1. Tanya Monro
tanya.monro@adelaide.edu.au
www.ipas.edu.au
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2. Institute for Photonics & Advanced Sensing (IPAS)
• Launched Nov 2009
• Transdisciplinary approach
• 1 of 5 institutes at Univ. Adelaide
• 140 members across
physics, chemistry & biology
• $97M multi-stagebuilding project
• Illumin8, early 2013, 4000m2 new
labs & offices
tanya.monro@adelaide.edu.au
www.ipas.edu.au
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3. Traditionally science relies on…
reductionism
puzzles
repeatability
consistency
Science gives us the tools we
need to solve problems…
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4. The challenges the world faces…
natural resource management
hunger
energy
climate change
…cannot be solved with
the tools of any one
scientific discipline alone
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5. IPAS - Vision
To pursue a transdisciplinary approach to science –
bringing together physics, chemistry & biology to
develop powerful new sensing methodologies
 Create new tools for measurement
 Allow new questions to be asked in biology
 Drive development of disruptive technologies
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6. Transdisciplinary philosophy
Transdisciplinary
science & teams
Pushing the boundaries Disruptive technologies
of knowledge solving problems
(disciplinary science)
New tools &
approaches
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7. IPAS
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8. New tools for measurement….
nutrients in soil viruses
gravitational waves
single photon sources
water vapour
corrosion
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9. IPAS Research Programs
Optical Materials
Surface Science & Lasers & Novel
Synthetic Chemistry Light Sources
Medical Diagnostics
& Biological Sensing Remote Sensing
Chemical &
Radiation Sensing
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10. IPAS’s transdisciplinary approach
Physics
New measurement
Nonlinear optics
Lasers tools for…
Photonics
Luminescence
Environmental monitoring
Optical fibres
New sensing Wine monitoring
platforms
Virus detection
Microscopy
Surface In-vivo probes
Surface science
Plasmon Glass Embryo monitoring
Resonance science
Cellular Proteomics
Biology Inorganic
chemistry
Biology Ancient DNA Chemistry
Cancer researchAnalytical chemistry
Synthetic
Biochemistr chemistry
Virology & y
Immunology Organic
chemistry
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12. 3 photonics revolutions
1980s Now:
1960
Optical fibres for Photonic tools for
The laser
telecommunications probing our world
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13. Fuel, wine and babies…
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14. Emerging optical fibres
new
materials
new structures
adding
functionality
Y
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15. Optical Material Development
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16. Preform production
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17. Optical fibre drawing – soft &silica glasses
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18. Dosimetry
Intrinsic sensor for detecting
ionising radiation
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19. New forms of optical fibres
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20. New platforms for sensing…
nL volumes
pM sensitivity
hard to access areas
distributed sensing
Y
Y
Y
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21. Novel optical fibre based label-free diagnostic platforms:
from viruses to gastric cancer
Francois et al Biosensors & Bioelectronics 2010
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22. A fine line
“A fine line”
Glass art meets glass science
Exhibition at Adelaide’s Jam Factory
26 March – 7 May 2011
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23. ICWES celebrations at Government House, Adelaide!
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24. Women & work …
In Australia women constitute:
 45% of the workforce
 11% ofprivate sector
managers
 10 % of board members
 2% of ASX200 Chairman
International Woman’s Day Theme for 2011:
Equal access to
education, training, science and
technology: Pathway to decent work for
women
Attainment of women in STEM is an
economic & productivity issue
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25. Margaret Shiel
Megan Clarke
CEO Australian Research
CE CSIRO
Council
2009 -
2007 -
Penny Sackett
Australia’s Chief Scientist
2008 - 2011
Elizabeth Blackburn
Australia’s first female Nobel
Laureate
2009
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28. Women in STEM / SET careers..
 > 50% science graduates &18 % design, engineering, ICT grads female
 ~ 16 % SET workforce female
 ~ 10 % engineering industry workforce female
 ~ 78 % of these in lower responsibility positions
 ~ 40% SET employees to lecturer level are women
 ~ 10% SET employees > lecturer level are women
 Poor female representation in senior ranks not unique to Universities
 Figures have not changed during last 10 years
Bell, 2009: “… This report, looking
at the place and progress of
women in science in Australia,
presents a sobering account.”
[Thx to Susan Pond]
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29. ATSE – Australian Technological
Science & Engineering Academy
 In May 2011 agreed to set target ratios
for election of New Fellows:
 50% sourced from industry (includes
business &senior policy sectors)
 33% to be women
Australasian Science, July 2011
“These targets will enable ATSE to strengthen its role in the application of
technological science and engineering for the benefit of Australia and
its leadership on gender equity for the workforce in these fields.”
 Endorsed United Nations Women’s Empowerment
Principles & the development of a Program of Action
to back ATSE’s Gender Equity Policy, to be led by Prof
Susan Pond
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30. Food for thought… for organisations
 Organisations that leverage the capacity of
women best will have a competitive advantage
 Equally true of technical roles &leadership roles
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31. “I always have this secret feeling that I'm
really a fake or something, a phony.”
- Marilyn Monroe
Asked why, after living 50 years in Sydney, she
had had no exhibitions, she replied: “No one
asked me. I’m not one to push myself.”
- on Nora Heyson, Artist
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32. Food for thought…. strategies for personal success
 Avoid feeling overwhelmed via reprioritization
 Stop trying to be perfect
 Reflect on what gives energy
 Learn to say no
 Be willing to take risks – use the “what is the worst that
could happen” test
 Avoid being put in a box – cross boundaries
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34. Tanya Monro
tanya.monro@adelaide.edu.au
www.ipas.edu.au
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