Moritz Merklein

Moritz Merklein

Greater Sydney Area
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University of Sydney

About

I have a keen interest in disruptive technologies and innovations. I am excited about new challenges and like to think outside the box. In particular, I like combining analytical with creative thinking to solve problems. I enjoy working in a team and take responsibilities.

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Experience

Education

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    Activities and Societies:

    Scientific Impact:
    Seven publications in peer-reviewed journals, four publications in high-impact journals – incl.
    M. Merklein et al., Nature Communications 8, 574 (2017)
    M. Merklein et al. Nature Communications 6, 6396 (2015)

    Research featured in over 50 media outlets worldwide - incl.
    BBC, Sydney Morning Herald, Dailymail, the Australian, Arstechnica, the Conversation
    Over 33.000 shares on IFLscience

    21 presentations at international conferences – incl.
    Invited…

    Scientific Impact:
    Seven publications in peer-reviewed journals, four publications in high-impact journals – incl.
    M. Merklein et al., Nature Communications 8, 574 (2017)
    M. Merklein et al. Nature Communications 6, 6396 (2015)

    Research featured in over 50 media outlets worldwide - incl.
    BBC, Sydney Morning Herald, Dailymail, the Australian, Arstechnica, the Conversation
    Over 33.000 shares on IFLscience

    21 presentations at international conferences – incl.
    Invited presentations at: META South Korea (2017), ICOOPMA Montreal (2016), Optics & Photonics San Diego (2015), OECC Shanghai (2015), ICMAT/PGC Singapore (2015)
    Invited tutorial at KOALA Melbourne 2016
    Five Postdeadline paper

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    Deep understanding of physical and mathematical tools. Thesis project: Nanofabrication of SiN suspended beams, developing fabrication recipes, mask design, spin coating, e-beam lithography, thin film deposition, wet and dry etching, and sample characterization techniques. Setting up free-space femtosecond laser setup.

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Volunteer Experience

  • President

    University of Sydney Optics Student Chapter

    - 1 year

    I was leading the OSA-SPIE student chapter as President and Vice-president from 2015 to 2017. In this role I was organizing public events, workshops and engaging with the general public. Over the years I visited several high schools, teaching and demonstrating exciting physics concepts. I organized a 2-day communications workshop with more than 300 attendees. I managed to invite world renowned professors from Caltech, Columbia University and Imperial college.

  • Vice President

    University of Sydney Optics Student Chapter

    - 1 year

    I was invited to participate in workshops targeted to mentor future leaders in research & development, namely the SPIE Student Chapter Leadership Workshop, 2015, San Diego, USA and the OSA Student Leadership Conference (SLC), 2016, Rochester, USA.

  • Treasurer

    University of Sydney Optics Student Chapter

    - 1 year

Licenses & Certifications

  • Introduction to industrial property rights

    Competence Centre for Key Skills University of Konstanz

  • Introduction to the basic knowledge of economics

    Competence Centre for Key Skills University of Konstanz

Publications

Courses

  • Silicon Photonics Design, Fabrication and Data Analysis

    UBCx - Phot1x

Honors & Awards

  • Australian Institute of Physics NSW medal for postgraduate excellence in physics 2017

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  • Best student paper CLEO-PR, OECC and PGC 2017, Singapore

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  • Country representative Australia, GPSC 2017, Singapore

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  • The Royal Society of NSW Jak Kelly Award 2017

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  • University of Sydney Faculty of Science, Postgraduate Research Prize for Outstanding Academic Achievement 2017

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  • Best poster presentation award at joint São Paulo School of Advanced Science on Nanophotonics and XV Jorge Andre Swieca School on Nonlinear and Quantum optics, Sao Paulo, Brazil

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  • Best student talk award at ICOOPMA 2016, Montreal, Canada

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  • Emil Wolf outstanding paper competition finalist at Frontiers in Optics 2016, Rochester, USA

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  • OSA Travel Officer grant

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  • Recipient of Australian Postgraduate Research Support Scheme (PRSS) travel scholarship

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  • Research Talk Award at Conference on Optics, Atoms and Laser Applications (KOALA) 2016, Melbourne

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  • SPIE Optics and Photonics Education Scholarship

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  • Top-up Scholarship

    CUDOS

  • Australian Postgraduate Award

    Commonwealth Department of Industry

  • International Postgraduate Research Scholarship

    Commonwealth Department of Industry

  • E-fellows Scholarship

    E-Fellows

Languages

  • English

    Full professional proficiency

  • German

    Native or bilingual proficiency

  • French

    Limited working proficiency

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