Exciton 2023 centre personnel

Name Node
Paul Mulvaney University of Melbourne
Jared Cole RMIT University
Ken Ghiggino University of Melbourne
Asaph Widmer-Cooper University of Sydney
Trevor Smith University of Melbourne
Wallace Wong University of Melbourne
Dane McCamey UNSW Sydney
Alison M. Funston Monash University
Salvy Russo RMIT University
Girish Lakhwani University of Sydney
Timothy Schmidt UNSW Sydney
Udo Bach Monash University
Jacek Jasieniak Monash University
Name Position Title Node
Kate McGeoch^ Chief Operating Officer University of Melbourne
Piumika Perera Node Administrator UNSW Sydney
Joshua Ezackial Outreach Officer University of Melbourne
Nicholas Kirkwood Science and Industry Liaison Manager University of Melbourne
Iain Strachan Media and Communications Officer University of Melbourne
Jeremy Platt** Node Administrator University of Sydney
Kate Hall Finance Manager University of Melbourne
Ana Amaral Ferreira** Project Officer Monash University
Brooke Nati Node Administrator RMIT University
Andrea Oliver^ Centre Coordinator University of Melbourne
Eileen Wu** Centre Coordinator University of Melbourne

^Completed term at Exciton Science in 2023
**Commenced in 2023

Name Node
Sherif Abdulkader Tawfik Abbas Deakin University
Jonathon Beves UNSW Sydney
Colette Boskovic University of Melbourne
Andrew Christofferson RMIT University
Nicholas (Ned) Ekins-Daukes UNSW Sydney
Joanne Etheridge Monash University
Jochen Feldmann Ludwig Maximilians Universität
Lars Goerigk University of Melbourne
Daniel Gomez RMIT University
Chris Hall University of Melbourne
Liam Hall University of Melbourne
Anita Ho-Baillie University of Sydney
Ivan Kassal University of Sydney
Heike Klussman University of Kassel
Anna Köhler Universität Bayreuth
Tu Le RMIT University
Pegah Maasoumi Swinburne University of Technology
Stefan Maier Monash University
Kavan Modi Monash University
Michael Nielsen UNSW Sydney
Angèle Reinders Eindhoven University of Technology (TU/e)
Chris Ritchie Monash University
Ann Roberts University of Melbourne
Gary Rosengarten RMIT University
Greg Scholes Princeton University
Tim Schork University of Technology Sydney
Ken Silburn iSTEM
Kakkudiyil George Thomas Indian Institute of Science Education and Research Thiruvananthapuram
Tobias Kraus** INM-Leibniz Institute for New Materials

** Commenced as Associate Investigators in 2023

Name Node
Gregory Barbante Defence; Science and Technology Group
Anthony Chesman CSIRO
Greg Dicinoski Reserve Bank of Australia
Xiao Tao Hao Shandong University
Timothy James Reserve Bank of Australia
Jürgen Köhler Universität Bayreuth
Rebecca McCallum Defence; Science and Technology Group
Jeffrey B. Neaton University of California; Berkeley
Fiona Scholes CSIRO
Xingzhan Wei CIGIT; Chinese Academy of Sciences
Name Node
Sepher Ahmadi CSIRO
Sam Brooke** University of Melbourne
Ben Carwithen** UNSW Sydney
Carol Hua** University of Melbourne
Jessica Alves^ UNSW Sydney
Christopher Bailey ^ UNSW Sydney
Mina Barzegaramiriolya University of Melbourne
Francesco Campaioli^ RMIT University
Inseong Cho University of Sydney
Claire Dawson^ University of Melbourne
Renzo Fenati ^ Monash University
Philip Jiale Feng ^ UNSW Sydney
Sebastian Olivier Furer ^ Monash University
Rugang Geng ^ UNSW Sydney
Elham Gholizadeh ^ University of Melbourne
Harini Hapuarachchi RMIT University
Sheikh Imamul Hossain^ University of Sydney
Thilini Ishwara** UNSW Sydney
Qingrui Kong** University of Melbourne
Nina I. Novikova ** University of Melbourne
Rohan Hudson^ University of Melbourne
Kalim Kashif Monash University
William Kendrick ^ University of Melbourne
Mykhailo Klymenko ^ RMIT University
Jamie Laird ^ University of Melbourne
Zachariah Levey^ UNSW Sydney
Jialu Li University of Melbourne
Wei Luo University of Melbourne
Anjay Manian RMIT University
Wenxin Mao Monash University
Nastaran Meftahi RMIT University
Naeimeh Mozaffari Monash University
Phoebe Pearce UNSW Sydney
Pria Ramkissoon^ University of Melbourne
Nicolau Saker Neto ^ University of Melbourne
Sharidya Rahman** Monash University
Alicia Schuitemaker University of Sydney
Gaveshana Sepalage Monash University
Babar Shabbir ^ Monash University
Manoj Sharma Monash University
Nitish Rai** Monash University
Alexandra Stuart University of Sydney
Shi Tang** University of Melbourne
Adam Surmiak Monash University
Boer Tan^ Monash University
Yahui Tang University of Sydney
Elizabeth Thomas Monash University
Phuong Vo^ University of Sydney
Tharindu Warnakula^ Monash University
Anchal Yadav ^ Monash University
Gangcheng Yuan Monash University
Tian Zhang^ Monash University
Yu Zhang** UNSW Sydney
Jie Zhao** Monash University

^ Completed contract in 2023
** Commenced contract in 2023

Name Position Node
Stefano Bernardi Research Assistant University of Sydney
Thilini Ishwara Senior Research Officer UNSW Sydney
Siqi Deng**^ Research Assistant Monash University
Timothy  Warner**^ ACEx Project Officer University of Melbourne
Michael Rinaudo Research Assistant University of Sydney
Yizhen Li Research Assistant University of Sydney
Nitish Rai Research Assistant Monash University
Dingchen Wen^ Research Assistant University of Melbourne

^ Completed contract in 2023
** Commenced new contract in 2023

Name Node
Engin Akinoglu University of Melbourne 
Julieta Alday** University of Melbourne 
Alex Baldacchino^ UNSW Sydney 
Patrycja Ballard Monash University 
Daniel Balzer University of Sydney 
Juan Benitez Rodriguez Monash University 
Maria Bravo^ University of Melbourne 
Maria Basso^ Monash University 
Fillppo Micharikopoulos** Monash University 
Chang Cao Monash University 
Subhajit Chakraborty University of Melbourne 
Zifei Chen University of Melbourne 
Katelyn Clutterbuck** University of Sydney 
Pratiksha Dad** University of Sydney 
Claire Dawson** University of Melbourne 
Miles Collins UNSW Sydney 
Damon de Clercq UNSW Sydney 
Siqi Deng ^ Monash University 
Hao Deng^ University of Melbourne 
Yihan Dong University of Melbourne 
Cameron Dover UNSW Sydney 
Ika Nur Fitriani** University of Sydney 
Sarah Eskandarian Monash University 
Roslyn Forecast RMIT University 
Joshua Peter Rand** University of Melbourne 
Jacob Fry University of Melbourne 
Alison Goldingay University of Sydney 
Qianying Guo ^ Monash University 
Dominic Jones UNSW Sydney 
Yvonne Hora Monash University 
Yixiong Ji University of Melbourne 
Amit Kessel Monash University 
Bilal Khan* University of Sydney 
Angela Keyte University of Melbourne 
Shon Kolomoisky Monash University 
Junhan Kong ^ Monash University
Daniel Kroh University of Melbourne 
Jefferson Lam Monash University
Emily Liew Zhi Tong** Monash University
Yixuan Luo** Monash University
Yiheng Lu** Monash University
Imali Madigasekara Monash University
Meredith Mahoney RMIT University 
Adrian Mena UNSW Sydney 
Mina Mohebimorad** Monash University 
Josh Moon Monash University 
Lan Nguyen Monash University 
Naufan Nurrosyid Monash University
William Pappas ^ UNSW Sydney 
Rosie Pelosi ^ UNSW Sydney 
Rehana Pervin University of Melbourne 
Eliza Rokhsat ^ University of Melbourne 
Kyla Rutherford RMIT University
Pat Siripanich** University of Melbourne 
Nicholas Sloane UNSW Sydney
Selina Süzeroğlu^ Monash University
Ian Thomas UNSW Sydney
Ella Walsh University of Melbourne
Di Wang University of Melbourne 
Yazhou Wang University of Melbourne
Dingchen Wen ^ University of Melbourne 
Yang  Xu ^ University of Melbourne 
Junlin Yan** Monash University
Wenqi Yan Monash University
Samantha Zaman  University of Melbourne
Boya Zhao ^ Monash University 
Cheng Zhao Monash University
Jie Zhao + Monash University 
Irina Zharinova ^ University of Melbourne 
Simon Biberger^ Monash University 
Lars-Erik Maurer^ Monash University 
Yiheng Lu University of Melbourne
Jiakai Wang ** University of Melbourne
Michael Rinaudo^ University of Sydney 
Yun Li^ University of Sydney 

^ Completed in 2023 
+ Now an Exciton Science Postdoc 
* Commenced PhD in 2023 

Masters By Coursework Students Node
Naiya Desai^ University of Melbourne
Victoria Esson^ University of Melbourne
Xinyue Xu University of Melbourne
Jianfei Yu^ University of Melbourne
Stephen Franzese University of Melbourne
Aitor Gutierrez Valero University of Melbourne
Yudian Li University of Melbourne
Chaoyu Ren University of Melbourne
Hsin-ya Tsai University of Melbourne
Ziyi Wang University of Melbourne
Shaoyang Wu University of Melbourne
Nicholas Evagora^ University of Melbourne 
Chengyi Miao^ University of Melbourne
Masters by Research Students Node
Yang Li^ University of Melbourne
Carrie Manna Kasmaji University of Melbourne
Dali Quan University of Melbourne
Jiakai Wang + University of Melbourne
Jingyi Yuan^ University of Melbourne
Honors Students Node
Louis Casey University of Sydney 
Jiyuan Yu University of Melbourne

^ Completed in 2023 
+ Now an Exciton Science PhD student

Undergraduate and Vacation Students Node
Shelly Yang University of Melbourne
Shifan Wang University of Melbourne
Tengshunzi Wang University of Melbourne
Riley Taylor University of Melbourne
Alice Chen University of Melbourne
Erisha Tayal University of Melbourne
Merin Varghese University of Melbourne
Ryota Kambe University of Melbourne
Marius Otten University of Melbourne
Vishnu ek University of Melbourne