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CATEGORIES:Guest Speaker Night
CREATED:20251122T112014
SUMMARY:Guest Speaker - Prof Sergio Leon-Saval - University of Sydney
LOCATION:Green Point Observatory
DESCRIPTION:<h2>Astrophotonics: Photonics in Astronomy – Teaching ‘Very Old Photons’ Ne
 w Tricks</h2><p>&nbsp;</p><h2><img src="images/articles/Sergio_Leon-Saval_S
 mall.jpeg" alt="Sergio Leon Saval Small" width="410" height="256" style="ma
 rgin-right: 10px; float: left;" />Professor Sergio Leon-Saval</h2><p>Sergio
  Leon-Saval is a Professor at the School of Physics in the University of Sy
 dney and Associate Head School Strategic Partnerships and External Engageme
 nts. 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 Inst
 itute of Photonics and Optical Science (IPOS), and Associate Academic Direc
 tor 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 break
 through contributions in the field of specialty optical fibres, astrophoton
 ics and optical instrumentation systems. He has published over 90 internati
 onal 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 membe
 r of technical program and management committees on more than 14 internatio
 nal conferences. He is a Fellow of Optica, and Council Member of the Austra
 lian and New Zealand Optical Society (ANZOS). He was the 2019 recipient of 
 the ANZOS John Love Award, that recognizes innovations and technical advanc
 es in the field of optics.</p>
X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:<h2>Astrophotonics: Photonics in Astronomy – Teaching ‘Very Old Photons’ Ne
 w Tricks</h2><p>&nbsp;</p><h2><img src="https://www.sasi.net.au/images/arti
 cles/Sergio_Leon-Saval_Small.jpeg" alt="Sergio Leon Saval Small" width="410
 " height="256" style="margin-right: 10px; float: left;" />Professor Sergio 
 Leon-Saval</h2><p>Sergio Leon-Saval is a Professor at the School of Physics
  in the University of Sydney and Associate Head School Strategic Partnershi
 ps and External Engagements. He was awarded his PhD by the University of Ba
 th, UK, in 2006. In 2007, he joined the University of Sydney where he is no
 w 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 L
 eon-Saval has more than 16 years of experience in the research area of phot
 onics. He has made breakthrough contributions in the field of specialty opt
 ical fibres, astrophotonics and optical instrumentation systems. He has pub
 lished over 90 international refereed journals and more than 220 conference
  papers since 2004 with over 10000 citations, and a h-index of 49. Prof Leo
 n-Saval has been a member of technical program and management committees on
  more than 14 international conferences. He is a Fellow of Optica, and Coun
 cil Member of the Australian and New Zealand Optical Society (ANZOS). He wa
 s the 2019 recipient of the ANZOS John Love Award, that recognizes innovati
 ons and technical advances in the field of optics.</p>
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