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What is photonics and how is it used professor tanya monro explains
Professor Tanya Mary Monro FAA FTSE FOSA FAIP GAICD (born 1973) is an award-winning Australian physicist known for her work in photonics. She is currently the Deputy Vice Chancellor, Research and Innovation (DVCR&I) at the University of South Australia, and is an ARC Georgina Sweet Laureate Fellow. She was the inaugural chair of photonics, the inaugural director of the ARC Centre of Excellence for Nanoscale Biophotonics and the inaugural director of the Institute for Photonics & Advanced Sensing (IPAS), and the inaugural director of the Centre of Expertise in Photonics (CoEP) within the School of Chemistry and Physics at the University of Adelaide (now known as the School of Physical Sciences). She is currently an adjunct professor of physics at the University of Adelaide.
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- What is photonics and how is it used professor tanya monro explains
- Interacting light with matter at the nanoscale tanya monro talk 1 iss2013
- Education
- Career and research
- Publications
- Professional associations
- Personal life
- References
External roles include membership of the Australian Prime Minister's Commonwealth Science Council, the Board of the CSIRO, the South Australian Economic Development Board in which she chairs the Arts subcommittee, and the Defence SA board.
Interacting light with matter at the nanoscale tanya monro talk 1 iss2013
Education
Monro was awarded a Bachelor of Science degree with first class honours in 1995 followed by a PhD in 1998 from the University of Sydney for research on waveguides.
Career and research
From 1998 to 2004, Monro was a Royal Society University Research Fellowship at the Optoelectronics Research Centre (ORC) at the University of Southampton. She joined the University of Adelaide in 2005 as inaugural chair of photonics and Director of the Centre of Expertise in Photonics (CoEP) within the School of Chemistry & Physics in partnership with DSTO and the SA State Government. Since that time and while at the University of Adelaide she has been: ARC Federation Fellow; Director of the Institute for Photonics & Advanced Sensing (IPAS) and the Director of the ARC Centre of Excellence in Nanoscale Biophotonics at the University of Adelaide. Since 2014 she has been the Deputy Vice Chancellor and Vice President, Research and Innovation at the University of South Australia.
Publications
Monro has published over 600 papers with over 13000 citations in journals and refereed conference proceedings.
Professional associations
Personal life
Monro was raised in the Sydney suburb of Bankstown. She is an alumna of the National Youth Science Forum, a selective youth camp at the Australian National University for potential leaders in science. She married David in 1995. They moved to England in 1998. They have three sons, their first born in 2003, followed by twin boys born in 2006.