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Group updates

Nov 2024
Congrats to Ivan for being awarded the Faculty of Science HDR Supervisor of the Year! ๐Ÿ†
Oct 2024
Congrats to Vanessa for winning the Le Fรจvre Student Lectureship award and giving a fantastic presentation today! ๐Ÿ†
Aug 2024
Congrats to Daniel for being awarded the Faculty of Science Postgraduate Research Prize for Best Thesis! ๐Ÿ†
Jul 2024
Welcome Mohammad, who joins us for his PhD
Jul 2024
Congrats to Liam for getting a prize for his research pitch at the RACI PhysChem conference
Jun 2024
Welcome Arkin, Henry, and Kai, who join us as postdoctoral research fellows
Feb 2024
Congrats to Elliot for winning the Pitch Your Research Award at Quantum Australia
Feb 2024
Three postdoctoral positions open until 11 March, apply here
Jan 2024
Welcome Patrick, who joins us for his PhD
Jan 2024
Welcome back Liam and Tom, who start their PhDs
Jan 2024
Ivan's promoted to Professor
Dec 2023
Congrats to Dr. Daniel Balzer on completing his PhD
Dec 2023
Congrats to Tom on winning the University Medal for his Honours thesis ๐Ÿ…
Dec 2023
Congrats to Liam and Tom for completing their Honours projects with first-class Honours
Nov 2023
Congrats to Vanessa for winning the Best Contribution to Public Discourse prize at the EQUS Annual Workshop
Nov 2023
Congrats to Vanessa, Ryan, and Ivan for making the cover of Nature Chemistry
Sep 2023
Congrats to Vanessa for winning the School of Chemistry Postgraduate Research Prize for Outstanding Academic Achievement
Aug 2023
Congrats to Liam for winning the Hush Prize in Theoretical Chemistry
Aug 2023
Congrats to Daniel for winning the Faculty of Science Postgraduate Research Prize for Outstanding Academic Achievement
Jul 2023
Ivan receives a Future Fellowship from the Australian Research Council
Feb 2023
Welcome Hayden, who joins us for an undergraduate research project
Feb 2023
Welcome to Tom and Liam, who join us for their Honours projects
Jan 2023
Welcome to Neil and Simon, who join us for their summer research projects
Dec 2022
Welcome to Elliot, who joins us for a postdoc on quantum simulation
Dec 2022
Goodbye to Ryan, who leaves us to start as an assistant professor at Dalhousie
Dec 2022
Congrats to Vanessa for winning the poster prize at the EQUS Annual Workshop for her work on simulating geometric phases on quantum computers
Dec 2022
Congrats to Dev for completing his degree with first-class Honours
Oct 2022
Congrats to Daniel for winning the Le Fรจvre Lectureship of the Sydney University Chemical Society
Oct 2022
Congrats to Ryan for winning the 2022 Miller Prize for the best presentation at the International Symposium on Molecular Spectroscopy
Sep 2022
Congrats to Stefano for winning the 2021 School of Chemistry Prize for Outstanding PhD Thesis ๐Ÿ†
Sep 2022
Welcome Ben, who joins us from the University of York for his Masters project
Jun 2022
Welcome Rokon, who joins us as a postdoctoral research fellow
Jun 2022
Job alert: Postdoc position on simulating chemical dynamics using quantum computers. Apply by 13 July
May 2022
Congratulations to Ryan, who will be starting as an Assistant Professor at Dalhousie University in Jan 2023
Mar 2022
Job alert: Postdoc position on the theory of disordered functional materials. Apply by 22 April
Feb 2022
Welcome Dev, who joins us for his Honours project
Dec 2021
Congratulations to Dan, whose paper on delocalised charge transport has won the Best Student Publication award from the Centre for Exciton Science
Dec 2021
Welcome Liam, who joins us as a Sydney Quantum Academy summer student
Dec 2021
Our collaboration with the Quantum Control Lab on simulating chemical reactions on quantum computers has been named the Project of the Year by the Centre for Engineered Quantum Systems
Dec 2021
Congratulations to Jacob for completing his Honours project and winning the University Medal ๐Ÿ…
Oct 2021
Welcome Vanessa and Adesh, who join us for their PhDs as SQA scholarship winners
Aug 2021
Welcome Justin, who joins us for an undergraduate research project
Jul 2021
Jun 2021
Congrats to Alok for defending his Masters thesis ๐Ÿ‘จโ€๐ŸŽ“
Apr 2021
Congrats to Jacob for winning the John Coutts Scholarship ๐Ÿ’ฐ
Mar 2021
Sydney Quantum Academy scholarships are opening soonโ€”get in touch now
Mar 2021
Check out Ivan's talk on simulating chemical dynamics on quantum computers, now on Youtube
Feb 2021
Welcome Jacob, who returns to the group for his Honours project
Jan 2021
Come hear Ryan's talk about simulating chemical reactions on quantum simulators: Quantum Science Seminar, 28 Jan
Jan 2021
Welcome Mike, who joins us as a Sydney Quantum Academy summer student
Aug 2020
Welcome Alok, who joins us (remotely) as an exchange MSc student from IIT Bombay ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ณ
Jul 2020
We've got two "outstanding" contributions to VCTC 2020, Ryan's talk and Daniel's poster
Jul 2020
Congratulations to Clare for completing her Honours project and winning the University Medal ๐Ÿ…
Jun 2020
Welcome Zach, who joins us for an undergraduate research project
May 2020
Congrats to Daniel for winning the best poster prize at HOPV 2020 for his work on partially delocalised charges in organic semiconductors ๐ŸŽ‰
Apr 2020
Our paper on reaction-centre dimerism is among the Most popular 2018-2019 articles in Chemical Science ๐Ÿ”ฅ
Mar 2020
Ivan receives the Le Fรจvre Medal from the Australian Academy of Science, the top award for early-career Australian chemists
Mar 2020
Welcome Ryan, who joins us from the University of Ottawa for a postdoc
Mar 2020
Welcome Celia, Will, and Sasha, who join us for undergraduate research projects
Mar 2020
Congratulations to Daniel for his Westpac Future Leaders Scholarship ๐ŸŽ“
Feb 2020
Welcome back Daniel, who starts his PhD
Jan 2020
Ivan's promoted to Associate Professor ๐Ÿ‘จโ€๐Ÿซ
Dec 2019
Congrats to Daniel for winning the best talk prize at AUCAOS 2019 for his presentation on delocalised charges in organic semiconductors ๐Ÿ…
Dec 2019
Congratulations to Daniel for completing his Honours project with First Class Honours and receiving the University Medal ๐Ÿ‘จโ€๐ŸŽ“
Nov 2019
Congratulations to Dr. Natasha Taylor on completing her PhD, and with no thesis corrections! ๐Ÿ‘ฉโ€๐ŸŽ“
Sep 2019
Chemistry World wrote a nice piece on our work explaining why reaction centres are dimeric ๐ŸŒฟ
Sep 2019
We cleaned out the School of Chemistry prize night: Congrats to Clare for the Hush Prize in Theoretical Chemistry and to Daniel for the Dixon Scholarship in Chemistry
Aug 2019
Welcome back Clare, who returns for her Honours degree
Aug 2019
Welcome Jacob, who joins us for an undergraduate project
Mar 2019
Welcome Afnan, who joins us for an undergraduate project
Feb 2019
Welcome back Daniel, who returns for his Honours degree
Jan 2019
Welcome Khai, who joins us for a summer project
Oct 2018
Congratulations to Dr. Samantha Hood on completing her PhD! ๐Ÿ‘ฉโ€๐ŸŽ“
Aug 2018
Welcome Daniel, who joins us for an undergrad research project
Jul 2018
Welcome Claire, who'll be working with us for a year before her PhD
Jan 2018
Ivan becomes the Quantum Science Domain Leader in the University of Sydney Nano Institute โš›๏ธ
Nov 2017
Welcome Jiyu, who joins us for a summer project
Sep 2017
Welcome Thijs, who is visiting us for 6 months from Radboud University
Aug 2017
Welcome Leo, who joins us for his undergraduate research project
Aug 2017
Ivan wins a Young Tall Poppy Science Award ๐Ÿ†
Jul 2017
Two of our papers have been highlighted by ACS as Outstanding Work from Authors in Australia. Congrats Sima and Elise! ๐Ÿ”ฅ
Jul 2017
Congrats Sam for becoming an Australian Science Superhero
Mar 2017
Welcome Clare, who joins us for her undergraduate research project
Jan 2017
Welcome Stefano, our first PhD student at Sydney
Jan 2017
We've moved from UQ to USyd
Dec 2016
Congratulations to David on receiving his Honours degree ๐Ÿ‘จโ€๐ŸŽ“
Sep 2016
Congratulations to Natasha for winning the Best Poster Prize at the School of Mathematics and Physics Poster Day ๐ŸŽ‰
Sep 2016
Welcome Stefano, who will work with us until starting his PhD next year
Aug 2016
Ivan accepts a position in the School of Chemistry at the University of Sydney, so we will be moving in January 2017
May 2016
Welcome Nasim, who will work with us until starting her PhD next year
Apr 2016
Feb 2016
Welcome David, who joins us for his Honours degree
Feb 2016
Take a look at Samanthaโ€™s article “Harvesting Light in a Quantum World” in Lateral magazine ๐Ÿ“ฐ
Jan 2016
Welcome Katie and Adam, who join us as undergraduate researchers
Jul 2015
Congratulations to Elise on receiving her Honours degree ๐Ÿ‘ฉโ€๐ŸŽ“
Apr 2015
Check out Nature Chemistryโ€™s feature article discussing Ivanโ€™s PhD work
Apr 2015
Welcome Samantha, who joins us for her PhD
Sep 2014
Our book, Ultrafast Spectroscopy: Quantum Information and Wavepackets, is published. Congrats Joel, Jacob, Alan, and Alรกn
Sep 2014
Welcome Natasha, who joins us for her PhD
Sep 2014
New website is up!