Our team’s purpose is to enable the entire Centre to achieve its objectives by supporting excellent:
Governance by ensuring that the Centre is well run and fulfils its stakeholder obligations
Collaboration by helping to break down the barriers between researchers
Visibility by enabling Centre outcomes to be highlighted, celebrated and capitalised on
Culture by building, sustaining and embodying the Centre’s values
Chief Operating Officer
Dr Scott Kolbe
Contact Scott for general Centre operations questions
Centre Operations Manager
Nicci Coad
Contact Nicci for help with Centre budget, financial reporting, operational procedures, centre-wide event planning & consultation, COMBS Hub/Intranet and Clever (Zoho) system enquiries
Science Communications, Education and Outreach Manager
Rachael Vorwerk
Contact Rachael for help with communicating your COMBS-related science, website and branding development
Impact and Translation Manager
Dr Adam Chrimes
Contact Adam for information regarding IP, commercialisation and entrepreneurship
Infrastructure and Capability Senior Research Fellow
Dr Guanghui Ren
Contact Guanghui for information about Centre infrastructure, photonic chip manufacturing and technical training
Research Training and Development Coordinator
Ruth Waterman
Contact Ruth for information regarding EDI initiatives and inclusion at COMBS, HDR and ECR Forums, training, mentoring and activities, COMBS research seminar series and the summer intern program
Education and Outreach Coordinator
Kyla Adams
Contact Kyla for information regarding education and outrach initatives at COMBS
Senior Operations Officer
Dylan Gatto
Contact Dylan for help with COMBS Hub Intranet, Google Drive and Clever (Zoho)
Communications Officer
Allison Ng
Contact Allison for help with communicating your COMBS-related science, website and branding development
Impact & Translation Assistant
Shenaya Daniels
Contact Shenaya Contact for help with Impact and Translation
Swinburne Node Administrator
Simon Parsons
Contact Simon for Swinburne node matters
University of Technology Sydney Node Administrator
Victor van Doren
Contact Victor for UTS group matters
USyd Node Administrator
Martijn de Sterke Group
Sian Edwards
Contact Sian for USyd - de Sterke group matters
Adelaide University Node Administrator
Dr Megan Lim
USyd Node Administrator
Ben Eggleton Group
Dr Alvaro Casas-Bedoya
Contact Alvaro for USyd - Eggleton group matters
Please email the team at info@combs.org.au