Further Enquiries

IPAS
Sara Leggatt - Email
Telephone: +61 8 8313 1059
Facsimile: +61 8 8303 4380

The University of Adelaide
SA 5005 Australia
Email
Telephone: +61 8 8303 5996
Facsimile: +61 8 8303 4380

Research

Research within IPAS spans experimental physics, chemistry and biology. Our research is organised into six research themes.

Centre of Expertise in Photonics

Formed in May 2006, the Centre of Expertise in Photonics is a joint venture between the Defence Science and Technology Organisation (DSTO) and the University of Adelaide and sits within the Institute for Photonics and Advanced Sensing (IPAS).

Publications

In 2011 our scientists published over 120 journal papers.
Click here for our full publications database.

Science Communication

IPAS has a program of Talking Papers which aim to make our science accessible. These articles are accompanied by audio interviews with the key scientists working on these projects.

IPAS a "Powerhouse" of World-class Research

The Institute for Photonics and Advanced Sensing was awarded the maximum score of 5 by the recent Excellence in Research for Australia (ERA) assessment exercise. This score was for both Physical Sciences and Optical Physics. This score indicates that IPAS research is well above world standard.

Exceptionally high scores were also awarded to areas that are the basis of many IPAS transdisciplinary collaborations, such as:

Medical and Health Sciences
Environmental Sciences
Paediatrics and Reproductive Medicine
Nutrition and Dietetics
Medical Microbiology

The full list of all scores can be found at the ERA website.