

southern subtropics are important as there is significant demand for 

measurement with high spatial and temporal resolution. This facility is 

the first of its kind in Australia and at a unique location in the southern 

hemisphere, 35° S 138° E. 





In addition, IPAS researchers are developing a range of new advanced 

LIDAR technologies. 

First stage: 

• LIDAR building finished and power laser under development. 

• Implement all parts for LIDAR in building. 

• From 2010 on Rayleigh temperatures from 30 to 60 km altitude. 

Second stage from 2011 onwards: 

• Power laser for resonance measurements. 

• Extend altitude range for Rayleigh measurements 15 to 80 km. 

• Combined Rayleigh and Resonance measurements. 

• Continuous observation from 15 to 100 km on a regular basis. 

Scientific aims: 

• Study seasonal temperature structure at 36°S. 

• Study dynamical processes such as tidal, planetary and gravity waves. 

• Validate these local observations with Satellite and Model results. 

• Intercomparison of South-North hemisphere and along 36° longitude. 

Contact: 

David Ottaway 

T: +61 8 8313 5165 

E: david.ottaway@adelaide.edu.au 

2011 

Activities 

Prototype 

polarsonde 

for detecting 

supercooled 

liquid water in 

clouds

Executive 

Summary 



& Facilities 

Advanced LIGO and the Gingin Facility 

LIGO Development and the Gingin Facility 

The Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory (LIGO) is 

dedicated to the detection of cosmic gravitational waves and the 

measurement of these waves for scientific research. It consists of two 

widely separated installations within the United States, funded by the 

National Science Foundation (NSF) and operated in unison as a single 

observatory. This observatory is available for use by the world scientific 

community, and is a vital member in a developing global network of 

gravitational wave observatories. 

IPAS researchers actively engage in LIGO and have worked in senior 

positions in the USA headquarters of the project. They have designed 

and developed a range of laser systems, architectures and components 

for LIGO. Current work includes the development of ultra-sensitive 

optical wavefront sensors for installation on the advanced LIGO detector. 

Contact: 

Jesper Munch 

T : +61 8 8313 3526 

E: jesper.munch@adelaide.edu.au 



The LIGO Laboratory, California Institute of Technology 



2011 

Activities 

LIGO is 

dedicated to 

the detection 

of cosmic 

gravitational 

waves

Executive 

Summary 



& Facilities 

Bragg X-ray Crystallography Facility 

Single-crystal X-ray structure determination provides the single most 

important means of unambiguously characterising molecules in the 

solid state. Using this technique an experimenter can determine the 

exact 3-D arrangement of atoms in a structure – this includes the relative 

positions, bonding and interactions of all atoms in a structure. No single 

step can provide more information about the way a biological/chemical 

agent works than its three dimensional structure. 

The main capabilities of the Bragg Crystallography Facility include: 

• High throughput small molecule structure determination; 

• Protein and macromolecule structure determination; 

• Screening of large protein samples for subsequent synchrotron 

data collection; 

• Powder diffraction analysis. 

Key equipment include two state-of-the-art diffractometers: 

• a Mo-target Oxford Diffraction X-Calibur X-ray diffractometer; 

for small molecule structure determination; 

• a Cu-target Rigaku Hiflux Homelab rotating anode X-ray 

diffractometer for large molecule structure determination. 

1. High throughput small molecule structure determination 

High throughput small molecule structure determination (SMX) SMX is 

used to determine the structures or inorganic, organic and mineralogical 

species (i.e. compounds with a few atoms to those containing a 

thousand atoms) and to define the absolute structure and configuration 

of chiral (asymmetric) compounds. SMX can be used to identify and 

characterise potential drug leads, protein inhibitors/activators and 

nanoscale/catalytic homogenous systems. 

2. Protein and macromolecule structure determination 

Protein and macromolecule structure determination (PX) PX structure 

determination offers industries with a research focus in biotechnology, 





(stem) cell biology, biochemistry, biomedicine and biotechnology 

single step access to the 3-D structure of a protein or enzyme. This 

information can be used to further understand drug targets or biological 

activity, for example. Our PX capable instrument can also be used for 

other macromolecular structure determination, e.g. polynucleic acids, 

polymers and supramolecular extended network materials. The services 

provided under items 1 and 2 can include: 

• Selection and mounting of crystal specimens; 

• X-ray data collection; 

• Digital movies of crystals; 

• Face-indexed numerical absorption corrections (when needed); 

• Structure solution and refinement; 

• Full crystallographic report with experimental details, figures, files, 

and tables of crystallographic data. 

3. Screening of weakly diffracting protein samples 

Screening of weakly diffracting protein samples prior to synchrotron 

access. Samples that require more intense X-ray sources due to 

inherently weak X-ray diffraction using conventional sources can only 

be structurally determined using the intense X-ray beams provided by 

a synchrotron. Examples of these samples include membrane bound 

proteins and biomacromolecules. 

4. Powder 

Powder samples can be run on the Xcalibur (Mo radiation only). 

However, only homogeneous powder samples with at most two 

chemical components are appropriate for the CCD diffractometer. 

Contact: 

Dr Christopher Sumby 

T: +61 8 8303 7406 

E: christopher.sumby@adelaide.edu.au 

2011 

Activities 

The Bragg 

Crystallography 

Facility will be 

able to screen 

samples locally

Executive 

Summary 

Environmental Luminescence 



& Facilities 

Environmental Luminescence studies a range of applications of 

luminescence phenomena to diverse problems in Environmental 

Monitoring, Quaternary Geology, Defence and National Security, 

Archaeology and Palaeontology. These include the use of luminescence 

for determination of absorbed radiation dose (Luminescence 

Dosimetry and Dating), the real-time monitoring of radiation fields in the 

environment, and the use of luminescence and fluorescence for trace 

substance detection. Our research interests lie both in the underlying 

physics and the applications. 

The radiation sensing and Luminescence Analysis takes place in our 

Environmental Luminescence facility. 

The Environmental Luminescence facility brings together an apparatus 

suite, which enables state-of-the-art Geochronology and a great range 

of research possibilities. 

The main facility includes: 

• 3D TL Spectrometer – Interferometer-based, 200-720 nm sensitive 

range for temperatures up to 600°C – the world’s most sensitive 

TL spectrometer. 

• Photon-Counting Imaging System (PCIS) – developed in 

collaboration with ANU and to be transferred to IPAS on long-term 

loan. An LN-cooled silicon CCD camera is interfaced with a Risø 

OSL/TL-DA-15 with fast (f0.9) reflective optics to enable exploitation 

of the full 200-1050 nm sensitive range of the CCD. 

• R1: a Risø TL-DA-8 with cooled red (S20) PMT module optimised 

for red TL. 

• R2: a Risø TL/OSL DA-20 with Single-Grain Module with green 

and IR lasers, dedicated to Single-Grain Optical Dating. 

• R3: a Risø TL/OSL DA-20 with fast photon timer module for 

time-resolved OSL (POSL), and Single-Grain Module with green 

and IR lasers. 

• R4: a Risø OSL/TL-DA-12 for blue TL, with blue/UV (bialkali) PMT, 

and a 470 nm LED pack for optical stimulation. 



Sample preparation for luminescence dating 



2011 

Activities 

The 

Environmental 

Luminescence 

facility enables 

great research 

possibilities

Executive 

Summary 



& Facilities 

• Elsec Automated OSL/IRSL Reader Type 9010. 

• A “Single-aliquot” fading chamber for anomalous fading 

investigations (gift from Prof Dave Huntley, Simon Fraser University, 

Canada). 

• Modified “Elsec” TL glow oven for Kinetics; this is optimised for low 

count rate TL with a low-noise EMI 9635QA PMT and is capable of 

heating rates as low as 0.0008 k/s. 

• Princeton Instruments Spectrofluorometer (PIXIS 256 detector) 

enables fluorescence analysis. 

• Single-photon avalanche photodiodes (free-space and fibre-coupled). 

Sample collection in the field: 

• a water-cooled “Hilti” coring drill is used for sampling building 

materials and lithic materials. 

• sediment samples are collected using coring cylinders. 

Field dosimetry is performed using: 

• Two calibrated 27 cubic inch NaI portable gamma-ray spectrometers 

• TLD Capsule Dosimetry. 

Laboratory dosimetry includes: 

• Four LN-cooled high-resolution Ge-gamma ray spectrometers 

• Six alpha-counters for thick-source alpha counting. 

In addition, we routinely use external providers for ICPMS/OES, XRF (K), 

and neutron activation and delayed neutron activation. 



Sample Preparations: 



Well-equipped sample preparation darkrooms include separate areas 

for field kit, a “saw room” with masonry saw, Buehler diamond wafering 

slow-saw and water-cooled coring drill, and a preparation lab dedicated 

to the extraction of mineral grains; apparatus includes 38 mm and 100 

mm micromesh sieve stacks, a facility for batch density separation 

using lithium heteropolytungstate, Franz magnetic separator, centrifuge, 

ultrasonic baths, hotplates, precision electronic balances, drying ovens, 

a tube oven and wide range of laboratory glassware. 

Irradiations: 

Alpha (Am241) and beta (Sr90/Y90) particle irradiations are administered 

by sources either mounted within the four RisÃƒÂ¸ automated 

luminescence readers, or in stand-alone automated irradiators. These 

include two Elsec “6-position” alpha irradiators, an Elsec automated 

alpha irradiator Type 9010, two Elsec Type 9010automated beta 

irradiators, two Daybreak automated beta irradiators, and a Littlemore 

automated beta irradiator. In addition, a set of free standing Sr90/ 

Y90 sources with activities ranging from 0.7 MBq to 1.5GBq and a 

free-standing 14 MBq Am241 alpha source are available for purposeconfigured 

experiments on Elsec readers or within lead castles. 

Contact: 

Nigel Spooner 

E: nigel.spooner@adelaide.edu.au 

2011 

Activities

Executive 

Summary 

38 / IPAS Annual Report 2011 / IPAS Structures and Governance 


& Facilities 







2011 

Activities

Executive 

Summary 




& Facilities 

IPAS is one of five University of Adelaide Research 

Institutes. The organisational chart below illustrates 

the governance structure for IPAS. Further details 

on IPAS key governance, scientific and operational 

committees are provided later in this report. 

IPAS Executive 

Committee 

Optical Materials 

& Structures 

IPAS Scientific Management 

Committee (SMC) 

IPAS Student 

Committee 

Lasers & 



Themes 

Surface Science 

& Synthetic 

Chemistry 



DVCR 

IPAS Board 

IPAS Director 

IPAS Senior Advisory 

Group (SAG) 

Chemical & 

Radiation 

Sensing 



Medical 

Diagnostics & 

Biological Sensing 

2011 

Activities 

IPAS Core Team (Institute 

Manager, Grants Development, 

Commercialisation, Admin Support) 

Breakout box 

text for this 

panel Remote TBC 

Sensing

Executive 

Summary 


IPAS has a Board with the 

skills to support IPAS in 

achieving its goals and 

oversee its activities. 

The Board provides 

strategic advice on external 

linkages and opportunities 

and recommendations for 

shaping IPAS research 

capabilities. 

This advisory board 

contains representatives 

from a broad range of 

sectors, including industry, 

defence, academia, 

education and government. 


& Facilities 

Mr Joe Flynn 

IPAS Chairman 

CEO, Water Industry Alliance 

Mr Joe Flynn has an 

international infrastructure 

background with experience at 

MD and GM levels having run 

water and electricity utilities. 

Joe has led some of Australia’s 

largest infrastructure service 

businesses and chaired 

government-industry economic 

development initiatives. He is 

currently the CEO of the Water 

Industry Alliance. 




Professor Mike Brooks 

Deputy Vice-Chancellor and 

Vice-President (Research), 

The University of Adelaide 

Professor Mike Brooks was 

appointed to the position of 

Deputy Vice-Chancellor and 

Vice-President (Research) at 


in 2008. He is a leading 

international researcher in 

computer vision and image 

analysis, with wide commercial 

success in the security and 

defence industries. 



Professor Bob Hill 

Executive Dean, 

Faculty of Sciences, 



Professor Robert Hill is the 

Executive Dean, Faculty of 

Sciences at The University of 

Adelaide. He is a graduate of 

The University of Adelaide. 

During his career he has won 

many awards including the 

Clarke and Burbidge Medals 

for his research into the impact 

of long-term climate change 

on the evolution of Australian 

vegetation. 

2011 

Activities 

Professor Andrew Holmes 

University Laureate 

Professor and CSIRO Fellow, 

The University of Melbourne 

Professor Andrew Holmes is 

a distinguished researcher, 

focussing on applications of 

synthesis to problems in biology 

and materials science. He 

is presently a CSIRO Fellow 

at the Division of Molecular 

and Health Technologies, a 

University Laureate Professor 

at the University of Melbourne 

and Distinguished Research 

Investigator at Imperial College.

Executive 

Summary 



& Facilities 

Dr Warren Harch 

Deputy Chief Defence 

Scientist (Information and 

Weapon Systems), DSTO 

Dr Warren Harch is the Deputy 

Chief Defence Scientist 

(Information and Weapon 

Systems) at DSTO, supporting 

Australia’s current and future 

military capability and national 

security. 




Dr Jurgen Michaelis 

CEO, BioInnovation SA 

Dr Jurgen Michaelis has more 

than 20 years’ experience 

as a senior executive in the 

international life science 

industry, having worked in 

Europe, Australia and New 

Zealand. He has raised more 

than $120 million in private 

equity and venture capital for 

biotechnology companies 

and has participated 

in the full life cycle of 

technology development and 

commercialisation. 



Dr Neil Bryans 

Executive Director, Counter 

Terrorism and Security 

Technology Centre, DSTO 

Dr Neil Bryans has had 

an association with the 

University of South Australia’s 

Institute of Telecommunications 

Research and its predecessors 

dating back to the mid 

nineties. His interactions 

with the University have 

broadened to include assisting 

the University in a number of 

initiatives and strategies it has 

undertaken. Neil is currently 

the Executive Director of the 

Counter Terrorism and Security 

Technology Centre at DSTO, 

working previously as Deputy 

Chief Defence Scientist at 

DSTO. 

2011 

Activities 

Professor Tanya Monro 

IPAS Institute Director 

Professor Tanya Monro is 

an ARC Federation Fellow at 

the University of Adelaide. 

Tanya is a Fellow of the 

Australian Academy of 

Technological Sciences and 

Engineering (ATSE), 

a member of the Future 

Manufacturing Industry 

Innovation Council (FMIIC), a 

member of the National 

Committee for Physics, a 

member of the SA Premier’s 

Science & Research Council 

and an inaugural Bragg Fellow 

of the Royal Institution of 

Australia. In 2010 she was 

named South Australian Scientist 

of the Year, and Telstra Business 

Woman of the Year at both National 

and State levels (in the Community 

& Government category).

Executive 

Summary 

IPAS Scientific 

Management Committee 

This committee has been selected to 

span the six research themes within 

IPAS and its role is to: 

• Grow research funding and 

capacity 

• Define the research priorities 

of IPAS 

• Define and focus resources 

on research strengths 

• Create a visible front door for 

external engagement 

• Advise on mechanisms to deliver 

on these priorities 

• Support the Director by growing 

research and delivering the KPIs 

of the Institute 

• Communicate IPAS strategies 

and initiatives to the broader 

IPAS community 

• Engage their research teams 

with the activity of IPAS 

Each of the six core Scientific 

Themes within IPAS has two Theme 

Leaders, and these theme leaders 

sit on the Scientific Management 

Committee (SMC). 



& Facilities 

Tanya Monro 

Optical fibres, 

Theoretical 

and Experimental 

Photonics, Optical 

Sensors 

Gavin Rowell 

High Energy 

Astrophysics, 

Cosmic Ray Detection 



Peter Hoffmann 

Proteomics, Biomarker 

Discovery, Biological 

Sensors 

Chris Sumby 

Synthetic Chemistry, 

Functional Organic 

Materials, Analytical 

Chemistry 

Nigel Spooner 

Luminescence, 

Radiation sensing, 

Optical Dating 

Technique 

Development 

David Ottaway 

Solid State Lasers, 

LIDAR Sensors, 

Gravitational Wave 

Detection 



Andrew Abell 

Surface Chemistry, 

Protein and Peptide 

Synthesis 

David Lancaster 

Fibre Lasers, Silica 

Glass and Fibre 

Fabrication 

2011 

Activities 

Heike Ebendorff- 

Heidepriem 

Glass science, Fibre 

Fabrication and 

Characterisation 

Tilanka Munasinghe 


Committee Chair

Executive 

Summary 


& Facilities 

IPAS Science Themes and Theme Leaders 


Lasers & 

Nonlinear Optic 

David Ottaway 

David Lancaster 

Chemical & 


Nigel Spooner 

Tanya Monro 



Optical Materials 

& Structures 

Heike Ebendorff-Heidepriem 

Tanya Monro 

IPAS 

Surface Science & 

Synthetic Chemistry 

Chris Sumby 

Andrew Abell 



Remote Sensing 

(including Astrophysics, 

LIGO, Lidar) 

Gavin Rowell 

David Ottaway 

Medical Diagnostics 

& Bio Sensing 

Peter Hoffmann 

Tanya Monro 

2011 

Activities

Executive 

Summary 

IPAS Senior 

Advisory Group 

The IPAS Senior Advisory Group 

advises the IPAS Director on 

the strategic and scientific 

directions for IPAS. 



& Facilities 

John Carver 

Protein Structure, 

Function and 

Interactions 

Shaun McColl 

Proteomics, 

Immunology, 

Chemokine Biology 



Roger Clay 

Astronomy, 

Astrophysics, 

Cosmic Rays 

Jesper Munch 

Solid State Lasers, Lidar 

Sensors, Gravitional 

Wave Detection 

Alan Cooper 

Ancient DNA, 

Palaecology, 

Biogeography 

Iain Reid 

Atmospheric Physics, 

Atmospheric Radar 



TuckWeng Kok 

Virology, Biotechnology, 

Diagnostics 

Bob Vincent 

Atmospheric Physics, 

Atmospheric Radar 

2011 

Activities

Executive 

Summary 


Committee 

The IPAS Executive Committee is an 

operational management committee 

that meets fortnightly to address highlevel 

operational issues at the juncture 

between Institute, School and Faculty 

activities. It comprises staff from 

IPAS, the Faculty of Sciences and the 

School of Chemistry & Physics. 



& Facilities 

Tanya Monro 

IPAS Director 

Raelene Wildy 

Manager, 

Faculty of Sciences 



Derek Leinweber 

Head of School, 

Chemistry & Physics 

Piers Lincoln 

IPAS Institute Manager 

Carol Maelzer 

Manager School of 


Sara Leggatt 


Assistant Senior 

Office Administrator 



2011 

Activities

Executive 

Summary 

IPAS Professional 

Team 

The professional team manage 

the operations of the Institute 

including the development of 

new grant applications with the 

research teams, management 

of laboratories within IPAS, 

planning of new IPAS facilities, 

business development, 

contracts management, 

executive support to the 

Director, marketing and events 

management and financial 

management. 


& Facilities 

Piers Lincoln 

IPAS Manager 

Responsible for 

helping to define the 

strategic direction of 

IPAS and ensuring the 

smooth operations 

and Commercialisation 

activities of the 

Institute. 

Sara Leggatt 


Assistant and Senior 

Office Administrator 

High-level executive 

support to the 

Director and office 

management. 


Mark Saunders 

IPAS Grants 

Developer 


supporting the 

development of new 

grant applications 

with IPAS research 

members. 

Olivia Towers 

IPAS Office 

Administration 

First point of contact 

for enquiries and 

provides administrative 

support to the IPAS 

team including 

marketing support. 



Elodie Janvier 

IPAS Grants 

Developer Assistant 

(Part Time) 


supporting the IPAS 

Grants Developer. 

Danielle Fox 


Administration (P/T) 

Administrative support 

to the IPAS team. 



Luis Lima-Marques 

IPAS Laboratory 

Manager 


the delivery of the 

laboratories and 

offices in the new IPAS 

headquarters as well 

as managing current 

IPAS facilities. 

Lesley Sparkes 


Administration (P/T) 

Administrative support 

to the IPAS team. 

Ashwin Ravikumar 

IPAS Commercial 

Development 

Manager (Part Time) 


the development of 

contract research, 

confidentiality 

agreements and 

commercialisation 

activities. 

Mike Seyfang 

New Media 

Consultant 


communicating 

activities of the Institute 

via social networking. 

2011 

Activities 

Jason Dancer 

IPAS Financial 

Accountant 

(Part Time) 

Financial support 

and budgeting for the 

Institute.

Executive 

Summary 

IPAS Student Committee 

The Student Committee represents 

the needs of the students within 

IPAS and organises science and 

networking events for the student 

body. The Chair of the Student 

Committee sits on the IPAS Scientific 

Management Committee. 



& Facilities 

Tilanka Munasinghe 


Committee Chair 

Herbert Foo 



Karina Martin 

Matthew Henderson 

Courtney Hollis 



2011 

Activities

Executive 

Summary 


& Facilities 

Working with Industry 

/Commercialisation 

48 / IPAS Annual Report 2011 / Working with Industry/Commercialisation 





2011 

Activities

Executive 

Summary 

Industry Links 


& Facilities 

IPAS engages with industry via consultancy, contract research, 

collaborative research and Federal Government grants such as 

industry-linkage schemes. 

Commercial contracts with IPAS are handled by Adelaide Research and 

Innovation (ARI), who manage The University of Adelaide’s commercial 

research and consultancy partnerships, form new business ventures 

based on University expertise and develop the University’s innovative 

ideas and technologies with commercial potential. 

IPAS welcomes interactions from potential collaborators in all 

scientific fields. 






IPAS already collaborates with many commercial and development 

organisations including: 

• AOFR Pty Ltd 

• Asahi Glass, Japan 

• BAE Systems Australia 

• Bruker Daltonics 

• Cook Medical 

• CPR Pharma Services Pty Ltd 

• DSTO 

• Diemould Tooling Services Pty Ltd 

• IMVS Pathology 

• Micromet 

• Nomacorc SA 

• RISΦ, Denmark 

• Schott Glass, Germany 

• Treasury Wines Estates 

• Yalumba Wines 

2011 

Activities 

Breakout IPAS welcomes box 

text interactions for this 

panel from potential TBC 

collaborators

Executive 

Summary 


& Facilities 

Commercialisation and Industrial Collaboration 

When IPAS was established one of the key aims was to combine research 

excellence with a strong industry focus and collaborative culture. The 

team at IPAS work closely with Adelaide Research and Innovation (ARI), 

the commercialisation company of the University of Adelaide, to create a 

culture of innovation within the Institute, foster industry led collaborations, 

contract research and to develop technology licence agreements 

Through their research IPAS members have built a significant portfolio 

of patents covering the fabrication and use of microstructured optical 

fibres as ultra low volume/high sensitivity chemical sensors, two 

novel bio-sensing platforms, a new waveguide laser architecture for 

generating mid infrared light, a Q switched laser for coherent laser radar 

applications and a sensor for monitoring browning. 

The commercial objectives of IPAS are to accelerate the process 

of getting products to market, helping the growth of photonics and 

advanced sensing sectors in Australia, creating new opportunities and 

jobs for graduates and researchers outside traditional academic roles 

and securing an untied income stream to the Institute. 






IPAS - VESPR sensing platform for rapid virus, bacteria and protein 

biomarker detection 

2011 

Activities 

3 new patents 

filed in 2011

Executive 

Summary 

IPAS Patented Technologies 

Microstructured Optical fibre sensors 


& Facilities 

Our microstructured optical fibre sensors which have been developed in 

both soft and silica glasses allow us to measure ultra low concentrations 

of chemicals in nanolitre volumes of liquids. We have active programs 

developing this technology for sensing a range of analytes in 

applications such as IVF, wine production, soil nutrient monitoring, 

corrosion and mineral exploration. 

VESPR & Early Stage Gastric Cancer Diagnostics 

VESPR is a new form of Surface Plasmon Resonance Sensing that 

has been demonstrated to rapidly detect viruses, bacteria and cancer 

biomarkers in a label free system. We are using this system to develop 

a medical diagnostic for early stage gastric cancer using a panel of 

biomarkers discovered by the Adelaide Proteomics Centre. 

Waveguide laser 

The Waveguide laser is a new laser architecture based on waveguides 

written in rare earth doped fluoride glass. These lasers have achieved 

near perfect beam quality lasing at 1.1um, 1.9um and 2.1um with broad 

tunability. We anticipate these being used in: gas detection, long-range 

laser radar applications, free-space optical communication, medical 

diagnostics, laser surgery, optical pumping of longer wavelength lasers, 

material processing and security applications. 

Whispering Gallery Mode 

Our Whispering Gallery Mode sensors comprise microspheres attached 

to the end of optical fibres. This architecture allows very sensitive 

measurements to be made in vivo. 




Browning sensor 



Our low cost browning sensor is able to discriminate between 

specific shades of browning that occur in cooking and other industrial 

processes. Work is ongoing to develop prototypes and to seek 

customers who wish to incorporate this sensor in their next generation 

products and processes. 

Optical fibre radiation sensor 

We have developed an optical fibre radiation dosimeter capable of 

instant readout of ionising radiation as well as readout of accumulated 

radiation dose. We are working with oncologists to understand how to 

apply this to accurately measure the radiation dose applied to tumours 

during radiotherapy. 

Q switched laser 

Major applications for this include coherent laser radar (LIDAR) and 

other remote sensing applications including gas detection. 

2011 

Activities 


technologies 

looking for 

commercial 

partners

Executive 

Summary 

2011 

Activities 

52 / IPAS Annual Report 2011 / 2011 Activities 


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2011 

Activities

Executive 

Summary 

A Fine Line – Science Meets Art 

Glass Exhibition 



& Facilities 

At opposite ends of the Adelaide CBD, the researchers at The Institute 

for Photonics & Advanced Sensing (IPAS) at Adelaide University and the 

artists at the JamFactory Glass Studio work at the very edge of glass 

design and manufacture. 

Over a series of visits to each others facilities an idea of holding a 

collaborative exhibition evolved and became ‘A Fine Line’, where glass 

became the connective line between nature, science, and art, as 

scientists and artists found their common ground in the alchemical 

extremes of working with glass. 

The exhibition brought glass art and glass science together and visitors 

were able to see videos of both types of glass-making. The exhibits 

covered the process of scientific glass making, including some of the 

scientific failures which often have a beautiful art-like quality to them, to 

examples of pure glass art from JamFactory glass artists: Nick Mount, 

Danielle Rickaby, Janice Vitkovsky and Jaan Paldaas. 

Visitors were challenged to judge the fine line where science finished 

and art began. 



IPAS glass art 



2011 

Activities 

The exhibition 

brought 

glass art and 

glass science 

together

Executive 

Summary 

Trilateral Nanophotonics Workshop 



& Facilities 

The Triateral Nanophotonics Workshop held in August, 2011 at Serafino, 

McLaren Vale, brought together leading nanophotonics researchers and 

their groups from Australia, Italy and France. The aim of the workshop 

was to foster and strengthen research collaborations. 

In addition to the 23 South Australian participants, there were 18 Italian 

and French participants and 15 Australian interstate participants. The 

majority of these were early career researchers or PhD students. 

Trilateral Nanophotonics Workshop 





Generous sponsorships were provided by the Italian and French 

Embassies in Australia, the South Australian State Government, The 

Department of Innovation, Industry, Science and Research (DIISR), 

the Australian Nanotechnology Network (ANN) and the Institute for 

Photonics & Advanced Sensing (IPAS). 

2011 

Activities 


building global 

collaborations

Executive 

Summary 

IPAS Student Prizes 



& Facilities 

In January 2011, all IPAS students were invited to present their research 

in a 5-minute talk. A disciplinary prize (sponsored by IPAS) and a 

transdisciplinary prize (sponsored by Merry Wickes), each worth $1,000, 

were on offer to the best presentation in each category. 

The IPAS Scientific Management Committee voted on the quality of 

the project and on the skill of the speaker in communicating the value, 

scientific approach and possible outcomes of the research. 

The winners of these prizes were: 

The Merry Wickes Transdisciplinary Student Prize 

Erik Schartner 

IPAS Disciplinary Prize 

Ori Henderson-Sapir and Janette Edson were joint winners. 

Many congratulations to Erik, Ori and Janette We would like to thank 

Merry for her on-going support of the transdisciplinary prize. 



Top: Tanya Monro and Ori Handerson-Sapir 

Bottom: Merry Wickes, Erik Schartner & Tanya Monro 



2011 

Activities 

Congratulations 

to Ori, Erik 

and Janette

Executive 

Summary 



& Facilities 

South Australia’s Australian of the Year 2011 

Physicist Professor Tanya Monro was named South Australia’s 

Australian of the Year 2011 and was presented with her award by the 

Governor of South Australia, His Excellency Rear Admiral Kevin Scarce 

AC CSC RANR. 

Tanya was recognised for her work in the field of photonics – technology 

which allows the generation and control of light using glass optical 

fibres. Photonics enables the creation of new tools for scientific research 

and solutions for problems in areas such as information processing, 

surgery, health monitoring, military technology, agriculture and 

environmental monitoring. 

Professor Monro became the inaugural professor in photonics at 

the University of Adelaide in 2005 and her PhD research focused on 

developing new classes of optical fibres, for which she received the 

Bragg Gold Medal for the best physics PhD in Australia. In 2006, she 

was named as one of the top 10 brightest young minds in Australia by 

national science magazine Cosmos and, in 2008, she was awarded 

the Prime Minister’s Prize for Physical Scientist of the Year. Tanya is a 

member of the South Australian Premier’s Science & Research Council 

and regularly serves on a range of key national bodies in the area of 

science policy and evaluation. 





His Excellency Rear Admiral Kevin Scarce and Professor Tanya Monro, 

SA’s Australian of the Year 

2011 

Activities 

Tanya Monro 

was named 

South Australia’s 

Australian of 

the Year 2011

Executive 

Summary 

John Prescott 1924–2011 



& Facilities 

2011 marked the passing of Professor John Prescott who established 

the world-renowned cosmic ray and luminescence activities at the 

University of Adelaide. 

John Russell Prescott, affectionately known to colleagues and students 

as “Prof”, was born in Cairo, Egypt on 31 May 1924. Soon after John’s 

birth, his father was appointed Director of the Waite Agricultural 

Research Institute and the family moved to Adelaide. 

John attended Scotch College, and in 1942 entered the University of 

Adelaide to study Physics. He graduated in 1945 with the degree of 

BSc (Honours) and in the same year became engaged to Josephine 

Elizabeth Wylde. He moved to Melbourne to undertake a PhD on cosmic 

ray showers and bursts, and he and Jo were married in 1947. John 

then won a scholarship to Oxford University and received his D.Phil. 

from Christchurch College in 1953. After 11 years as a lecturer at the 

University of British Columbia, Canada, he became Professor of Physics 

at the University of Adelaide and in 1982 was appointed Elder Professor 

of Physics. 

His main research interest was in cosmic rays, and he founded 

the cosmic ray research group at the University of Adelaide. While 

helping excavate at Roonka on the Murray, he decided to apply his 

knowledge of physics to archaeology, using the new technique of 

thermoluminescence dating. He set up a laboratory and luminescence 

soon began to dominate his academic research, particularly after his 

notional retirement in 1990. 





His fieldwork included Lake Mungo, the Flinders Ranges and other 

sites in Australia, China and Thailand. At the same time his interest in 

cosmic rays did not diminish and his paper on cosmic ray penetration in 

sediments is one of the most cited in the luminescence literature. 

He received many scientific awards, including the 2002 Royal Society of 

South Australia Verco Medal. 

John’s outstanding service to the University of Adelaide included 

periods as Dean of Science, Chairman of Physics and later Physics and 

Mathematical Physics, and also Chairman of the Education Committee. 

A gifted and caring teacher, mentor and supervisor, he always put 

his students and their welfare above all else, giving generously of his 

time, knowledge and expertise. His kindness and generosity, sense of 

humour, love of jokes, deep love of science, breadth of knowledge and 

intellectual curiosity were, and will continue to be, an inspiration to us. 

He will be sorely missed. 

He is survived by his wife Jo and children James, Ann and Kate. 

2011 

Activities 

John Prescott 

1924–2011

Executive 

Summary 

DSTO 



& Facilities 

The University of Adelaide and DSTO jointly launched the Centre of 

Expertise in Photonics (CoEP) in May 2006. The intent behind this 

initiative was to: 

• Build photonics research capacity and capability in South Australia; 

• Strengthen the Physics Discipline at the University; 

• Deliver photonics research projects and create research capability 

of relevance to Defence; 

• Support collaborations between Defence and University scientists. 

In 2011 the scope of the CoEP was enlarged to encompass all research 

activity within IPAS with defence applications. This includes photonics, 

optical fibre, laser, optical sensing and luminescence research activities. 

IPAS has strong relationships with multiple groups at DSTO and has 

engaged in projects with researchers in Air Vehicles Division, Weapons 

Systems Division and Electronic Warfare & Radar Division. 





IPAS Scientists collaborate with DSTO Scientists across many 

research areas: 

• Sensors – fibres for sensing and detection e.g. corrosion, fuel 

degradation, radiation and other applications (Tanya Monro); 

• LIDAR – laser radar for water vapour monitoring (Murray Hamilton); 

• Luminescence detection techniques for non-proliferation and 

retrospective dosimetry (Nigel Spooner); 

• Development of new classes of mid-infrared optical fibres (Heike 

Ebendorff-Heidepriem); 

• High power laser systems including fibre lasers (David Lancaster, 

Jesper Munch). 

DSTO also provides for annual Scholarships to provide support for high 

achieving undergraduates in the Photonics areas of study. This has led 

to visibility of DSTO as an employer for high calibre physics graduates. 

DSTO has employed a number of PhD graduates from our laboratories, 

strengthening the ties between the organisations. 

2011 

Activities 

IPAS has strong 

relationships 

with multiple 

groups at the 

DSTO

Executive 

Summary 

IPAS Global 

Collaborators 

IPAS collaborates with academic 

teams across the world. We are 

always seeking complementary skills 

and teams in order to solve global 

research challenges. 

In 2011 IPAS collaborated with 

researchers located in the following 

organisations: 


Usa 


& Facilities 

• University of California Merced 

• University of California, Davis 

• California Institute of 

Technology 

• CIRES (NOAA and U Colorado) 

• US Army Research Labs, 

Adelphi 

• UC Berkeley 

• Massachusetts Institute of 

Technology 

• Caltech 

• University of Colorado 

• Georgia Institute of Technology 

• CREOL 

• Syracuse University 

• NorthWest Research 

Associates, Boulder 

• National Center for Atmospheric 

Research, Boulder, Colorado 

argentina 



United Kingdom 

• University of Aberystwyth, UK 

• University of Nottingham, UK 

• University of Southampton, UK 

• University Buenos Airies, 

Argentina 

eUrope 



china 

• Yanshan University 

• Beijing University of Technology 

• Huazhong University of Science 

and Technology 

• Institute of Geology and 

Geophysics, Chinese Academy 

of Sciences 

• Peking University 

• Center for Space Science 

and Applied Research 

(CSSAR), CAS 

• University of Trento, Italy 

• Jagiellonian University, Krakow, 

Poland 

• Institute for Atmospheric Physics 

on the University of Rostock, 

Germany 

• Université Claude Bernard – 

Lyon, France 

• Institute of Photonic Technology, 

Jena, Germany 

• VUB, Brussels, Belgium 

• Danish Technical University, 

Riso, Denmark 

• University of Rennes, France 

• Laboratoire de Meteorologie 

Dynamique, Ecole 

Poytechnique, Paris, France 

japan 

singapore 

• DSO, Singapore 

new zealand 

2011 

Activities 

• The University of Tokyo / 

Professor Shinji Yamashita, 

Japan 

• University of Otago, 

New Zealand

Executive 

Summary 

IPAS Australian 

Collaborators 

IPAS members collaborate with 

universities, Defence, Industry, 

and Research Organisations 

across Australia – major 

collaborations are shown on 

the adjoining map. 



& Facilities 

soUth aUstralia 



• Flinders University 

• Monash University 

• SARDI 

• South Australian Government 

• South Australian Museum 

• University of South Australia 



national 

2011 

Activities 

• Australian National University 

• Australian Defence Force 

Academy 

• CSIRO 

• DSTO 

qUeensland 

• University of Queensland 

nsw 

• Macquarie University 

victoria 

• Swinburne University 

• University of Melbourne

Executive 

Summary 

IPAS Members 



& Facilities 



Title First Name Last Name Role Org Unit Research Theme 



Prof Andrew Abell Professor School of Chemistry & Physics Surface Science & Synthetic Chemistry 

Medical Diagnostics & Biological Sensing 

Ms Christina Adler PhD Student School of Earth & Environmental 

Science 

Dr Shahraam Afshar Senior Research 

Fellow 


School of Chemistry & Physics Lasers & Non Linear Optics 



Mr Karl Asenstorfer Honours Student School of Chemistry & Physics 

Dr Jeremy Austin ARC Future Fellow School of Earth & Environmental 

Science 


Dr Antonio Avellaneda Research Associate School of Chemistry & Physics Surface Science & Synthetic Chemistry 

Ms Jiafang Bei PhD Student School of Chemistry & Physics Optical Materials & Structures 

Mr Witold Bloch PhD Student School of Chemistry & Physics Surface Science & Synthetic Chemistry 

Mr George Bowden Honours Student School of Chemistry & Physics 

Mr Keiron Boyd PhD Student School of Chemistry & Physics Lasers & Non Linear Optics 

Mr Paul Brotherton PhD Student School of Earth & Environmental 

Science 


Mr Anton Calabrese PhD Student School of Chemistry & Physics Surface Science & Synthetic Chemistry 

Prof John Carver Professor School of Chemistry & Physics Surface Science & Synthetic Chemistry 

Mr Nick Chang PhD Student School of Chemistry & Physics Lasers & Non Linear Optics 

M Krystal Chua PhD Student School of Chemistry & Physics Surface Science & Synthetic Chemistry 

Prof Roger Clay Professor School of Chemistry & Physics Remote Sensing 

Prof Alan Cooper Future Fellow School of Earth & Environmental 

Science 


Ms Jade Cottam PhD Student School of Chemistry & Physics Surface Science & Synthetic Chemistry 

Ms Rachel Crees PhD Student School of Chemistry & Physics Surface Science & Synthetic Chemistry 

2011 

Activities

Executive 

Summary 



& Facilities 





Mr Don Creighton Visiting Research 

Fellow 

School of Chemistry & Physics Chemical & Radiation Sensing 

Ms Clio Dersarkissian PhD Student School of Earth & Environmental 

Science 


Mr Alex Dinovitser PhD Student School of Chemistry & Physics Remote Sensing 

Dr Christian Doonan Lecturer School of Chemistry & Physics Surface Science & Synthetic Chemistry 

Mr Alastair Dowler Technical Officer School of Chemistry & Physics Optical Materials & Structures 

Ms Joanna Duncan PhD Student School of Chemistry & Physics Surface Science & Synthetic Chemistry 

Mr Stuart Earl Honours Student School of Chemistry & Physics 

A/ 

Prof 

Heike Ebendorff- 

Heidepriem 

Senior Research 

Fellow (D) 

Mr James Eddes Senior Technical 

Officer 

School of Chemistry & Physics Optical Materials & Structures 


School of Molecular & 


Biomedical Sciences 

Ms Janette Edson PhD Student School of Earth & Environmental 

Science 


Mr Peter Edwards Honours Student School of Chemistry & Physics 

Dr Florian Englich ARC Super Science 

Fellow 


Mr Jack Evans Honours Student School of Chemistry & Physics Surface Science & Synthetic Chemistry 

Mr Herbert Foo PhD Student School of Chemistry & Physics Surface Science & Synthetic Chemistry 



Dr Alexandre Francois Research Fellow School of Chemistry & Physics Medical Diagnostics & Biological Sensing 

Mr Miftar Ganija PhD Student School of Chemistry & Physics Lasers & Nonlinear Optics 

Dr Jonathan George Lecturer School of Chemistry & Physics Surface Science & Synthetic Chemistry 

Mr Trent Grubb Honours Student School of Chemistry & Physics 

Mr Ove Gustafsson PhD Student School of Molecular & 



2011 

Activities

Executive 

Summary 



& Facilities 

Dr Wolfgang Haak Senior Research 

Fellow 

School of Earth & Environmental 

Science 

Mr Dylan Haar Honours Student School of Chemistry & Physics 

Dr Sandra Hack ARC Research 

Associate 

A/ 


School of Molecular & 






Murray Hamilton Associate Professor School of Chemistry & Physics Lasers & Nonlinear Optics 




Dr Hugh Harris Senior Lecturer School of Chemistry & Physics Surface Science & Synthetic Chemistry 

Mr Lachlan Harris PhD Student School of Chemistry & Physics Lasers & Nonlinear Optics 


Mr Matt Henderson PhD Student School of Chemistry & Physics Optical Materials & Structures 

Mr Ori Henderson- 

Sapir 

PhD Student School of Chemistry & Physics Lasers & Nonlinear Optics 

Dr Sabrina Heng ARC Super Science School of Chemistry & Physics Surface Science & Synthetic Chemistry 

Fellow 


Mr Peter Henry Technical Officer School of Chemistry & Physics Optical Materials & Structures 

Dr Peter Hoffmann Director (Adelaide School of Molecular & 


Proteomics Centre) Biomedical Science & School of 


Mr Courtney Hollis PhD Student School of Chemistry & Physics Surface Science & Synthetic Chemistry 

Dr David Huang Lecturer School of Chemistry & Physics Surface Science & Synthetic Chemistry 

Ms Angie Jarrad Honours Student School of Molecular & 

Biomedical Science 


Mr Matthew Jennings Honours Student School of Chemistry & Physics Medical Diagnostics & Biological Sensing 

Mr Seth Jones PhD Student School of Chemistry & Physics 

Mr Jason Jones Honours Student School of Chemistry & Physics 

Ms Maisara Kadir PhD Student School of Chemistry & Physics Surface Science & Synthetic Chemistry 

Mr Chris Kalnins PhD Student School of Chemistry & Physics Chemical & Radiation Sensing 


2011 

Activities

Executive 

Summary 



& Facilities 





Mr Aleksandar Karisik Honours Student School of Chemistry & Physics 

Dr Tak Kee Lecturer School of Chemistry & Physics Surface Science & Synthetic Chemistry 

Ms Kelly Keeling PhD Student School of Chemistry & Physics Surface Science & Synthetic Chemistry 

Mr Kenton Knight Research Assistant School of Chemistry & Physics Optical Materials & Structures 

Dr TuckWeng Kok Affiliate Associate 

Professor 

SA Pathology Medical Diagnostics & Biological Sensing 

Mr Roman Kostecki PhD Student School of Chemistry & Physics Optical Materials & Structures 


Mr Jacko (jia Ge) Koveky (Feng) Honours Student School of Chemistry & Physics 

Mr Kevin Kuan PhD Student School of Chemistry & Physics Surface Science & Synthetic Chemistry 

A/ David Lancaster SeniorResearch School of Chemistry & Physics Lasers and Nonlinear Otpics 


Fellow (D) 


Mr Michael Lewis Honours Student School of Chemistry & Physics 

Ms Sue Lim PhD Student School of Chemistry & Physics 

Dr Bastien Llamas ARC Postdoctoral School of Earth & Envrionmental Medical Diagnostics & Biological Sensing 

Fellow 

Sciences 

Mr Huichao Luo Masters Student School of Chemistry & Physics Remote Sensing 

Mr Max Malacari Honours Student School of Chemistry & Physics Remote Sensing 

Mr Sean Manning Research Associate School of Chemistry & Physics Optical Materials & Structures 

Ms Alexandra Marrone Honours Student School of Chemistry & Physics 

Ms Karina Martin PhD Student School of Molecular & 



Prof Shaun McColl Deputy Head of School of Molecular & 


School 


Mr Blair Middlemiss Technical Officer School of Chemistry & Physics Lasers and Nonlinear Otpics 

Dr Mohammad Mohammadi Senior Lecturer School of Chemistry & Physics Medical Diagnostics & Biological Sensing 

Prof Tanya Monro Federation Fellow, IPAS Optical Materials & Structures 

Director of IPAS 



2011 

Activities

Executive 

Summary 



& Facilities 



Ms Rachel Moore Research Assistant School of Chemistry & Physics Optical Materials & Structures 

Mr Roger Moore Technical Officer School of Chemistry & Physics Optical Materials & Structures 

Mr H. Tilanka Munasinghe PhD Student School of Chemistry & Physics Lasers and Nonlinear Otpics 

Prof Jesper Munch Professor School of Chemistry & Physics Lasers and Nonlinear Otpics 


Mr Muddassar Naeem PhD Student School of Chemistry & Physics Optical Materials & Structures 

Lasers and Nonlinear Otpics 

Mr Sebastian Ng PhD Student School of Chemistry & Physics Lasers and Nonlinear Otpics 

Ms Mai-Chi Nguyen Research Assistant School of Chemistry & Physics 

Dr Linh Nguyen ARC Super Science 

Fellow 

School of Chemistry & 

Physics and School of Earth & 

Environmental Sciences 




Dr Sawyin Oh Research Associate School of Chemistry & Physics Medical Diagnostics & Biological Sensing 

Dr David Ottaway Senior Lecturer School of Chemistry & Physics Lasers and Nonlinear Otpics 


Mr Lenard Pederick Honours Student School of Chemistry & Physics 

Mr Ashok Pehere PhD Student School of Chemistry & Physics Surface Science & Synthetic Chemistry 

Dr Megan Penno Research Associate School of Molecular & 



Mr Francisco Pinilla PhD Student School of Earth & Environmental 

Science 


Dr Steven Polyak Research Fellow School of Molecular & 



Dr Tara Pukala Senior Lecturer School of Chemistry & Physics Surface Science & Synthetic Chemistry 

Mr Malcome Purdy Honours Student School of Chemistry & Physics Surface Science & Synthetic Chemistry 

Mr Damien Rankine PhD Student School of Chemistry & Physics Surface Science & Synthetic Chemistry 

Mr Nicolas Rawlence PhD Student School of Earth & Environmental 

Science 


2011 

Activities

Executive 

Summary 



& Facilities 

Prof Iain Reid Dean. Postgraduate 

Coursework 

Office of the Deputy Vice- 

Chancellor & Vice-President (A) 






Ms Tess Reynolds Honours Student School of Chemistry & Physics Remote Sensing 

Mr Steve Richards PhD Student School of Earth & Environmental 

Science 


Dr Andrew Richardson Research Associate School of Chemistry & Physics Chemical & Radiation Sensing 

Dr Gavin Rowell Senior Lecturer 

in Experimental 

Physics 

School of Chemistry & Physics Remote Sensing 

Dr Kristopher Rowland ARC Super Science 

Fellow 

School of Chemistry & Physics Medical Diagnostics & Biological Sensing 

Dr Yinlan Ruan Research Fellow School of Chemistry & Physics Optical Materials & Structures 

Mr Tom Rutten PhD Student School of Chemistry & Physics 

Mr Steve Saffi Honours Student School of Chemistry & Physics Remote Sensing 

Mr Alexandre Santos PhD Student School of Chemistry & Physics Chemical & Radiation Sensing 

Dr Denis Scanlon Adjunct Fellow School of Chemistry & Physics Surface Science & Synthetic Chemistry 

Mr Erik Schartner PhD Student School of Chemistry & Physics Chemical & Radiation Sensing 


Dr Beniamino Sciacca Research Associate School of Chemistry & Physics Medical Diagnostics & Biological Sensing 

Ms Phiala Shanahan Honours Student School of Chemistry & Physics 

Mr Julien Soubrier PhD Student School of Earth & Environmental 

Science 


Prof Nigel Spooner Adjunct Professor School of Chemistry & Physics Chemical & Radiation Sensing 

Mr Daniel Stubing PhD Student School of Chemistry & Physics Surface Science & Synthetic Chemistry 


Dr Chris Sumby Senior Lecturer & 

ARC Future Fellow 

School of Chemistry & Physics Surface Science & Synthetic Chemistry 

Ms Nicole Szymanczyk Honours Student School of Chemistry & Physics 

2011 

Activities

Executive 

Summary 



& Facilities 





Prof Dennis Taylor Head of Discipline 

& Professor of 

Oenology 

Wine & Horticulture Chemical & Radiation Sensing 

Ms Jennifer Templeton Technical Officer web Medical Diagnostics & Biological Sensing 

Mr Jesse Teo Honours Student School of Chemistry & Physics Surface Science & Synthetic Chemistry 

Prof Anthony Thomas Australian Laureate 

Fellow & Elder Prof 

of Physics, Director 

(CSSM) 

School of Chemistry & Physics 

A/ 


Jeremy Thompson Head, Early 

Development Group 

Obstetrics and Gynaecology Medical Diagnostics & Biological Sensing 

Ms Vicky Thompson PhD Student School of Earth & Environmental 

Science 


Mr David Thorn PhD Student School of Chemistry & Physics 

Mr William Tieu PhD Student School of Chemistry & Physics Surface Science & Synthetic Chemistry 

Ms Denise Tran Honours Student School of Chemistry & Physics Surface Science & Synthetic Chemistry 

Dr Georgios Tsiminis ARC Super Science 

Fellow 


Mr Liam Twigger Honours Student School of Chemistry & Physics 

A/ 


Peter Veitch Associate Professor School of Chemistry & Physics Lasers & Nonlinear Optics 


Prof Bob Vincent Professor School of Chemistry & Physics Remote Sensing 

Ms Jessica Wadley PhD Student School of Earth & Environmental 

Science 


Dr Stephen Warren-Smith ARC Super Science School of Chemistry & Physics Chemical & Radiation Sensing 

Fellow 


Ms Claire Weekley PhD Student School of Chemistry & Physics Surface Science & Synthetic Chemistry 

Mr Danielle Williams PhD Student School of Chemistry & Physics Surface Science & Synthetic Chemistry 

Dr Frances Williams Visiting Research 

Fellow 


2011 

Activities

Executive 

Summary 



& Facilities 





Mr Ka Wu PhD Student School of Chemistry & Physics Lasers & Nonlinear Optics 

Ms Ho Yinying PhD Student School of Molecular & 



Dr Jingxian Yu ARC/APD Fellow School of Chemistry & Physics Surface Science & Synthetic Chemistry 

Mr Wen Qi Zhang PhD Student School of Chemistry & Physics Lasers & Nonlinear Optics 


Ms Xiao Zhang PhD Student School of Chemistry & Physics Surface Science & Synthetic Chemistry 

Mr Ondrej Zvarek Research Associate School of Chemistry & Physics 

2011 

Activities

Executive 

Summary 

2011 Publications 

Journal Articles 



& Facilities 

1. Abadie, J. ...., Munch, J. ...., Ottaway, D. ... Veitch, P.J. ....., Yamaoka, K. 

‘Search for gravitational wave bursts from six magnetars’, Astrophysical 

Journal Letters, 734(2 PART 2), 2011. 

2. Abadie, J. ...., Munch, J. ...., Ottaway, D. ... Veitch, P.J. ...., Palfreyman, 

J. ‘Beating the spin-down limit on gravitational wave emission from the 

Vela pulsar’, Astrophysical Journal, 737(2), 2011. 

3. Abadie, J. ...., Munch, J. ...., Ottaway, D. ... Veitch, P.J. ....., Zweizig, 

J. ‘Directional limits on persistent gravitational waves using LIGO S5 

science data’, Physical Review Letters, 107(27), 2011. 

4. Abadie, J. ...., Munch, J. ...., Ottaway, D. ... Veitch, P.J. ....., Zweizig, J. 

‘Search for gravitational waves from binary black hole inspiral, merger, 

and ringdown’, Physical Review D - Particles, Fields, Gravitation and 

Cosmology, 83(12), 2011. 

5. Abadie, J. ...., Munch, J. ...., Ottaway, D. ... Veitch, P.J. ....., Buchner, 

S. ‘Search for gravitational waves associated with the August 2006 

timing glitch of the Vela pulsar’, Physical Review D - Particles, Fields, 

Gravitation and Cosmology, 83(4), 2011. 

6. Abdul-Kadir, M., Hanton, L. R. and Sumby, C. J. ‘Self-assembled 

metallo-macrocycle based coordination polymers with unsymmetrical 

amide ligands’, Dalton Transactions, 40(45), 12374-12380, 2011. 

7. Abramowski, A., .... Rowell, G. ...., Zechlin, H. S. ‘H.E.S.S. observations 

of the globular clusters NGC 6388 and M15 and search for a dark matter 

signal’, Astrophysical Journal Letters, 735(1), 2011. 

8. Abramowski, A., .... Rowell, G. ...., Hill, A.B. (2011) ‘HESS J1943+213: 

A candidate extreme BL Lacertae object’, Astronomy and Astrophysics, 

529, 2011. 





9. Abramowski, A., .... Rowell, G. ...., Zechlin, H. S. ‘Discovery of the 

source HESS J1356-645 associated with the young and energetic PSR 

J1357-6429’, Astronomy and Astrophysics, 533, 2011. 

10. Abramowski, A, .... Rowell, G. ...., Zechlin, H. S. ‘A new SNR with TeV 

shell-type morphology: HESS J1731-347’, Astronomy and Astrophysics, 

531, 2011. 

11. Abramowski, A., .... Rowell, G. ...., Giacani, E. (2011) ‘Detection of 

very-high-energy γ-ray emission from the vicinity of PSRB1706-44 and 

G343.1-2.3 with H.E.S.S’, Astronomy and Astrophysics, 528, 2011. 

12. Abramowski, A., .... Rowell, G. ...., Zechlin, H. S. ‘H.E.S.S. constraints 

on dark matter annihilations towards the sculptor and carina dwarf 

galaxies’, Astroparticle Physics, 34(8), 608-616, 2011. 

13. Abramowski, A ., .... Rowell, G. ...., Zechlin, H. S. ‘Revisiting the 

Westerlund 2 field with the HESS telescope array’, Astronomy and 

Astrophysics, 525(17), 2011. 

14. Abramowski, A .... Rowell, G. ...., Giacani, E. ‘Search for a dark matter 

annihilation signal from the galactic center halo with H.E.S.S’, Physical 

Review Letters, 106(16), 2011. 

15. Abramowski, A. .... Rowell, G. .... Zechlin, H. S. ‘Very-high-energy 

gamma-ray emission from the direction of the Galactic globular cluster 

Terzan 5’, Astronomy and Astrophysics, 531, 2011. 

16. Abramowski, A. .... Rowell. G. .... Ziegler, M. ‘Simultaneous multiwavelength 

campaign on PKS 2005-489 in a high state’, Astronomy and 

Astrophysics, 533, A110, 2011. 

17. Abramowski, A. .... Rowell G. .... Zechlin, H.S. ‘Search for Lorentz 

Invariance breaking with a likelihood fit of the PKS 2155-304 flare data 

taken on MJD53944’, Astroparticle Physics, 34, 738-747, 2011. 

18. Abramowski, A. .... Rowell G. .... Zechlin, H.S. ‘Discovery of extended 

VHE γ-ray emission from the vicinity of the young massive stellar cluster 

Westerlund ‘, Astronomy and Astrophysics, 537, 2011. 

2011 

Activities

Executive 

Summary 



& Facilities 

19. Abreu, P. .... Clay, R. W. .... Dawson, B. R. .... Ziolkowski, M. ‘The 

effect of the geomagnetic field on cosmic ray energy estimates 

and large scale anisotropy searches on data from the Pierre Auger 

Observatory’, Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics, 2011. 

20. Abreu, P. .... Clay, R. W. .... Dawson, B. R. .... Ziolkowski, M. ‘The 

Lateral Trigger Probability function for the ultra-high energy cosmic 

ray showers detected by the pierre auger observatory’, Astroparticle 

Physics, 35(5), 266-276, 2011. 

21. Abreu, P. .... Clay, R. W. .... Dawson, B. R. .... Ziolkowski, M., ‘Search 

for ultrahigh energy neutrinos in highly inclined events at the Pierre 

Auger Observatory’, Physical Review D - Particles, Fields, Gravitation 

and Cosmology, 84(12), 2011. 

22. Abreu, P. .... Clay, R. W. .... Dawson, B. R. .... Ziolkowski, M., ‘The 

exposure of the hybrid detector of the Pierre Auger Observatory, 

Astroparticle Physics, 34(6), 368-381, 2011. 

23. Abreu, P. .... Clay, R. W. .... Dawson, B. R. .... Ziolkowski, M. ‘The Pierre 

Auger Observatory scaler mode for the study of solar activity modulation 

of galactic cosmic rays’, Journal of Instrumentation, 6(1), 2011. 

24. Abreu, P. .... Clay, R. W. .... Dawson, B. R. .... Ziolkowski, M. 

‘Advanced functionality for radio analysis in the Offline software 

framework of the Pierre Auger Observatory’, Nuclear Instruments and 

Methods in Physics Research, Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, 

Detectors and Associated Equipment, 635(1), 92-102, 2011. 

25. Acero, F. .... Rowell, G. .... Zech, A. ‘Discovery and follow-up studies 

of the extended, off-plane, VHE gamma-ray source HESS J1507-622’, 

Astronomy and Astrophysics 525, A45, 2011. 

26. Adler, C. J., Haak, W., Donlon, D. and Cooper, A. ‘Survival 

and recovery of DNA from ancient teeth and bones’, Journal of 

Archaeological Science, 38(5), 956-964, 2011. 





27. Aharonian, F. .... Rowell, G. .... Ward, M. ‘Erratum: Primary particle 

acceleration above 100 TeV in the shell-type supernova remnant 

RX J1713.7-3946 with deep H.E.S.S. observations (Astronomy and 

Astrophysics (2007) 464 (235-243)’, Astronomy and Astrophysics, 

531, 2011. 

28. Atakaramians, S., Shahraam, A. V., Nagel, M., Rasmussen, H. K., 

Bang, O., Monro, T. M. and Abbott, D. ‘Direct probing of evanescent field 

for characterization of porous terahertz fibers’, Applied Physics Letters, 

98(12) , 2011. 

29. Barber, K. B., Bellido Caceres, J., Clay, R., Cooper, M. J., Dawson, 

B., Herve, A. E., Holmes,V., Sorokin, J., Wahrlich, P., Whelan, B. J., 

Winnick, M., ‘Search for first harmonic modulation in the right ascension 

distribution of cosmic rays detected at the Pierre Auger Observatory’, 

Astroparticle Physics, 34(8), 627-639, 2011. 

30. Bloch, W. M., Derwent-Smith, S. M., Issa, F., Morris, J. C., 

Rendina, L. M. and Sumby, C. J. ‘Fused pyrazino[2,3-b]indolizine and 

indolizino[2,3-b]quinoxaline derivatives; synthesis, structures, and 

properties’, Tetrahedron, 67(48), 9368-9375, 2011. 

31. Boehm, J., François, A., Ebendorff-Heidepriem, H. and Monro, T. M. 

‘Chemical Deposition of Silver for the Fabrication of Surface Plasmon 

Microstructured Optical Fibre Sensors’, Plasmonics, 6(1), 133-136, 2011. 

32. Bongiovanni, M.N., Scanlon, D.B. and Gras, S.L. ‘Functional fibrils 

derived from the peptide TTR1-cycloRGDfK that target cell adhesion 

and spreading’,.Biomaterials. 32 (26), 6099-110, 2011. 

33. Brooksby, P. A., Anderson, K. H., Downard, A. J. and Abell, A. D. 

‘Voltammetric and Electrochemical Impedance Study of Ferrocenyl 

Containing beta-Peptide Monolayers on Gold’, Journal of Physical 

Chemistry C, 115(15), 7516-7526, 2011. 

34. Buccoliero, D., Steffensen, H., Ebendorff-Heidepriem, H., Monro, T. 

M. and Bang, O. ‘Midinfrared optical rogue waves in soft glass photonic 

crystal fiber’, Optics Express, 19(19), 17973-17978, 2011. 

2011 

Activities

Executive 

Summary 



& Facilities 

35. Bunting, M. D., Comerford, I., McColl, S. R. ‘Finding their niche: 

Chemokines directing cell migration in the thymus’, Immunology and 

Cell Biology, 89-2, 185-196, 2011. 

36. Carver, J. A. ‘Dynamism in molecular chaperones’, Journal of 

Molecular Biology, 413(2), 295-296, 2011. 

37. Clark, A. R., Stokes, Y. M. and Thompson, J. G. ‘Estimation of 

glucose uptake by ovarian follicular cells’, Annals of Biomedical 

Engineering 39, 2654-2667, 2011. 

38. Comerford, I., McColl, S. ‘Mini-review series: Focus on chemokines’, 

Immunology and Cell Biology, 89(2), 183-184, 2011. 

39. Crossley, E., Aitken, J., Vogt, S., Harris, H.H., Rendina, L.M., ‘Uptake and 

distribution of a platinum(II)-carborane complex within a tumour cell using 

synchrotron XRF imaging’, Australian Journal of Chemistry, 65-4, 2011. 

40. Davison, J., Ho, S. Y. W., Bray, S. C., Korsten, M., Tammeleht, E., 

Hindrikson, M., Ǿstbye, K., Ǿstbye, E., Lauritzen, S. E., Austin, J., 

Cooper, A. and Saarma, U. ‘Late-Quaternary biogeographic scenarios 

for the brown bear (Ursus arctos), a wild mammal model species’, 

Quaternary Science Reviews, 30(3-4), 418-430, 2011. 

41. Davoudifar, P., Fatemi, S.J., Clay, R., Whelan, B. ‘Time delays in 

cosmic ray propagation’, Journal of Sciences, Islamic Republic of Iran, 

22-1, 75-84, 2011. 

42. Dawson, B.R. ‘The UHE cosmic ray energy spectrum measured 

by the Pierre Auger Observatory’, Nuclear Physics B - Proceedings 

Supplements, 212-3, 87-92, 2011. 

43. Dimasi, D. P. Hewitt, A. W., Kagame, K., Ruvama, S., Tindyebwa, L., 

Llamas, B., Kirk, K. A., Mitchell, P., Burdon, K. P., Craig, J. E. ‘Ethnic and 

mouse strain differences in central corneal thickness and association 

with pigmentation phenotype’ PLoS ONE, 6(8), 2011. 





44. Eger, P., Rowell, G., Kawamura, A., Fukui, Y., Rolland, L. and 

Stegmann, C. ‘A multi-wavelength study of the unidentified TeV gammaray 

source HESS J1626-490’, Astronomy and Astrophysics, 526(10), 2011. 

45. Ellis-Steinborner, S. T., Scanlon, D., Musgrave, I. F., Tran, T. T. N., 

Hack, S., Wang, T., Abell, A. D., Tyler, M. J. and Bowie, J. H. ‘An unusual 

kynurenine-containing opioid tetrapeptide from the skin gland secretion 

of the Australian red tree frog Litoria rubella. Sequence determination 

by electrospray mass spectrometry’, Rapid Communications in Mass 

Spectrometry, 25(12), 1735-1740, 2011. 

46. Englich, F. V., Foo, T. C., Richardson, A. C., Ebendorff-Heidepriem, 

H., Sumby, C. J. and Monro, T. M. ‘Photoinduced electron transfer based 

ion sensing within an optical fiber’, Sensors, 11(10), 9560-9572, 2011. 

47. Fong, M.Y., Visser, B., Gascooke, J., Cowie, B., Thomsen, L., 

Metha, G., Buntine, M., Harris,H. ‘Photoreduction kinetics of sodium 

tetrachloroaurate under synchrotron soft X-ray exposure’, Langmuir, 

27(13), 8099-8104, 2011. 

48. Francois, A., Boehm, J., Oh, S. Y., Kok, T. and Monro, T. M. 

‘Collection mode surface plasmon fibre sensors: A new biosensing 

platform’, Biosensors & Bioelectronics, 26(7), 3154-3159, 2011. 

49. Francois, A., Rowland, K. J. and Monro, T. M. ‘Highly efficient 

excitation and detection of whispering gallery modes in a dye-doped 

microsphere using a microstructured optical fiber’, Applied Physics 

Letters, 99(14), 2011. 

50. Fu,C., Hu,Y., Xie,Feng; Guo,H., Ashforth,E., Polyak,S., Zhu, B., 

Zhang,L. ‘Molecular cloning and characterization of a new cold-active 

esterase from a deep-sea metagenomic library’, Applied Microbiology 

and Biotechnology. 90(3), 961-970, 2011. 

51. Fung, K. Y. C., Brierley, G. V., Henderson, S., Hoffmann, P., McColl, S. 

R., Lockett, T., Head, R. and Cosgrove, L. ‘Butyrate-induced apoptosis 

in HCT116 colorectal cancer cells includes induction of a cell stress 

response’, Journal of Proteome Research, 10(4), 1860-1869, 2011. 

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52. Fung, K. Y. C., Cursaro, C., Lewanowitsch, T., Brierley, G. V., McColl, 

S. R., Lockett, T., Head, R., Hoffmann, P. and Cosgrove, L. ‘A combined 

free-flow electrophoresis and DIGE approach to identify proteins 

regulated by butyrate in HT29 cells’, Proteomics, 11(5), 964-971, 2011. 

53. Garvey, M., Griesser, S. S., Griesser, H. J., Thierry, B., Nussio, M. 

R., Shapter, J. G., Ecroyd, H., Giorgetti, S., Bellotti, V., Gerrard, J. A. and 

Carver, J. A. ‘Enhanced Molecular Chaperone Activity of the Small Heat- 

Shock Protein alpha B-Crystallin Following Covalent Immobilization onto 

a Solid-Phase Support’, Biopolymers, 95(6), 376-389, 2011. 

54. Gilchrist, R. B., De Vos, M., Smitz, J. and Thompson, J. G. IVM 

media are designed specifically to support immature cumulus-oocyte 

complexes not denuded oocytes that have failed to respond to 

hyperstimulation. Fertil Steril. 96 (2), e141-e141, 2011. 

55. Gilchrist, R., Mottershead, D. and Thompson, J. Oocyte maturation 

and ovulation - An orchestral symphony of signalling. Australian 

Biochemist 42, 8-11, 2011. 

56. Gomes, L., Oermann, M., Ebendorff-Heidepriem, H., Ottaway, D., 

Monro, T., Felipe Henriques Librantz, A. and Jackson, S. D. ‘Energy level 

decay and excited state absorption processes in erbium-doped tellurite 

glass’, Journal of Applied Physics, 110(8) , 2011. 

57. Grün, R., Spooner, N., Magee, J., Thorne, A., Simpson, J., Yan, G. 

and Mortimer, G. ‘Stratigraphy and chronology of the WLH 50 human 

remains, Willandra Lakes World Heritage Area, Australia’, Journal of 

Human Evolution, 60(5), 597-604, 2011. 

58. Guo, L., Oskam, G., Radisic, A., Hoffmann, P. M. and Searson, P. 

C. ‘Island growth in electrodeposition’, Journal of Physics D: Applied 

Physics, 44(44), 2011. 

59. Gustafsson, J. O. R., Oehler, M. K., Ruszkiewicz, A., McColl, S. R. 

and Hoffmann, P. (2011) ‘MALDI imaging mass spectrometry (MALDI- 

IMS)-application of spatial proteomics for ovarian cancer classification 





and diagnosis’, International Journal of Molecular Sciences, 12(1), 

773-794, 2011. 

60. Hampf, D., Rowell, G., Wild, N., Sudholz, T., Horns, D. and 

Tluczykont, M. ‘Measurement of night sky brightness in southern 

Australia’, Advances in Space Research, 48(6), 1017-1025, 2011. 

61. Harris, L., Ottaway, D. and Veitch, P. J. ‘The Verdet constant of Erdoped 

crystalline YAG and tellurite glass at 1645 nm’, Applied Physics 

B: Lasers and Optics, 1-5, 2011. 

62. Haylock-Jacobs, S., Comerford, I., Bunting, M., Kara, E., Townley, 

S., Klingler-Hoffmann, M., Vanhaesebroeck, B., Puri, K. D. and McColl, 

S. R. ‘PI3Kδ drives the pathogenesis of experimental autoimmune 

encephalomyelitis by inhibiting effector T cell apoptosis and promoting 

Th17 differentiation’, Journal of Autoimmunity, 36(3-4), 278-287, 2011. 

63. Heintze, M. C., Chang, N. W. H., Jeanneret, F., Munch, J., Ottaway, 

D. J. and Veitch, P. J. ‘Single-pulse measurement of wind velocities 

using an Er:Yb:glass coherent laser radar’, Applied Optics, 50(21), 4017- 

4023, 2011. 

64. Henderson, M. R., Gibson, B. C., Ebendorff-Heidepriem, H., Kuan, 

K., Afshar V, S., Orwa, J. O., Aharonovich, I., Tomljenovic-Hanic, S., 

Greentree, A. D., Prawer, S. and Monro, T. M. ‘Diamond in Tellurite Glass: 

a New Medium for Quantum Information’, Advanced Materials, 23(25), 

2806-2810, 2011. 

65. Henderson, M. R., Shahraam Afshar, V., Greentree, A. D. and Monro, 

T. M. ‘Dipole emitters in fiber: Interface effects, collection efficiency and 

optimization’, Optics Express, 19(17), 16182-16194, 2011. 

66. Heng, S.; Tieu, W.; Hautmann, S.; Kuan, K.; Pedersen, D. S.; Pietsch, 

M.; Gutschow, M. and Abell, A. D. ‘New cholesterol esterase inhibitors 

based on rhodanine and thiazolidinedione scaffolds’, Bioorganic & 

Medicinal Chemistry,19, 7453-7463, 2011. 

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67. Higgins, D., Kaidonis, J., Austin, J., Townsend, G., James, H., 

Hughes, T. ‘Dentine and cementum as sources of nuclear DNA for use 

in human identification’ Australian Journal of Forensic Science, 43-4, 

287-295, 2011. 

68. Ho, S. Y. W., Lanfear, R., Bromham, L., Phillips, M. J., Soubrier, J., 

Rodrigo, A. G. and Cooper, A. ‘Time-dependent rates of molecular 

evolution’, Molecular Ecology, 20(15), 3087-3101, 2011. 

69. Huang, D. M., Mauger, S. A., Friedrich, S., George, S. J., Dumitriu- 

LaGrange, D., Yoon, S. and Moulé, A. J. ‘The consequences of interface 

mixing on organic photovoltaic device characteristics’, Advanced 

Functional Materials, 21(9), 1657-1665, 2011. 

70. Huang, D. M. and Harrowell, P. ‘Controlling adsorbate diffusion on a 

high-symmetry surface through molecular shape selection’, Journal of 

Physical Chemistry, 115(19), 9526-9534, 2011. 

71. Huang, D. M.,Moule, A. J. and Faller, R. ‘Characterization of polymerfullerene 

mixtures for organic photovoltaics by systematically coarsegrained 

molecular simulations’, Fluid Phase Equilibria, 302(1-2), 21-25, 2011. 

72. Hussein, T. S., Sutton-McDowall, M. L., Gilchrist, R. B. and 

Thompson, J. G. ‘Temporal effects of exogenous oocyte-secreted 

factors on bovine oocyte developmental competence during IVM’, 

Reproduction, Fertility and Development, 23, 576-584, 2011. 

73. Ia, K. K., Jeschke, G. R., ,Deng, Y., Kamaruddin, M. A., Williamson, 

N. A., Scanlon, D. B., Culvenor, J. G., Hossain, M. I., Purcell, A. W., 

Liu, S., Zhu, H. J., Catimel, B., Turk, B. E. and Cheng, H. C.’Defining 

the substrate specificity determinants recognized by the active site of 

C-terminal Src kinase-homologous kinase (CHK) and identification of 

β-synuclein as a potential CHK physiological substrate’, Biochemistry 50 

(31), 6667-6677, 2011. 

74. Ju, L., Blair, D. G., Davidson, J., McClelland, D. E., Munch, J., Scott, 

S. M., Wen, L. and Zhao, C. ‘The AIGO project’, International Journal of 

Modern Physics D, 20(10), 2087-2092, 2011. 





75. Jackway, R.J., Pukala, T.L., Donnellan, S.C., Sherman, P.J., Tyler, 

M.J. and Bowie, J.H. ‘Skin peptide and cDNA profiling of Australian 

anurans: Genus and species identification and evolutionary trends’, 

Peptides, 32(1), 161-172, 2011. 

76. Kalnins, C. A. G., Ebendorff-Heidepriem, H., Spooner, N. A. and 

Monro, T. M. ‘Optically Stimulated Luminescence in Fluoride-Phosphate 

Glass for Radiation Dosimetry’, Journal of the American Ceramic 

Society, 94(2), 474-477, 2011. 

77. Kilpatrick, A. D., Warren-Smith, S. C., Read, J. L., Lewis, M. M. 

and Ostendorf, B. ‘Cross-fence comparisons: theory for spatially 

comprehensive, controlled variable assessment of treatment effects in 

managed landscapes,’ Ecological Informatics, 6, 170-176, 2011. 

78. Kopetz, V. A., Penno, M. A. S., Hoffmann, P., Wilson, D. P. and 

Beltrame, J. F. ‘Potential mechanisms of the acute coronary syndrome 

presentation in patients with the coronary slow flow phenomenon - 

Insight from a plasma proteomic approach’, International Journal of 

Cardiology, 2011. 

79. Kristelly, R., Qiu, T.W., Gunn, N.J., Scanlon, D.B. and Mulhern, 

T.D. ‘Bacterial expression and purification of active hematopoietic cell 

kinase’, Protein Expression and Purification 78(1), 14-21, 2011. 

80. Lancaster, D. G., Gross, S., Ebendorff-Heidepriem, H., Kuan, K., 

Monro, T. M., Ams, M., Fuerbach, A. and Withford, M. J. ‘Fifty percent 

internal slope efficiency femtosecond direct-written Tm3+:ZBLAN 

waveguide laser’, Optics Letters, 36(9), 1587-1589, 2011. 

81. Lari, M., Rizzi, E., Mona, S., Corti, G., Catalano, G., Chen, K., Vernesi, 

C., Larson, G., Boscato, P., De Bellis, G., Cooper, A., Caramelli, D. and 

Bertorelle, G. ‘The complete mitochondrial genome of an 11,450-yearold 

aurochsen (bos primigenius) from Central Italy’, BMC Evolutionary 

Biology, 11(1), 2011. 

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82. Lim, S. P.; Neilsen, P.; Kumar, R.; Abell, A. D. and Callen, D. F. ‘The 

Application of Delivery Systems for DNA Methyltransferase Inhibitors’, 

BioDrugs, 25, 227-242, 2011. 

83. Liu, Y., Ho, L. H., Carver, J. A. and Pukala, T. L. ‘Ion mobility mass 

spectrometry studies of the inhibition of alpha synuclein amyloid 

fibril formation by (-)-epigallocatechin-3-gallate’, Australian Journal of 

Chemistry, 64(1), 36-40, 2011. 

84. Ma, M.T., Neels, O.C., Denoyer, D., Roselt, P., Karas, J.A., Scanlon, 

D.B., White, J.M., Hicks, R.J. and Donnelly, P.S. ‘Gallium-68 complex of 

a macrobicyclic cage amine chelator tethered to two integrin-targeting 

peptides for diagnostic tumor imaging’, Bioconjugate Chemistry 22(10), 

2093-103, 2011. 

85. Ma, M.T., Cooper, M.S., Paul, R.L., Shaw, K.P., Karas, J.A., Scanlon, 

D., White, J.M., Blower, P.J. and Donnelly, P.S. ‘Macrobicyclic cage 

amine ligands for copper radiopharmaceuticals: a single bivalent cage 

amine containing two Lys3-bombesin targeting peptides’, Inorganic 

Chemistry 50(14), 6701-10, 2011. 

86. Maghrabi, A., Clay, R., ‘Nocturnal infrared clear sky temperatures 

correlated with screen temperatures and GPS-derived PWV in southern 

Australia’, Energy Conversion and Management, 52(8-9), 2925-2936, 2011. 

87. Martin, K., Ricciardelli, C., Hoffmann, P. and Oehler, M. K. ‘Exploring 

the immunoproteome for ovarian cancer biomarker discovery’, 

International Journal of Molecular Sciences, 12(1), 410-428, 2011. 

88. McCulloch, I., Spooner, N. A. and Jones, D. ‘A high-sensitivity 

photon counting imaging system (PCIS) for luminescence analysis’, 

Radiation Measurements, 46(12), 1566-1570, 2011. 

89. Meenan, N. A. G., Ball, G., Bromek, K., Uhrín, D., Cooper, A., Kennedy, 

M. W. and Smith, B. O. ‘Solution structure of a repeated unit of the ABA-1 

nematode polyprotein allergen of Ascaris reveals a novel fold and two 

discrete lipid-binding sites’, PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 5(4) , 2011. 





90. Miller, D. S., Finnie, J., Bowden, T. R., Scholz, A. C., Oh, S., Kok, T., 

Burrell, C. J., Trinidad, L., Boyle, D. B. and Li, P. ‘Preclinical efficacy studies 

of influenza a haemagglutinin precursor cleavage loop peptides as a 

potential vaccine’, Journal of General Virology, 92(5), 1152-1161, 2011. 

91. Mizukami, T....., Clay, R. W.... Yukawa, Y. ‘CANGAROO-III observation 

of TeV gamma rays from the unidentified gamma-ray source HESS 

J1614-518’, Astrophysical Journal, 740(2) , 2011. 

92. Morris, W., Doonan,C., Yaghi, O. ‘Postsynthetic modification of a 

metal-organic framework for stabilization of a hemiaminal and ammonia 

uptake’, Inorganic Chemistry, 50(15), 6853-6855, 2011. 

93. Nicholas, B., Rowell, G., Burton, M. G., Walsh, A., Fukui, Y., 

Kawamura, A., Longmore, S. and Keto, E. ‘12mm line survey of the dense 

molecular gas towards the W28 field TeV gamma-ray sources’, Monthly 

Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 411(2), 1367-1385, 2011. 

94. Oks, H., Spooner, N. A., Smith, B. W., Prescott, J. R., Creighton, D. 

F., McCulloch, I. and Adamiec, G. ‘Assessment of thermoluminescence 

peaks in porcelain for use in retrospective dosimetry’, Radiation 

Measurements, 46(12), 1873-1877, 2011. 

95. Packwood, D. M., Brooksby, P. A., Abell, A. D. and Downard, A. J. 

‘pH-Dependent Wettability of Carboxyphenyl Films Grafted to Glassy 

Carbon’, Australian Journal of Chemistry, 64(1), 122-126, 2011. 

96. Palmisano, T., Prudenzano, F., Warren-Smith, S. C. and Monro, T. M. 

‘Design of exposed-core fiber for methadone monitoring in biological 

fluids’, Journal of Non-Crystalline Solids, 357(8-9), 2000-2004, 2011. 

97. Parker, L. J., Italiano, L. C., Morton, C. J., Hancock, N. C., Ascher, 

D. B., Aitken, J. B.,Harris, H. H., Campomanes, P., Rothlisberger, U., De 

Luca, A., Lo Bello, M., Ang, W. H., Dyson, P. J., Parker, M. W. ‘Studies of 

glutathione transferase P1-1 bound to a platinum(IV)-based anticancer 

compound reveal the molecular basis of its activation’, Chemistry - A 

European Journal, 17-28, 7806-7816, 2011. 

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98. Pedersen, D. S. and Abell, A. ‘1,2,3-Triazoles in Peptidomimetic 

Chemistry’, European Journal of Organic Chemistry, (13), 2399-2411, 2011. 

99. Pehere, A. D. and Abell, A. D. ‘An improved large scale procedure 

for the preparation of N-Cbz amino acids’, Tetrahedron Letters, 52(13), 

1493-1494, 2011. 

100. Pehere A. D. and Abell A. D., ‘Selective N-Acylation and N-Alkylation 

of Biotin’, Journal of Organic Chemistry, 76, 9514-9518, 2011. 

101. Pukala, T.L. ‘Mass spectrometry for structural biology: determining 

the composition and architecture of protein complexes’, Australian 

Journal of Chemistry, 64(6), 681-691, 2011. 

102. Pushie, M., Doonan,C., Moquin, K., Weiner, J., Rothery,R., 

George,G. ‘Molybdenum site structure of escherichia coli YedY, a novel 

bacterial oxidoreductase’, Inorganic Chemistry, 50(3), 732-740, 2011. 

103. Pushie, M., Doonan, C., Wilson, H., Rajagopalan,K., George,G., 

‘Nature of halide binding to the molybdenum site of sulfite oxidase’, 

Inorganic Chemistry, 50(9), 9409-9413, 2011. 

104. Qian, G., Xia, F., Brugger, J., Skinner, W., Bei, J., Chen, G., Pring, A. 

‘Replacement of pyrrhotite by pyrite and marcasite under hydrothermal 

conditions up to 220 degrees C: An experimental study of reaction textures 

and mechanisms’, American Mineralogist, 96(11-12), 1978-1893, 2011. 

105. Robertson, S. A., Chin, P. Y., Glynn, D. J. and Thompson, J. 

G. ‘Peri-conceptual cytokines--setting the trajectory for embryo 

implantation, pregnancy and beyond’, American Journal of Reproductive 

Immunology, 66 Suppl 1, 2-10, 2011. 

106. Ruan, Y., Afshar, S. and Monro, T. M. ‘Efficient excitation of surface 

plasmons in metal nanorods using large longitudinal component of high 

index nano fibers’, Optics Express, 19(14), 13464-13479, 2011. 

107. Ruan, Y., Afshar, S. and Monro, T. M. ‘Light Enhancement Within 

Nanoholes in High Index Contrast Nanowires’, IEEE Photonics Journal, 

3(1), 130-139, 2011. 





108. Sanchez, L., Madurga, S., Pukala, T.L., Vilaseca, M., Lopez-Iglesias, 

C., Robinson, C.V., Giralt, E. and Carulla, N. ‘Aβ40 and Aβ42 Amyloid 

fibrils exhibit distinct molecular recycling properties’, Journal of the 

American Chemical Society, 133(17), 6505-6508, 2011. 

109. Scanlon, D.B. and Karas, J.A. ‘Synthesis of peptide sequences 

derived from fibril-forming proteins’, Methods in Molecular Biology, 752, 

29-43, 2011. 

110. Schartner, E. P., Ebendorff-Heidepriem, H., Warren-Smith, S. 

C., White, R. T. and Monro, T. M. ‘Driving down the Detection Limit in 

Microstructured Fiber-Based Chemical Dip Sensors’, Sensors, 11(3), 

2961-2971, 2011. 

111. Scholz, R. P., Gustafsson, J. O. R., Hoffmann, P., Jaiswal, M., 

Ahmadian, M. R., Eisler, S. A., Erlmann, P., Schmid, S., Hausser, A. 

and Olayioye, M. A. ‘The tumor suppressor protein DLC1 is regulated 

by PKD-mediated GAP domain phosphorylation’, Experimental Cell 

Research, 317(4), 496-503, 2011. 

112. Shammas, S. L., Waudby, C. A., Wang, S., Buell, A. K., Knowles, 

T. P. J., Ecroyd, H., Welland, M. E., Carver, J. A., Dobson, C. M. and 

Meehan, S. ‘Binding of the molecular chaperone αb-crystallin to Aβ 

amyloid fibrils inhibits fibril elongation’, Biophysical Journal, 101(7), 1681- 

1689, 2011. 

113. Sleebs, M.M., Scanlon, D., Karas, J., Maharani, R. and Hughes, A.B. 

‘Total synthesis of the antifungal depsipeptide petriellin A’, Journal of 

Organic Chemistry 76 (16), 6686-93, 2011. 

114. Smitz, J. E., Thompson, J. G. and Gilchrist, R. B. ‘The promise of 

in vitro maturation in assisted reproduction and fertility preservation’, 

Semin Reprod Med 29, 24-37, 2011. 

115. Spence, J.T.J., George, J. ‘Structural reassignment of 

cytosporolides A-C via Biomimetic synthetic studies and reinterpretation 

of NMR Data’, Organic Letters. 13-19, 5318-5321, 2011. 

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116. Spooner, N. A., Smith, B. W., Williams, O. M., Creighton, D. F., 

McCulloch, I., Hunter, P. G., Questiaux, D. G. and Prescott, J. R. ‘Analysis 

of luminescence from common salt (NaCl) for application to retrospective 

dosimetry’, Radiation Measurements, 46(12), 1856-1861, 2011. 

117. Stamatescu, V., Rowell, G. P., Denman, J., Clay, R. W., Dawson, 

B. R., Smith, A. G. K., Sudholz, T., Thornton, G. J. and Wild, N. ‘Timing 

analysis techniques at large core distances for multi-TeV gamma ray 

astronomy’, Astroparticle Physics, 34(12), 886-896, 2011. 

118. Stuart, B. G., Coxon, J. M., Morton, J. D., Abell, A. D., McDonald, 

D. Q., Aitken, S. G., Jones, M. A. and Bickerstaffe, R. ‘Molecular 

Modeling: A Search for a Calpain Inhibitor as a New Treatment for 

Cataractogenesis’, Journal of Medicinal Chemistry, 54, 7503-7522, 2011. 

119. Sumby, C. J. ‘Bridging ligands comprising two or more di-2pyridylmethyl 

or amine arms: Alternatives to 2,2’-bipyridyl-containing 

bridging ligands’, Coordination Chemistry Reviews, 255(15-16), 1937- 

1967, 2011. 

120. Tluczykont, M., Hampf, D., Horns, D., Kneiske, T., Eichler, R., 

Nachtigall, R. and Rowell, G. ‘The ground-based large-area wideangle 

γ-ray and cosmic-ray experiment HiSCORE’, Advances in Space 

Research, 48(12), 1935-1941, 2011. 

121. Tran, T. T. N., Wang, T., Hack, S., Hoffmann, P. and Bowie, J. H. ‘Can 

collision-induced negative-ion fragmentations of [M-H]- anions be used 

to identify phosphorylation sites in peptides?’, Rapid Communications in 

Mass Spectrometry, 25(23), 3537-3548, 2011. 

122. Tran T.T., Wang T., Hack S. and Bowie J.H. ‘Diagnostic cyclisation 

reactions which follow phosphate transfer to carboxylate anion centres 

for energised [M-H]- anions of pTyr-containing peptides’, Rapid 

Communications Mass Spectrometry, 25(17), 2489-99, 2011. 

123. Treweek, T. M., Thorn, D. C., Price, W. E. and Carver, J. A. ‘The 

chaperone action of bovine milk αs1- and αs2-caseins and their 





associated form αs- casein’, Archives of Biochemistry and Biophysics, 

510(1), 42-52, 2011. 

124. Vijayakrishnan, S., Callow, P., Nutley, M. A., McGow, D. P., Gilbert, 

D., Kropholler, P., Cooper, A., Byron, O. and Lindsay, J. G. ‘Variation in 

the organization and subunit composition of the mammalian pyruvate 

dehydrogenase complex E2/E3BP core assembly’, Biochemical Journal, 

437(3), 565-574, 2011. 

125. Wang, H., Paton, A.W., McColl, S.R., Paton, J.C., ‘In vivo leukocyte 

changes induced by Escherichia coli subtilase cytotoxin’, Infection and 

Immunity, 79 (4), 1671-1677, 2011. 

126. Wang, T., Nha Tran, T, T, Scanlon, D., Andreazza, H. J., Abell, A. 

D. and Bowie, J.H. ‘Diagnostic di- and triphosphate cyclisation in the 

negative ion electrospray mass spectra of phosphoSer peptides’, Rapid 

Communications in Mass Spectrometry 25(12), 2469-74, 2011. 

127. Wang, T., Andreazza, H.J, Pukala, T.L., Sherman, P.J., Calabrese, 

A.N. and Bowie, J.H. ‘Histidine-containing host-defence skin peptides 

of anurans bind Cu2+. An electrospray ionisation mass spectrometry 

and computational modelling study’, Rapid Communications in Mass 

Spectrometry, 25(9), 1209-1221, 2011. 

128. Warren-Smith, S. C., Heng, S., Ebendorff-Heidepriem, H., Abell, A. 

D. and Monro, T. M. ‘Fluorescence-Based Aluminum Ion Sensing Using 

a Surface-Functionalized Microstructured Optical Fiber’, Langmuir, 

27(9), 5680-5685, 2011. 

129. Weekley, C. M., Aitken, J. B., Vogt, S., Finney, L. A., Paterson, D. J., 

De Jonge, M. D., Howard, D. L., Witting, P. K., Musgrave, I. F., Harris, H. 

H. ‘Metabolism of selenite in human lung cancer cells: X-ray absorption 

and fluorescence studies’, Journal of the American Chemical Society, 

133(45), 18272-18279, 2011. 

130. Weekley, C., Aitken, J., Vogt, S., Finney, L., Paterson, D., De Jonge, 

M., Howard, D., Musgrave, I., Harris, H., ‘Uptake, distribution, and 

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speciation of selenoamino acids by human cancer cells: X-ray absorption 

and fluorescence methods’, Biochemistry, 50(10), 1641-1650, 2011. 

131. Ween, M. P., Lokman, N. A., Hoffmann, P., Rodgers, R. J., 

Ricciardelli, C. and Oehler, M. K. ‘Transforming growth factor-betainduced 

protein secreted by peritoneal cells increases the metastatic 

potential of ovarian cancer cells’, International Journal of Cancer, 128(7), 

1570-1584, 2011. 

132. White, R. T. and Monro, T. M. ‘Cascaded Raman shifting of highpeak-power 

nanosecond pulses in As2S3 and As2Se3 optical fibers’, 

Optics Letters, 36(12), 2351-2353, 2011. 

133. Williams, D. M., Ecroyd, H., Goodwin, K. L., Dai, H., Fu, H., 

Woodcock, J. M., Zhang, L. and Carver, J. A. ‘NMR spectroscopy 

of 14-3-3ζ reveals a flexible C-terminal extension: Differentiation of 

the chaperone and phosphoserine-binding activities of 14-3-3ζ’, 

Biochemical Journal, 437(3), 493-503, 2011. 

134. Wood, J. R., Wilmshurst, J. M., Worthy, T. H. and Cooper, A. 

‘Sporormiella as a proxy for non-mammalian herbivores in island 

ecosystems’, Quaternary Science Reviews, 30(7-8), 915-920, 2011. 

135. Yuan, Y., Shen, T. J., Gupta, P., Ho, N. T., Simplaceanu, V., Tam, 

T. C. S., Hofreiter, M., Cooper, A., Campbell, K. L. and Ho, C. ‘A 

biochemical-biophysical study of hemoglobins from woolly mammoth, 

asian elephant, and humans’, Biochemistry, 50(34), 7350-7360, 2011. 

136. Zaman, S., Chen, H. Y. and Abell, A. D. ‘Studies of a soluble 

polyethylene glycol immobilized ruthenium catalyst in aqueous media’, 

Tetrahedron Letters, 52(8), 878-880, 2011. 

137. Zeng, X., Liu, X., Bian, J., Pei, G., Polyak, S.W., Song, F., Ma, L., 

Wang, Y., Zhang, L., ‘Synergistic effect of 14-alpha-lipoyl andrographolide 

and various antibiotics on the formation of biofilms and production 

of exopolysaccharide and pyocyanin by Pseudomonas aeruginosa’, 

Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy, 55-6, 3015-3017, 2011. 





138. Zhai, Y., Okoro, L., Cooper, A. and Winter, R. ‘Applications of 

pressure perturbation calorimetry in biophysical studies’, Biophysical 

Chemistry, 156(1), 13-23, 2011. 

139. Zhang, H., Curreli, F., Zhang, X., Bhattacharya, S., Waheed, A. 

A., Cooper, A., Cowburn, D., Freed, E. O. and Debnath, A. K. ‘Antiviral 

activity of Œ±-helical stapled peptides designed from the HIV-1 capsid 

dimerization domain’, Retrovirology, 8, 2011. 

140. Zhang, W. Q., Ebendorff-Heidepriem, H., Monro, T. M. and Afshar, 

S. V. ‘Fabrication and supercontinuum generation in dispersion flattened 

bismuth microstructured optical fiber’, Optics Express, 19(22), 21135- 

21144, 2011. 

141. Zhang, W. Q., Lohe, M. A., Monro, T. M. and Afshar, S. ‘Nonlinear 

polarization bistability in optical nanowires’, Optics Letters, 36(4), 588- 

590, 2011. 

142. Zhao, C., Fang, Q., Susmithan, S., Miao, H., Ju, L., Fan, Y., Blair, D., 

Hosken, D. J., Munch, J., Veitch, P. J. and Slagmolen, B. J. J. ‘Highsensitivity 

three-mode optomechanical transducer’, Physical Review A 

- Atomic, Molecular, and Optical Physics, 84(6) , 2011. 

Conference Proceedings 

1. Afshar V, S., Henderson, M. R., Greentree, A. D. and Monro, T. M. 

‘Optical Fibre Coated with Diamond Nanocrystals: Novel Sensing 

Architecture’, International Quantum Electronics Conference (IQEC)/ 

The Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO) Pacific Rim 

Conference, Sydney, Australia, August 2011, 2011. 

2. Atakaramians, S., Afshar, V. S., Nagel, M., Monro, T. M. and Abbott, D. 

‘A new technique to measure loss, effective refractive index and electric 

field distribution of THz porous fibers’, 2011 Conference on Lasers and 

Electro-Optics (CLEO) 2011, Baltimore, USA, 2011. 

3. Bei, J., Ebendorff-Heidepriem, H., Monro, T. M. and Moore, R. C. 

‘Fluoroindate glass optical fibre with improved loss in the mid-infrared’, 

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9th International Meeting of Pacific Rim Ceramic Societies (PacRim 9), 

Cairns, Australia, 2011. 

4. Bei, J., Ebendorff-Heidepriem, H., Moore, R. C. and Monro, T. M. 

‘Fluoroindate fibres with reduced loss in the mid infrared spectral 

region: A study of the glass melting and fibre preparation conditions’, 

International Quantum Electronics Conference (IQEC)/The Conference 

on Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO) Pacific Rim Conference, Sydney 

Australia, August 2011. 

5. Boyd, K. and Munch, J. ‘Measuring the Evolution of Femtosecond 

Pulses in Fibre Optic Tapers by Interferometric Reflectometry’, in 


on Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO) Pacific Rim Conference, Sydney, 


6. Ebendorff-Heidepriem, H., Lancaster, D. G., Kuan, K., Moore, R. C., 

Sarker, S. and Monro, T. M., ‘Extruded fluoride fiber for 2.3um laser 

application’, International Quantum Electronics Conference (IQEC)/ 


Conference, Sydney, Australia, August 2011. 

7. Francois, A., Boehm, J., Oh, S. Y., Kok, T. and Monro, T. M. ‘Surface 

scattering plasmon resonance fibre sensors: demonstration of rapid 

Influenza A virus detection’, Fiber Optic Sensors and Applications Viii, 

Orlando, USA, 2011. 

8. Francois, A., Boehm, J., Penno, M., Hoffmann, P. and Monro, T. M. ‘A 

novel optical-fiber based surface plasmon resonance sensing architecture 

and its application to gastric cancer diagnostics’, 21st International 

Conference on Optical Fiber Sensors, Ottawa, Canada, May 2011. 

9. François, A., Heng, S., Kosteki, R. and Monro, T. M. ‘Enzyme 

detection by surface plasmon resonance using specially engineered 

spacers and plasmonic labelling’, Advanced Environmental, Chemical, 

and Biological Sensing Technologies VIII, Orlando, USA, April 2011. 





10. Fuerbach, A., Gross, S., Miese, C., Palmer, G., Jovanovic, N., 

Koehler, W., Ganz, T., Lancaster, D., Monro, T. and Withford, M. 

‘Femtosecond Chirped Pulse Oscillators for High-Speed Photonic 

Device Fabrication’ International Quantum Electronics Conference and 

Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics Pacific Rim 2011, (Optical 

Society of America, 2011), paper J132, Sydney, Australia, August 2011. 

11. Fuerbach, A., Gross, S., Ams, M., Koehler, W., Marshall, G., Miese, 

C., Dekker, P., Lancaster, D. and Withford, M. ‘Integrated waveguide 

lasers’, Transparent Optical Networks (ICTON), 13th International 

Conference, 1-4, Stockholm, Sweden, June 2011. 

12. Fuerbach, A., Gross, S., Miese, C., Palmer, G., Jovanovic, N., 

Koehler, W., Ganz, T., Lancaster, D. Monro T. and Withford, M. and 

“Femtosecond Chirped Pulse Oscillators for High-Speed Photonic 

Device Fabrication,” in Proceedings of the International Quantum 

Electronics Conference and Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics 

Pacific Rim 2011, (Optical Society of America, 2011), paper J132, 

Sydney, Australia, August 2011. 

13. Ganija, M., Ottaway, D.J., Veitch, P. J., Munch, J. ‘A cryogenic, end 

pumped, zigzag slab laser suitable for power scaling’ 2011 International 

Quantum Electronics Conference, IQEC 2011 and Conference on Lasers 

and Electro-Optics, CLEO Pacific Rim, August 2011. 

14. Gibson, B. C., Castelletto, S., Karle, T. J., Tomljenovic-Hanic, S., 

Aharonovich, I., Johnson, B. C., Orwa, J., Henderson, M. R., Ebendorff- 

Heidepriem, H., Kuan, K., Afshar, S. V., Monro, T. M., Greentree, A. 

D. and Prawer, S. ‘Towards hybrid diamond optical devices’, 13th 

International Conference on Transparent Optical Networks, (ICTON), 

Stockholm, Sweden, June 2011. 

15. Gibson, B. C., Henderson, M. R., Ebendorff-Heidepriem, H., 

Kuan, K., Afshar V, S. and Monro, T. M. ‘Diamond Quantum Emitters 

Embedded in Tellurite Glass Optical Fibre’, Diamond Conference, 

Bavaria, Germany, September 2011. 

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16. Gibson, B. C., Henderson, M. R., Ebendorff-Heidepriem, H., Kuan, 

K., Afshar V, S., Orwa, J., Aharonovich, I., Tomljenovic-Hanic, S., Prawer, 

S., Monro, T. M. and Greentree, A. D. ‘Single Photon Emission from 

Nanodiamond in Tellurite Glass’, International Quantum Electronics 

Conference (IQEC)/The Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics 

(CLEO) Pacific Rim Conference, Sydney, Australia, August 2011. 

17. Gross, S., Lancaster, D. G., Ebendorff-Heidepriem, H., Kuan, K., 

Monro, T. M., Withford, M. J. and Fuerbach, A. ‘Fabrication of depressed 

cladding waveguide Bragg-gratings in rare-earth doped heavy-metal 

fluoride glass’, 2011 Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics Europe 

and 12th European Quantum Electronics Conference, CLEO EUROPE/ 

EQEC 2011, Munich, Germany, May 2011. 

18. Hamilton, M. ‘An expendable polarisation backscatter sonde’,6th 

Antarctic Meteorological Observation, Modeling, & Forecasting 

Workshop Tasmania/ Antarctica Region, Hobart, Australia, June 2011 

19. Henderson, M. R., Afshar, V. S., Greentree, A. D. and Monro, T. M. 

‘Optical fibre with embedded diamond nanocrystals: Towards a high 

collection efficiency, waveguided single photon source’, 2011 Conference 

on Lasers and Electro-Optics, CLEO 2011, Baltimore, USA, May 2011. 

20. Henderson, M. R., Gibson, B. C., Ebendorff-Heidepriem, H., Kuan, K., 

Monro, T. M., Orwa, J., Aharonovich, I., Tomljenovic-Hanic, S., Prawer, S. 

and Greentree, A. D. ‘Fabrication of a Hybrid Diamond-Tellurite Material 

for Quantum Photonics Applications’, 9th International Meeting of Pacific 

Rim Ceramic Societies (PacRim 9), Cairns, Australia, July 2011. 

21. Ebendorff-Heidepriem, H., Manning, S., Monro, T.M., Winterstein, A., 

Krolikowski, S., Wondraczek, L. ‘Towards realisation of high power Tm: 

germanate glass microstructred fibre laser at 2μm’,Pacific Rim Conference 

on Ceramic and Glass Technology, Cairns, Australia, July 2011. 

22. Kalnins, C. A. G., Ebendorff-Heidepriem, H., Dowler, A. and Monro, 

T. M. ‘Fabrication of fluoride phosphate glass optical fibres for UV 

applications’, International Quantum Electronics Conference (IQEC)/ 






Conference, Sydney, Australia, August 2011. 

23. Lancaster, D. G., Gross, S., Ebendorff-Heidepriem, H., Kuan, K., 

Monro, T. M., Fuerbach, A. and Withford, M. J. ‘A 40% slope efficiency 

790nm pumped 1.9m Tμm3+: ZBLAN directly-written waveguide 

laser’, 2011 Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics Europe and 12th 

European Quantum Electronics Conference, CLEO EUROPE/EQEC 

2011, Munich, Germany, May 2011. 

24. Lancaster, D. G., Gross, S., Ng, S., Ebendorff-Heidepriem, H., 

Monro, T. M., Fuerbach, A. and Withford, M. J. ‘A new class of 2µm 

waveguide laser produced by fs direct writing of Tm3+ and Ho3+ 

doped ZBLAN glass’, International Quantum Electronics Conference 

(IQEC)/The Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO) Pacific 

Rim Conference, Sydney, Australia, August 2011. 

25. Luo, H. and Hamilton, M. ‘Polarsonde: a sensor for super-cooled 

liquid water’, CAWCR 5th Annual Workshop, Atmospheric Composition 

Observations and Modelling and the Cape Grim Annual Science 

meeting, Melbourne , Australia, November 2011. 

26. Manning, S., Monro, T. and Ebendorff-Heidepriem, H. ‘Sodium 

Zinc Tellurite Glass: A Candidate Material for Core/Clad Fibres for 

Electrooptic Devices’, 9th International Meeting of Pacific Rim Ceramic 

Societies (PacRim 9), Cairns, Australia, July 2011. 

27. Monro, T. M. and Afshar V, S. ‘Progress on nonlinear optics in high 

confinement waveguides’, IEEE Photonics 2011, Virginia, USA, October 2011. 

28. Monro, T. M., Ebendorff-Heidepriem, H., Schartner, E. and Warren- 

Smith, S. ‘Sensing in suspended-core optical fibers’, 2011 IEEE Winter 

Topical Meetings, WTM 2011, Keystone, USA, January 2011. 

29. Munasinghe, H. T., Afshar V, S., Richardson, D. J. and Monro, T. M. 

‘Nonlinear fibre design for broadband phase sensitive amplification’, 


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30. Monro, T.M. ‘New Horizons in biosensing using novel optical fibrebased 

sensing architectures’, IEEE Conference on Biophotonics, Parma, 

Italy, June 2011. 

31. Oermann, M., Ebendorff-Heidepriem, H., Ottaway, D., Veitch, P. and 

Monro, T. M. ‘Tellurite Glass for use in 2.3µm Thulium Fibre Lasers’, 




32. Palmisano, T., Prudenzano, F., De Sario, M., Mescia, L., Warren- 

Smith, S. C. and Monro, T. M. ‘Feasibility investigation of exposed-core 

fiber for methadone sensing in biological fluids’, 2011 IEEE International 

Symposium on Medical Measurements and Applications, MeMeA 2011, 

Bari, Italy, May 2011. 

33. Rowland, K. J., Afshar V, S. and Monro, T. M. ‘Simple binary stack 

analysis via a phase space transformation’, International Quantum 

Electronics Conference (IQEC)/The Conference on Lasers and Electro- 

Optics (CLEO) Pacific Rim Conference, Sydney, Australia, August 2011. 

34. Ruan, Y., Afshar V, S. and Monro, T. M. ‘Trapping forces by radially 

polarised mode from high index nano fibres’, Frontiers in Optics 

Conference, San Jose, California, USA, October 2011. 

35. Ruan, Y. and Monro, T. M. ‘Direct excitation of surface plasmon 

resonance using radically polarized mode of silicon nano fibers’, 


on Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO) Pacific Rim Conference, Sydney 


36. Schartner, E. P., Ebendorff-Heidepriem, H. and Monro, T. M. ‘Low 

concentration fluorescence sensing in suspended-core fibers’, 21st 

International Conference on Optical Fiber Sensors, Ottawa, Canada, 

May 2011. 





37. Schartner, E. P., Ebendorff-Heidepriem, H. and Monro, T. M. 

‘Sensitive fluorescence detection with microstructured optical fibers’, 

SPIE Defense, Security and Sensing, Orlando, USA, April 2011. 

38. Schartner, E. P., Murphy, D. F., Ebendorff-Heidepriem, H. and Monro, 

T. M. ‘A low-volume microstructured optical fiber hydrogen peroxide 

sensor’, Advanced Environmental, Chemical, and Biological Sensing 

Technologies VIII, Orlando, USA, May 2011. 

39. White, R. T. and Monro, T. M. ‘Broadband Mid-Infrared Source 

Based on Cascaded Raman Scattering in an As2Se3 Optical Fibre’, 




40. Zhang, W. Q., Lohe, M. A., Monro, T. and Afshar V, S. ‘Nonlinear 

self-flipping of polarization states’, International Quantum Electronics 

Conference (IQEC)/The Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics 

(CLEO) Pacific Rim Conference Sydney, Australia, August 2011. 

41. Veitch, P.J ‘High Power ‘Single Frequency’ Lasers’ International 

Quantum Electronics Conference (IQEC)/The Conference on Lasers 

and Electro-Optics (CLEO) Pacific Rim Conference Sydney, Australia, 

August 2011. 

Book Chapters 

1. Gilchrist, R. B., Smitz, J. E. J. and Thompson, J. G. ‘Current status and 

future trends of the clinical practice of human oocyte in vitro maturation’. 

In Gardner, D. K., Rizk, B. R. M. B. and Falcone, F. (eds) Human Assisted 

Reproductive Technology. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 

U.K., 186-198, 2011. 

2. Pedersen, D.S., Abell, A.D. ‘Huisgen Cycloaddition in Peptidomimetic 

Chemistry. in Amino Acids, Peptides and Proteins in Organic Chemistry’, 

Vol.4 – Protection Reactions, Medicinal Chemistry, Combinatorial 

Synthesis. Hughes A.B. (Ed) Wiley-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co., Weinheim, 

Germany, chpt 2, 99-127, 2011. 

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Contact IPAS Professor 

Tanya Monro 

Federation Fellow Director 

Institute for Photonics 

& Advanced Sensing (IPAS) 

University of Adelaide 

Adelaide SA 5005 

Australia 

T: +61 (0)8 8313 3955 

M: +61 (0)400 649 369 

E: tanya.monro@adelaide.edu.au 

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Institute Manager 

Institute for Photonics 

& Advanced Sensing (IPAS) 


Adelaide SA 5005 

Australia 

T: +61 (0)8 8313 5772 

M: +61 (0)410 221 278 

E: piers.lincoln@adelaide.edu.au 

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