Dr Narges Fahim graduated from Cairo University, Egypt, in 1994 with first class honours in chemistry. She completed a Masters degree in analytical chemistry in 1999. She performed her PhD research in Japan at the Toyota Technological Institute, Semiconductor Department…
Dr Jhantu Saha obtained a PhD from Saitama University, Japan, in materials science in 2008. His PhD thesis was titled ‘Fast growth of microcrystalline silicon thin-films from dichlorosilane by the high-density microwave plasma source using the spoke antenna for Si…
Dr Nicholas Stokes received his BSc in Nanotechnology from the University of Technology Sydney in 2005 and in 2006 completed his Honours Degree with the thesis ‘Enhanced efficiency of the tunneling injection solar cell using nanostructured layers’. In 2010 Dr…
Dr Xi Chen received a BSc in chemistry from Nankai University, China, in 2001 studying the preparation and electrochemical properties of nanomaterials such as carbon nanotubes and boron nitride nanotubes. In 2006 he was awarded a PhD in chemistry at…
Dr Zi Ouyang completed his Bachelor degree in physics at Nanjing University, China, in 2005 and was awarded a PhD in photovoltaics from the University of New South Wales in 2010. His PhD thesis was titled ‘Electron-beam evaporated polycrystalline silicon…
Ms Shouyi Xie obtained a BEng from the University of New South Wales in 2010. For the first two years she studied material physics at Sun Yat-Sen University, China, in the School of Physics and Engineering. Then she attended the…
Mr Tom Farrington is originally from the UK, where he worked as an electrician. He obtained his undergraduate honours degree in 2008 from the UK’s Open University, majoring in physics and astronomy. His honours thesis was titled ’The effectiveness of…
Mr Yinan Zhang received his BSc from Nankai University, China, in 2009 with a major in optical information science and technology. His final year research project was ‘Research on the temperature and stress characteristics of DFB fiber lasers’ where he…
Mr Boyuan Cai received his BSc and MSc from Nankai University, China, in 2006 and 2009 respectively, with majors in optical information science and technology, and optics. During this time his research focused on the structure design and analysis of…