Astrophotonics: Photonics in Astronomy – Teaching ‘Very Old Photons’ New Tricks

Professor Sergio Leon-Saval

Sergio Leon-Saval is a Professor at the School of Physics in the University of Sydney and Associate Head School Strategic Partnerships and External Engagements. He was awarded his PhD by the University of Bath, UK, in 2006. In 2007, he joined the University of Sydney where he is now Director of the Sydney Astrophotonics Instrumentation Laboratory (SAIL), and Director of the Institute of Photonics and Optical Science (IPOS), and Associate Academic Director of the Research and Prototyping Foundry. Prof Leon-Saval has more than 16 years of experience in the research area of photonics. He has made breakthrough contributions in the field of specialty optical fibres, astrophotonics and optical instrumentation systems. He has published over 90 international refereed journals and more than 220 conference papers since 2004 with over 10000 citations, and a h-index of 49. Prof Leon-Saval has been a member of technical program and management committees on more than 14 international conferences. He is a Fellow of Optica, and Council Member of the Australian and New Zealand Optical Society (ANZOS). He was the 2019 recipient of the ANZOS John Love Award, that recognizes innovations and technical advances in the field of optics.