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The ARC Centre of Excellence in Exciton Science extends a warm welcome to Dr Liam Hall, who will be joining the Centre in 2020 under his ARC DECRA Fellowship. 

During the the 2019 Monash Energy Conference, Exciton Science is pleased to sponsor a half day workshop on Monash’s most exciting research advances in the field of new energy materials.

Scientia PhD Scholarship in A New Approach to the Electronic Structure of Molecules
Prof Tim Schmidt, University of New South Wales
Closes 12 July 2019

Prof Jared Cole, ACEx Chief Investigator and RMIT professor, is seeking candidates for two research fellow positions.  The successful candidates will have research experience in theoretical and/or computational models of excitons or general quantum dynamics.  For more informa

Our Annual Report 2018 was submitted on 29 March 2019. It can be downloaded from our website.

The ARC Centre for Excellence in Exciton Science held an Exciton Solar + Design Summer School from 14 to 19 January 2019 at the University of New South Wales and Coogee Beach in Sydney.  

Congratulations to Prof. John Sader who has been elected as Fellow of the Australasian Fluid Mechanics Society (AFMS) on 12 December 2018.

At the Exciton Science Annual Workshop on 25 September 2018, we presented out annual awards for publications and posters. Congratulations to all the winners and thanks to everyone who participated!

We are seeking to appoint a Postdoctoral Research Associate at the University of Sydney who has recently graduated with a PhD degree, to undertake research in the development of next-generation optoelectronic devices, in particular, organic solar cells.

The University of Melbourne is seeking a Laboratory Manager to lead, supervise and research in the ARC Centre of Excellence in Exciton Science state of the art laboratory located in the Chemistry Building.

Exciton Science Centre Director Professor Paul Mulvaney is giving the Lloyd Rees Lecture - “Excitons In Nanocrystals - To Blink or Not to Blink" in Melbourne on 20 September 2018.

Seeking a science graduate ideally with hands-on experience in the solar energy or photovoltaic fields to take up a PhD scholarship at the University of Melbourne and RMIT.

Scientia PhD Scholarship available at UNSW Sydney to work on excitonic processes which transform the solar spectrum. $40k/yr, 4 years. https://www.2025.unsw.edu.au/…/scientia…/changing-colour-sun

Applications are welcomed for a 2-year post-doctoral position in Machine Learning and Computational Materials Discovery of Photovoltaic Materials. The research will be at RMIT University in Melbourne Australia under the direction of Professor Salvy Russo.

The ARC Centre of Excellence in Exciton Science is delighted to be a sponsor of the new Questacon exhibition Colour - See the World in a New Light currently in Canberra.

We are delighted that the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) has granted Bayreuth-Melbourne Polymer/Colloid Network follow-up funding for two more years until the end of 2020.

Exciton Science has two PhD opportunities available; an upconvertor spectroscopy position; and an atomic force microscope nanomechanical sensing position.

Our ARC Centre of Excellence in Exciton Science Annual Report 2017 is now available online.  It reports on our people, our activities and our plans for 2018.

Centre researchers have made an important discovery with significant implications for the future of solar cell material design.

Dr Wallace Wong offers his professional opinion at the Science Museum London.

The ARC Centre of Excellence in Exciton Science was officially launched on 13 December by the Chief Executive Officer of the Australian Research Council, Professor Sue Thomas.

The winners of the Inaugural Exciton Science Publications Awards were announced at the Annual Workshop on 12 December 2017.  Congratulations to Dr Laszlo Frazer for taking out first prize for the paper on "Endothermic singlet fission is hindered by excimer formation".

Our Chief Investigators Prof Ken Ghiggino and Assoc Prof Trevor Smith travelled through China in September 2017, attending workshops and presenting lectures.

We welcome Prof Xiao Tao Hao from Shandong University to Melbourne for 3 weeks as a Centre visitor.

Our Australian Research Council's Centre of Excellence in Exciton Science Chief Investigator Jacek Jasieniak explains to The Conversation the how to extend your phone's battery life.

The ARC Centre of Excellence in Exciton Science is seeking a post-doctoral researcher with skills in nanoscience and/or optics.

The Guangzhou Government in China has awarded a new Grant for Active Materials for Reflective Displays. The grant will be led by Prof Guofu Zhou ...

In this article, Prof Paul Mulvaney and Prof Ken Ghiggino speak about the new Centre of Excellence in Exciton Science, and how their work could help us drastically reduce the energy and environmental cost of lighting.