Dr Nicholas Kirkwood | ARC Centre of Excellence in Exciton Science

Dr Nicholas Kirkwood

Science and Industry Liaison Manager

Nick works with Exciton Science researchers and industry or government partners to create and manage collaborative research projects between Exciton Science and industry, as well as running programs and events which train scientists to innovate and pursue entrepreneurial outcomes for their research.

He draws on over a decade of experience leading a wide range of industry-connected research projects, from the development of high-efficiency "quantum dot" LEDs with CSIRO, working with industry partners on lighting phosphors in the Netherlands, and most recently working to create local manufacturing capability for magnetic nanomaterials used in COVID PCR testing.

Nick's responsibilities at Exciton Science include:

  • Identifying and developing new industry collaborations and potential commercial outcomes of Exciton Science research
  • Assisting Centre researchers and industry partners to define the scope, funding and structure of the Centre's industry relationships
  • Managing proof-of-principle and scale-up projects within ACEx
  • Running programs and events which train scientists to innovate and pursue entrepreneurial outcomes for their research

Outside of his work Nick is a keen cyclist and also enjoys camping and reading. 

Qualifications: 
PhD Chemistry, University of Melbourne (2016)
MSc Chemistry, University of Melbourne (2012)
BSc Chemistry, University of Melbourne (2010)
Centre Research Themes: 
1. Excitonic Systems for Solar Energy Conversion
3. Excitonic Systems for Security, Lighting and Sensing

Publications

Conference Papers
Warner, T.; Kirkwood, N.; Yang, H.; Wu, N.; Mulvaney, P.; Rosengarten, G. Reducing Quantum Dot Aggregation in Luminescent Solar Concentrators. In Asia-Pacific Solar Research Conference; Asia-Pacific Solar Research Conference; Australian PV Institute: The Canberra Rex Hotel, 2019.
Conference Proceedings
Heindl, M. B.; Kirkwood, N.; Lauster, T.; Lang, J. A.; Retsch, M.; Mulvaney, P.; Herink, G. Terahertz Electric Field Microscopy of Ultrafast Near-fields. 2022 Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2022, 1-2.
Journal Articles
Monego, D.; Kister, T.; Kirkwood, N.; Mulvaney, P.; Widmer-Cooper, A.; Kraus, T. Correction to “On the Colloidal Stability of Apolar Nanoparticles: The Role of Ligand Length”. Langmuir 2020, 36 (36), 10892 - 10893 DOI: 10.1021/acs.langmuir.0c02478. doi: 10.1021/acs.langmuir.0c02478
Monego, D.; Kister, T.; Kirkwood, N.; Doblas, D.; Mulvaney, P.; Kraus, T.; Widmer-Cooper, A. When Like Destabilizes Like: Inverted Solvent Effects in Apolar Nanoparticle Dispersions. ACS Nano 2020, 14 (5), 5278 - 5287 DOI: 10.1021/acsnano.9b03552. doi: 10.1021/acsnano.9b03552
Yuan, G.; Gómez, D. E.; Kirkwood, N.; Mulvaney, P. Tuning Single Quantum Dot Emission with a Micromirror. Nano Letters 2018, 18 (2), 1010 - 1017 DOI: 10.1021/acs.nanolett.7b04482. doi: 10.1021/acs.nanolett.7b04482
Yuan, G.; Gómez, D. E.; Kirkwood, N.; Boldt, K.; Mulvaney, P. Two Mechanisms Determine Quantum Dot Blinking. ACS Nano 2018, 12 (4), 3397 - 3405 DOI: 10.1021/acsnano.7b09052. doi: 10.1021/acsnano.7b09052
Monego, D.; Kister, T.; Kirkwood, N.; Mulvaney, P.; Widmer-Cooper, A.; Kraus, T. Colloidal Stability of Apolar Nanoparticles: Role of Ligand Length. Langmuir 2018, 34 (43), 12982 - 12989 DOI: 10.1021/acs.langmuir.8b02883. doi: 10.1021/acs.langmuir.8b02883
Gajic, M.; Lisi, F.; Kirkwood, N.; Smith, T. A.; Mulvaney, P.; Rosengarten, G. Circular luminescent solar concentrators. Solar Energy 2017, 150, 30 - 37 DOI: 10.1016/j.solener.2017.04.034. doi: 10.1016/j.solener.2017.04.034