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Benjamin Eggleton @profbeneggleton.bsky.social · 12/04/2026

So nice to get away for a few days on Pittwater with the family for a nice reset. Beautiful weather, and an all‑round fantastic location.

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Benjamin Eggleton @profbeneggleton.bsky.social · 21/03/2026

Great to be on the harbour for the 125 anniversary of the foundation of Australia’s Navy

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Benjamin Eggleton @profbeneggleton.bsky.social · 03/12/2025

Great dinner in Newtown tonight as we farewelled Paul Newman after seven years at the University of Sydney and exceptional leadership of our Clinical Trials team. A fantastic colleague and steady presence in our leadership group. All the best, Paul — hope to keep seeing you.

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Benjamin Eggleton @profbeneggleton.bsky.social · 28/11/2025

Great day with the team at our annual research group retreat (@Knowledge Hub) - strengthening teamwork, celebrating achievements, and looking ahead to new challenges & opportunities. We even wrapped up a first-aid course… practical, relevant, & fun. A valuable reset with a fantastic group.

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Benjamin Eggleton @profbeneggleton.bsky.social · 24/11/2025

I’m pleased to share our latest invited review article just published in Optica's journal Optical Materials Express: “Integrated nonlinear photonics with chalcogenide glasses: compositions, properties, applications, and roadmap.” opg.optica.org/ome/fulltext...

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Benjamin Eggleton @profbeneggleton.bsky.social · 14/11/2025

Great session today at the NSW Smart Sensing Network (NSSN) Board meeting, hosted at the Office of the NSW Chief Scientist here in Sydney. Always energising to sit around the table with such a sharp group of thinkers from industry, government and our member universities.

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Benjamin Eggleton @profbeneggleton.bsky.social · 21/10/2025

Stimulating day at Massachusetts Institute of Technology at the famous Research Laboratory of Electronics at MIT, hosted by Marin Soljacic and his team, shown around by #Jelena_Notaros and her amazing students and then with #Juejun_Hu- presenting a seminar / enjoyable lunch.

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Benjamin Eggleton @profbeneggleton.bsky.social · 20/10/2025

An enjoyable day at the INRS - Institut national de la recherche scientifique facility in Montreal, hosted by photonics legends #Jose_Azana and Roberto Morandotti, touring impressive laboratories, exploring new collaborations and research ecosystems - and a great lunch.

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Benjamin Eggleton @profbeneggleton.bsky.social · 19/10/2025

Great visit to Quebec for the Microwave Photonics topical meeting and a visit to Laval University

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Benjamin Eggleton @profbeneggleton.bsky.social · 02/10/2025

Last night we gathered with colleagues and friends of IPOS for the biennial Peter Domachuk Memorial Lecture from Prof. Shanhui Fan (Stanford), one of the world’s leading minds in photonics and electromagnetism. We closed with dinner at the Opera House.

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Benjamin Eggleton @profbeneggleton.bsky.social · 27/09/2025

Grateful to join the APL Photonics Editors meeting with our outstanding Associate Editors & AIP Publishing staff. My last as EiC after 10 years—it’s been a great ride! Thanks to all who’ve shared this journey

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Benjamin Eggleton @profbeneggleton.bsky.social · 22/08/2025

It was a pleasure to host two outstanding leaders this morning – Professor Tony Haymet PhD, Australia's Chief Scientist, and Professor Professor Reuben Bolt, Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Indigenous Strategy and Services) at the University of Sydney – for a fast-paced tour of our photonics laboratories

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Benjamin Eggleton @profbeneggleton.bsky.social · 11/08/2025

Great to be at @questacon in Canberra with the @NSWsensing team for engagement - kicking off National Science Week

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Benjamin Eggleton @profbeneggleton.bsky.social · 11/08/2025

Great to meet the Australian Chief Scientist Tony Haymet PhD - and to hear his exciting vision for Australian science and innovation, 🇦🇺 future sovereign R&D (and innovation) ecosystem. @NSWsensing @questacon

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Benjamin Eggleton @profbeneggleton.bsky.social · 13/06/2025

Great couple of days in Cardiff for the European Conference on Integrated Optics (ECIO) 2025 — catching up with old friends, making new connections and leading edge photonics research

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Benjamin Eggleton @profbeneggleton.bsky.social · 13/06/2025

Great trip to Bristol University hosted by Dr Alex Clark, (Director of the Quantum Engineering Technology Labs, former CUDOS postdoc), who is doing fantastic work leading the Centre and his team.

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Benjamin Eggleton @profbeneggleton.bsky.social · 09/06/2025

Great to be in London / UK for a week of conference and meetings, kicked off with breakfast with @silentypewriter.bsky.social

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Benjamin Eggleton @profbeneggleton.bsky.social · 01/06/2025

Great Sunday afternoon at the Rabbitohs game

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Benjamin Eggleton @profbeneggleton.bsky.social · 28/05/2025

Just wrapped up a very successful leadership retreat with the outstanding Research Operations Division leadership team at the University of Sydney. It was a productive and energising day — a chance to step back, reflect on what we’ve achieved, and sharpen our focus for the next phase.

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Benjamin Eggleton @profbeneggleton.bsky.social · 09/05/2025

Heading back to Sydney from LAX after an energising week at the Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO) conference. #CLEO2025 lived up to its reputation as the premier forum for cutting-edge photonics and optical physics with outstanding science and technology driving impact.

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Benjamin Eggleton @profbeneggleton.bsky.social · 08/05/2025

Great to celebrate APL Photonics @aplphotonics with colleagues and friends of APLP at CLEO last night! Lots of fun chatting about the journal and sharing stories from the past 10 years.

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Benjamin Eggleton @profbeneggleton.bsky.social · 11/04/2025

Friday is a day I get to spend in my physics office and with my research group and even get to walk into the lab to see what’s happening ..🤷🏻‍♂️🤷🏻‍♂️🤷🏻‍♂️

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Benjamin Eggleton @profbeneggleton.bsky.social · 07/04/2025

Great to tour the amazing Chris O'Brien Lifehouse with my colleague Prof David R McKenzie from @Sydney_Uni - David from the School of Physics has invented and translated Plasma technology to medicine at Chris O’Brien Lifehouse (an Affiliated organisation of @Sydney_Uni)

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Benjamin Eggleton @profbeneggleton.bsky.social · 02/04/2025

Great to be in Penrith (at panthers) for the Western Sydney Manufacturers forum: Building profits on the path to sustainability- for the NSW Smart Sensing Network (NSSN) session in “Measuring and monitoring for net-zero compliance”. M

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Benjamin Eggleton @profbeneggleton.bsky.social · 21/03/2025

Wrapping up an amazing week in the USA, Washington DC and New York City, with the @AmChamAU Australia Alliance Summit. Fabulous to listen and understand what leaders and those in the know are thinking 60 days in to trumps presidency and to hangout with the fantastic delegation

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Benjamin Eggleton @profbeneggleton.bsky.social · 08/03/2025

Out and about with my lovely @sydneyuni.bsky.social colleagues at the Royal Society of NSW annual dinner and Award Presentations held at Parliament House, Sydney

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Benjamin Eggleton @profbeneggleton.bsky.social · 02/03/2025

We propose and demonstrate the linearization of a Dual-Parallel Mach-Zehnder Modulator by frequency-selectively controlling the phase and amplitude of the carrier utilizing a dual-pump, narrowband stimulated Brillouin scattering scheme.

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Benjamin Eggleton @profbeneggleton.bsky.social · 02/03/2025

Nice to see our publication “On-Chip Stimulated Brillouin Scattering to Linearize a Dual-Parallel Mach-Zehnder Modulator”, very fruitful collaboration with Prof José Capmany’s team, from Universitat Politècnica de València, Valencia, Spain ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/109...

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Benjamin Eggleton @profbeneggleton.bsky.social · 13/12/2024

Celebrating the last grant submission for the year with the amazing ⁦‪@Sydney_Uni‬⁩ Pipeline and Pre-award team

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Benjamin Eggleton @profbeneggleton.bsky.social · 11/12/2024

It’s the season of retreats - today with the @EggletonLab team @Sydney_Uni for a fantastic day of strategy shaping and team building. @NSWsensing #jericho_smart_sensing

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Benjamin Eggleton @profbeneggleton.bsky.social · 09/12/2024

Fantastic way to start the work day for the NSW Smart Sensing Network (NSSN) team, for the annual retreat in Woolwich

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Benjamin Eggleton @profbeneggleton.bsky.social · 05/12/2024

Great to chat with Peter Woolcott about leading edge photonics research that contributes to sovereign capability

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Benjamin Eggleton @profbeneggleton.bsky.social · 05/12/2024

Fantastic end of year celebratory lunch with the @Sydney_Uni Research Operations Division Leadership Team in Newtown - a team committed to excellence everyday for a better future - congratulations Ally Chen for wining the team’s annual award for excellence

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Benjamin Eggleton @profbeneggleton.bsky.social · 04/12/2024

Great to host Prof Ian Walmsley, @Imp_Prov - ProVost of Imperial College @imperialcollege - showcasing @EggletonLab at the @Sydney_Uni

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Benjamin Eggleton @profbeneggleton.bsky.social · 03/12/2024

Great to be at the NSW Chief Scientists and Engineer breakfast seminar at NSW Parliament house listening to Dr Daniel Getts, CEO, Myeloid How - “mRNA Technology is Revolutionising Medicine Beyond Vaccines” the room is packed and it’s fascinating

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Benjamin Eggleton @profbeneggleton.bsky.social · 28/11/2024

Great to be able to join the DST celebration (50th anniversary)- at the reception hosted by Her Excellency Samantha Mostyn, AC, Governor-General of the Commonwealth of Australia, with @tanyamonro @CDS_Australia and @HilderEmily

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Benjamin Eggleton @profbeneggleton.bsky.social · 25/11/2024

Great to have dinner with the wonderful leadership team of research operations division at @sydneyuni.bsky.social - farewells to amazing colleagues Pip Marks and Dan Corbett

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