Researchers

Dr. Daniel Headland

Australian Research Council (ARC) Discovery Early Career Researcher Award (DECRA) Fellow

IEEE Antennas and Propagation Society Young Professional Ambassador 2025

Dr. Xiaolong You

xiaolong.you@adelaide.edu.au 

ARC-Funded Postdoctoral Researcher

Metasurfaces & nondestructive evaluation

2023 IEEE Antennas and Propagation Society (AP-S) Fellowship

Dr. Harrison Lees

harrison.lees@adelaide.edu.au

NISDRG-Funded Postdoctoral Researcher

PhD student (2021–2025)

Supervisors: Withawat, Daniel Headland (alumnus)

Silicon microphotonics, sensing

Scholarships & awards:

Collaborators: DSTG, University of Duisburg-Essen

Postgrads

Bryce Chung

bryce.chung@adelaide.edu.au 

PhD student (2022–)

Supervisors: Withawat, Wenle Weng, Daniel Headland

Optical combs & beamforming

Research Training Program Scholarship

Industry internship RIKEN, Japan

Linxi Chen

linxi.chen@adelaide.edu.au  

PhD student (2022–)

Supervisors: Withawat, Christophe Fumeaux, Weijie Gao (alumnus)

Silicon microphotonics 

Scholarships & awards:

Industry internship Virginia Diodes, Inc.,  USA

Sakib Quader

sakib.quader@adelaide.edu.au

PhD student (2022–)

Supervisors: Withawat, Christophe Fumeaux, Xiaolong You

Metasurfaces

Scholarships & awards:

Industry internship INO, Canada

Mariam Abdullah

mariam.abdullah@adelaide.edu.au 

PhD student (2022–)

Supervisors: Withawat, Ke (Desmond) Wang, Jiayuan (Estrid) He, Mohamed Shehata (alumnus)

Communications

Scholarships & awards:

Industry internship Telstra, Australia

Miantong Sun

miantong.sun@adelaide.edu.au 

PhD student (2023–), Area Manager

Supervisors: Withawat, Nghia Nguyen Trong

Leaky-wave antennas

University of Adelaide Research Scholarship

Industry internship Virginia Diodes, Inc., USA

Chung Yin Tam (James)

chungyin.tam@adelaide.edu.au 

PhD student (2023–)

Supervisors: Withawat, Andy Boes, Ke (Desmond) Wang

Electro-optics

University of Adelaide Research Scholarship

Collaborators: EPFL, Kyushu University

Chenchu Ma

chenchu.ma@adelaide.edu.au 

PhD student (2024–)

Supervisors: Withawat, Markus Wagner

Component design & optimisation

University of Adelaide Research Scholarship

Komal Iqbal

komal.iqbal@adelaide.edu.au 

PhD student (2024–)

Supervisors: Withawat, Daniel Headland

Communications frontends

University of Adelaide Research Scholarship

Amit Halder

amit.halder@adelaide.edu.au 

PhD student (2024–)

Supervisors: Heike Ebendorff-Heidepriem, Withawat, Quoc Hue Pho

Terahertz fibres

Junwei Liang

PhD student (2025–)

Supervisors: Withawat, Daniel Headland

Antennas

Scholarships & awards: