Research Fellow (Centre for Optical Microcombs for Breakthrough Science - COMBS)

Job No.: 670172

Location: Clayton campus

Employment Type: Full-time

Duration: 3-year fixed-term appointment

• Amplify your impact at a world top 50 University
• Be surrounded by extraordinary ideas - and the people who discover them

The Opportunity

Join the ARC Centre of Excellence in Optical Microcombs for Breakthrough Science (COMBS) as a Research Fellow and contribute to pioneering research on microcomb-based optical communication systems. This 7-year, $70M-funded research initiative spans 8 Australian universities and collaborates with academic and industrial partners across Asia, Europe, and North America.

We are looking for two Research Fellows for positions in optical Communications and Photonic circuits:

• The first position is probing the capacity limits of microcombs, and in utilizing correlations between comb lines to drive efficient optical communications systems.
• The second position will focus on working with self-calibrating photonic-chip designs to achieve signal processing functions, including data from scientific instruments based on optical microcombs.

As a Research Fellow, you will lead cutting-edge projects, work closely with your supervisor, mentor HDR students, and collaborate within the COMBS network. Your research will focus on exploring the capacity limits of microcombs and utilizing correlations between comb lines to drive efficient optical communication systems.

This position offers the opportunity to achieve traditional research outcomes (e.g., publications) while enhancing the capabilities of the COMBS network. COMBS is dedicated to supporting early career researchers and promoting their contributions to world-leading research.

Be part of a transformative research initiative and help shape the future of optical communications!

About Monash University

At Monash, work feels different. There's a sense of belonging, from contributing to something groundbreaking - a place where great things happen.

Together with our commitment to academic freedom, you will have access to quality research facilities, infrastructure, world-class teaching spaces, and international collaboration opportunities.

Join the pursuit of our purpose to build a better future for ourselves and our communities - with us.

Monash supports flexible and hybrid working arrangements. We have a range of policies in place enabling staff to combine work and personal commitments. This includes supporting parents.

Your application must address the Key Selection Criteria, in particular the field-specific criteria points 2 and 3.

Diversity is one of our greatest strengths at Monash. We encourage applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, culturally and linguistically diverse people, people with disabilities, neurodivergent people, and people of all genders, sexualities, and age groups.

We are committed to fostering an inclusive and accessible recruitment process at Monash. If you need any reasonable adjustments, please contact us at in an email titled 'Reasonable Adjustments Request' for a confidential discussion.

Your employment is contingent upon the satisfactory completion of all pre-employment and/or background checks required for the role, as determined by the University.

Enquiries: Associate Professor Bill Corcoran, Department of Electrical and Computer Systems Engineering,

Applications Close: Monday 24 March 2025, 11:55pm AEDT

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