Researchers
Academics
Prof. Withawat Withayachumnankul
Group Leader, Optica Fellow
Track Editor, IEEE Transactions on Terahertz Science and Technology (2021–)
Dr. Xiaolong You
ARC-Funded Postdoctoral Researcher
Metasurfaces & nondestructive evaluation
2023 IEEE Antennas and Propagation Society (AP-S) Fellowship
Postgrads
PhD student (2021–)
Supervisors: Withawat, Daniel Headland (alumnus)
Silicon microphotonics, sensing
Scholarships & awards:
Research Training Program Scholarship
2022 IEEE Microwave Theory and Techniques (MTT) Graduate Fellowship
2022 Australian Wine Industry Technical Conference People's Choice and Judge's Choice Awards
2023 IRMMW-THz Outstanding Student Paper Runner Up
2023 National Measurement Institute (NMI) Measurement Award Finalist
Collaborators: DSTG, University of Duisburg-Essen, Adelaide Skin and Eye Centre
PhD student (2022–)
Supervisors: Withawat, Wenle Weng, Daniel Headland (alumnus)
Optical combs & beamforming
Research Training Program Scholarship
Linxi Chen
PhD student (2022–)
Supervisors: Withawat, Christophe Fumeaux, Weijie Gao (alumnus)
Silicon microphotonics
Scholarships & awards:
Research Training Program Scholarship
5th Australian Microwave Symposium Best Student Paper
Industry internship Virginia Diodes, Inc.
Sakib Quader
PhD student (2022–)
Supervisors: Withawat, Christophe Fumeaux, Xiaolong You
Metasurfaces
University of Adelaide Research Scholarship
Industry internship INO
Mariam Abdullah
mariam.abdullah@adelaide.edu.au
MPhil student (2022–)
Supervisors: Withawat, Ke (Desmond) Wang, Jiayuan (Estrid) He, Mohamed Shehata (alumnus)
Communications
Scholarships & awards:
University of Adelaide Research Scholarship
2023 - IEEE Communications Society Student Competition Honorary Mention
Industry internship Telstra
Miantong Sun
PhD student (2023–), Area Manager
Supervisors: Withawat, Nghia Nguyen Trong
Leaky-wave antennas
University of Adelaide Research Scholarship
Industry internship Virginia Diodes, Inc.
Chung Yin Tam (James)
PhD student (2023–)
Supervisors: Withawat, Andy Boes, Ke (Desmond) Wang
Electro-optics
University of Adelaide Research Scholarship
Collaborators: EPFL, Kyushu University
Chenchu Ma
PhD student (2024–)
Supervisors: Withawat, Markus Wagner
Component design & optimisation
University of Adelaide Research Scholarship
Komal Iqbal
PhD student (2024–)
Supervisors: Withawat, Daniel Headland (alumnus)
Communications frontends
University of Adelaide Research Scholarship
Current co-supervisors
The University of Queensland
Antenna and microwave technologies, computational electromagnetics
School of Engineering, Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology
Silicon photonics & wireless communications
Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology
Machine learning, wireless communications
