Benjamin Eggleton

Professor Eggleton is a highly awarded researcher with a breadth of experience in leadership, strategy, external engagement, and commercialisation. He was the Director of the University of Sydney Nano Institute 2018-2022, Co-Director of the NSW Smart Sensing Network (NSSN) and a Professor in the School of Physics where he leads a research group in photonics, nanotechnology and smart sensors. Professor Eggleton is well known for his contributions in the field of nonlinear optics and photons integration with applications to chip-based, ultra-fast, energy efficient information signal processing devices.

Professor Eggleton obtained a PhD degree in Physics from the University of Sydney and was founding Director of the ARC Centre of Excellence for Ultrahigh bandwidth Devices for Optical Systems (CUDOS) that was headquartered in the School of Physics from 2003-2017. He was a recipient of a NSW Scientist of the Year Award (Physics and Astronomy) in 2008, Eureka Prize for Leadership in Science in 2011, Eureka Prize Winner of the Defence Science and Technology award in 2020 and the Academic of the Year at the 2022 Defence Industry Awards. Ben is also a Fellow of the Australian Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering (ATSE) and the Australian Academy of Science (AAS).