Dr Nicolas Riesen

Dr. Nicolas Riesen gained his PhD in 2014 from The Australian National University, Australia with his thesis focusing on Spatial Mode-Division Multiplexing for increasing optical fibre capacity. His research with Professor John D. Love has pioneered the development of various elegant waveguide-based solutions for mode multiplexing including tapered velocity mode couplers and multi-core couplers. In 2014 he joined the Institute for Photonics and Advanced Sensing (IPAS) at the University of Adelaide as a Postdoctoral Fellow, where he studied nonlinear phenomena in whispering gallery mode microresonators. He joined the University of South Australia in 2016, continuing his work on whispering gallery modes, ultra-high density optical data storage and mode-division multiplexing. Nicolas Riesen is co-founder of the Australian start-up Modular Photonics Pty Ltd, which specializes in 3D waveguide-based photonic devices.

Dr Riesen has published 36 journal articles, many of which are first author (18 first author, 10 second author) and 45 refereed conference proceedings. His research has attracted approximately 1000 citations, with an average of 20 citations per journal paper and 10 citations per paper per year. Currently his H-Index is 15, with a growing citation rate of >240 per year. His peer-reviewed articles are in leading journals such as: Laser & Photonics Reviews (IF: 8.53), Nanoscale (IF: 7.23), Analytical Chemistry (IF: 6.04), Physical Review Applied (IF: 4.78), Scientific Reports (IF: 4.12), Optics Letters (IF: 3.59) and Applied Physics Letters (IF: 3.50). These are considered of highest impact in my field of photonics.

Awards and Funding:

· UniSA DEGS Equipment Grant ($97,000), 2018

· UOA IPAS Best ECR Paper, 2018

· CASS Travel Grant, 2017

· AOS Technical Optics Prize, 2016

· UOA Early Career Researcher International Conference Travel Scholarship, 2016

· UOA Pilot Project Grant, 2016

· UOA Daniel Walker Early Career Research Excellence Order of Merit, 2015

· ANU RSPE Jagadishwar Mahanty Prize - Best PhD Thesis, 2015

· UOA Priority Partner University Grant (University of Alberta), 2015

· OSA Student Prize (ANZCOP), 2013

· ANU Vice Chancellor's Travel Grant, 2012

· CSIRO PhD Top Up Scholarship, 2011

· ANU PhD Research Scholarship, 2011

· ANU College of Engineering and Computer Science Dean's Prize, 2011

· ANU Engineering University Medal, 2011

· ANU Wanda Henry Prize in Optical Fibre Communications, 2009

· ANU Enterprises Engineering Scholarship (Fourth Year), 2009

· ANU Enterprises Engineering Scholarship (Third Year), 2008

· ANU Enterprises Engineering Scholarship (Second Year), 2007· ANU Dux Award, 2006

Google Scholar:  https://scholar.google.com.au/citations?user=7w3bX5oAAAAJ&hl=en

Qualifications

• Doctor of Philosophy Australian National University

• Bachelor of Engineering with First Class Honours Australian National University

• Bachelor of Science Australian National University