Rate My Professor Martin Ams

Dr. Martin Ams is a Research Fellow in the School of Mathematical and Physical Sciences at Macquarie University, where he is affiliated with the MQ Photonics Research Centre. He earned his Ph.D. in optical laser physics from Macquarie University in 2008. With 22 years of experience in photonics, his research focuses on the laser fabrication of optical devices for sensing, asset management, telecommunication, astronomy, quantum information, and biophotonic applications. He currently collaborates with Australian Water Utilities to deploy optical fibre sensors for monitoring concrete corrosion and environmental conditions in harsh wastewater environments. Ams has previously worked as a Research Fellow at City University London and Macquarie University, and he co-leads asset management projects in the commonwealth-funded SmartCrete CRC and the ARC Industrial Transformation Research Hub for Molecular Biosensors at Point-of-Use (MOBIUS). He has also served as Business Development Manager for the OptoFab node of the Australian National Fabrication Facility and as project manager for a three-year government-funded Centre of Excellence initiative. Additionally, he has contributed nine years to scientific outreach and undergraduate laboratory supervision, and unofficially supervised three PhD candidates and one French intern student from 2010 to 2018.