Researchers

Prof. Withawat Withayachumnankul

Group Leader

IEEE Fellow • Optica Fellow • ARC Future Fellow

Track Editor, IEEE Trans. Terahertz Science and Technology (2021–)

Dr. Daniel Headland

Lecturer (Level B)

ARC DECRA Fellow • IEEE Antennas and Propagation Society Young Professional Ambassador 2025

Dr. Xiaolong You

ARC-Funded Postdoctoral Researcher

Research area: Metasurfaces & nondestructive evaluation

2023 IEEE AP-S Fellowship

Dr. Linxi Chen

ARC-Funded Postdoctoral Researcher

PhD 2022–2026

Research area: Silicon microphotonics

5th Australian Microwave Symposium Best Student Paper

Dr. Sakib Quader

ARC-Funded Postdoctoral Researcher

PhD 2022–2026

Research area: Metasurfaces

2024 IEEE AP-S Fellowship • PVC Commendation for Doctoral Thesis Excellence

Dr. Bryce Chung

Postdoctoral Researcher

PhD 2022–2026

Research area: Optical combs & beamforming

Mariam Abdullah

PhD student, 2022–

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

Research area: Communications

Industry internship: Telstra, Australia

IEEE ComSoc Student Competition Honorary Mention • 2024 Women in STEM Careers and Entrepreneurship Masterclass Travel Grant • 2024 APR Intern Hackathon: Maximising Research Outcomes of Women in STEM • Frank Perry Travel Scholarship

Miantong Sun

PhD student, 2023– · Area Manager

Supervisors: Withawat, Nghia Nguyen Trong, Harrison Lees

Research area: Leaky-wave antennas

Industry internship: Virginia Diodes, Inc., USA

Chung Yin Tam (James)

PhD student, 2023–

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

Research area: Electro-optics

Collaborators: EPFL, Kyushu University

Komal Iqbal

PhD student, 2024–

Supervisors: Withawat, Daniel Headland

Research area: Communications frontends

Amit Halder

PhD student, 2024–

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

Research area: Terahertz fibres

Junwei Liang

PhD student, 2025–

Supervisors: Daniel Headland, Withawat

Research area: Antennas

2024 IEEE AP-S Undergraduate Summer Research Scholarship

Nontiwat Amnuayphol

PhD student, 2025–

Supervisors: Withawat, Harrison Lees, Mathias Baumert

Research area: Medical diagnostics

Adib Mohammad

PhD student, 2025–

Supervisors: Withawat, Harrison Lees, Xiaolong You

Research area: Spectroscopy

Taegyun Noh

PhD student, 2026–

Supervisors: Daniel Headland, Withawat

Research area: Antennas

Tin Chu Ng

MPhil student, 2026–

Supervisors: Withawat, Xiaolong You

Research area: Nondestructive evaluation

Benjamin Brown

Master of Research, 2026–

Supervisors: Withawat, Brian Ng

Research area: Radar

Luca Sander-Bowness

PhD student, 2026–

Supervisors: Withawat, Sakib Quader

Research area: Terahertz cameras