Exciton Science Annual Workshop 2019

The Annual Workshop of the ARC Centre of Excellence in Exciton Science will be held at the Arts Centre, Melbourne on Monday 9th to Wednesday 11 December 2019.  It will be an opportunity to showcase the research and breakthroughs of the first two years of the Centre.  Registrations are essential (please note that registrations have closed.)

Annual Workshop Program

VENUE: All sessions in the Pavilion Lounge, unless specified
 

DAY 1- Monday 9 December 2019
 

09:00 - Registration open - (Good) Coffee - Discussion - Collaboration

09:45 - Welcome to Country, David Tournier, traditional owner of the Boon Wurrung Foundation

9.55 - Director's Welcome, Paul Mulvaney

10:00 - Seth Marder, Georgia Institute of Technology

10.30- 12.30 - 20 minute presentations

10:30 - Felix Polock (Monash)

10:50 - Harini Hapuarachchi (RMIT)

11:10 - Siobhan Bradley (UniMelb)

11:30 - Ashish Sharma (USyd)

11:50 - Yun Li (USyd)

12:10 - Eser Akinoglu (UniMelb)

12:30 - Lunch

13:00 - Lunch Time Training: Graphical representation of scientific data and concepts (David Broadway)

13:00 - Chief Investigator Group Meeting
VENUE: Hugh Williamson Room

14:00 - Lea Nienhaus, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL, USA

14:30 - Neil Greenham, The University of Cambridge

15:00 - 3 Minute Thesis (Students)
Jared Wood (USyd) 
Madhuranga Rathnayake (USyd) 
Rehana Pervin (UniMelb) 
Irina Zharinova (UniMelb) 
Ben Tadgell (UniMelb) 
Roberto Munoz (Monash) 
Heyou Zhang (UniMelb)  
Riley O'Shea (UniMelb) 
Debora Monego (USyd) 
Tze Cin OwYong (UniMelb) 
Michael Rinaudo (USyd) 
Monika Michalska (Monash) 
Hanchen Li (Monash)
Cameron Dover (UNSW)

15:35- Afternoon Tea

16:00 - ISAC Panel Advice Forum for PhDs and Postdocs
Neil Greenham
Elsa Reichmanis
Marc Baldo 
Hiroshi Masuhara
 
17:00 - Poster viewing session - drinks and canapes
VENUE: Foyer
 
18:30 - end of Day 1

DAY 2 - Tuesday 10 December 2019
 

09:00 - (Good) Coffee - Discussion - Collaboration

10:00 - Jenny Clark, The University of Sheffield

10.30-12.30 - 20 minute presentations

10:30 - Mykhailo Klymenko (RMIT)

10:50 - Fei Zheng (UniMelb)

11:10 - Igor Lyskov (RMIT)

11:30 - Christopher Hall (UniMelb)

11:50 - Nirmal Peiris (Monash)

12:10 - Bolong Zhang (UniMelb)

12:30 - Lunch

12.30 - ISAC (International Scientific Advisory Committee) meeting
VENUE: Hugh Williamson Room

13:00 - Lunch Time Training: Talking to stakeholders (Science in Public)

14:30 - Anna Krylov, The University of Southern California

15:00 - Hiroshi Masuhara, National Chiao Tung University

15:30 - Afternoon Tea

16:00-17.20 - 20 minute presentations

16:00 - Ivan Kassal (USyd)

16:20 - Randy P Sabatini (USyd)

16:40 - Tequila Harris (Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA, USA)

17:00 - Gangcheng Yuan (Monash)

17:30 - Group Photo

17:45 - Drinks and Canapes

19:00 - Gala Dinner  

DAY 3 - Wednesday 11 December 2019
 

09:00 - (Good) Coffee - Discussion - Collaboration 

10:00 - Garry Rumbles, The University of Colorado

10.30 - 12.30 - 20 minute presentations

10:30 - William Pappas (UNSW) 

10:50 - Stefano Bernardi (USyd) 

11:10 - Wenping Yin (Monash) 

11:30 - Amir Asadpoor Darvish (UNSW) 

11:50 - Yawei Liu (USyd) 

12:10 - John Sader (UniMelb) 

12:30 - Lunch 

13:00 - Lunch Time Training: Maintaining Good Mental Health in High Performance Cultures (En Masse) 

13.00 - Gender and Diversity Committee Meeting
VENUE: Ballroom Plaza

1400-14.40 - 20 minute presentations

14:00 - Timothy Schmidt (UNSW) 

14:20 - Asaph Widmer-Cooper (USyd) 

14:40 - Marc Baldo, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

15:10 - 3 Minute Thesis and 1 Minute Thesis

3 Minute Thesis (ECRs):
Andre Anda (RMIT) 
Francesco Campaioli (Monash) 
Nastaran Meftahi (RMIT)
Na Wu (UniMelb)

1 Minute Thesis (Students):
Yangchen Zhou (USyd) 
Rosina Pelosi (UNSW) 
Yang Xu (UniMelb) 
Matthew Rahme (USyd) 
Parisa Hosseinabadi (UNSW) 
Julien Leoni (USyd)  
Alison Campbell (USyd) 

15:30 - Afternoon Tea 

16:00 - Elsa Reichmanis, Georgia Institute of Technology 

16:30 - Wrap up
 

Opportunities to present your research:

• 1 Minute Thesis: Open to Honours, Masters and PhD Students 
• 3 Minute Thesis: Open to PhD Students and Postdoctoral Researchers 
• 20 Minute Presentations: Open to PhD Students, Postdoctoral Researchers, Chief Investigators, Associate Investigators and Partner Investigators.

The call for abstracts has closed.

Family and Carer's Support

For those who have caring responsibilities that may limit their ability to attend, please contact Kate Lowry to discuss requests for funding support at kate.lowry@unimelb.edu.au