Rate My Professor Andrey Sukhorukov

Professor Andrey Sukhorukov holds the position of Professor in the Research School of Physics at the Australian National University, leading the Nonlinear and quantum photonics group within the Department of Electronic Materials Engineering. He graduated from Lomonosov Moscow State University in Russia and obtained his PhD in Physics from the Australian National University. Throughout his career, he has received several distinguished awards and fellowships, including the Australian Research Council Queen Elizabeth II Fellowship in 2007, Future Fellowship in 2010, Humboldt Fellowship for Experienced Researchers in 2015 at the Friedrich-Schiller-University Jena and Max-Planck Institute for the Science of Light in Germany, and election as Fellow of the Optical Society of America in 2016 for pioneering contributions to nonlinear and quantum integrated photonics, including frequency conversion and broadband light manipulation in waveguide circuits and metamaterials. As a Chief Investigator in the ARC Centre of Excellence for Transformative Meta-Optical Systems, he contributes to advancing meta-optical technologies.

Sukhorukov's research centers on nonlinear and quantum photonics, with a focus on tailoring light-matter interactions in nanostructured materials and metasurfaces for the generation, manipulation, and detection of quantum states of light at few-photon levels. Key areas include quantum nanophotonics for parallel transformation and imaging of multi-photon states, synthetic and topological integrated photonics for multi-dimensional light dynamics, advanced numerical modeling and optimization using neural networks for photonic design, and metasurface applications in space-based imaging systems. He has authored or co-authored 564 research outputs, encompassing journal articles, conference papers, and more. Notable recent publications include 'Quantum imaging using spatially entangled photon pairs from a nonlinear metasurface' (2025, eLight), 'Engineering Quantum Light Sources with Flat Optics' (2024, Advanced Materials), 'Demonstration of lossy linear transformations and two-photon interference on a photonic chip' (2024, Physical Review Research), and 'Broadband Dispersion Engineered Volumetric Metamaterial for Polarization Beam Splitting at Large Deflection Angles' (2024, CLEO). His work addresses challenges in microscopy, optical communications, precision measurements, and quantum technologies through miniaturization of optical elements to micro- and nano-scales. He is registered to supervise research students and committed to mentoring junior researchers.