Prof. David Lancaster

Professor David Lancaster is the EOS Chair in Laser Physics and the Director of the Laser Physics and Photonics Devices Laboratory at the University of South Australia. A seasoned laser professional, he has worked in the photonics field for 25 years after completing a PhD in experimental laser physics at Macquarie University, and an undergraduate Science Honours degree majoring in Physics (UNSW, Australia). Post PhD he worked as a Postdoctoral fellow in the US at Rice University developing mid-IR laser sensors for atmospheric sensing in NASA spacecraft. In 2000 he moved to the Australian Defence Science and Technology organisation as a Senior Research Scientist to develop laser counter measures and multifunction laser sensors. In 2010, he moved back to the University of Adelaide as a full-time researcher, and then in 2015 moved to the University of South Australia to establish and lead the "Laser Physics and Photonics Devices Laboratory". His research topics include chip lasers, solid-state glass lasers, ultrafast laser material processing, mode-locked lasers, frequency combs, and single frequency lasers. He has published over 80 international journal papers, and is a co-founder and CTO of Red Chip Photonics Pty Ltd.