Mentorship
Supervision & Teaching
I supervise research students from undergraduate projects to PhD, and I am academic in charge of the first-year physics laboratories at ANU.
Students supervised
24
5 PhD (primary or associate), 3 Honours and 16 undergraduate or masters research students.
Source: CV (Nov 2025) · as of Nov 2025
Listed below, by cohort
- PhD
- 5
- Honours
- 3
- FRT
- 5
- PhB ASC
- 6
- 3rd-year projects
- 5
01Doctoral supervision
PhD students
- 01
Xiang Lian
Primary Supervisor
Development of nanofluidic devices for biomolecular sensing
Current - 02
Sai Vinnakota
Primary Supervisor
Nanopore sensing of heavy metal ions using DNAzymes
Current - 03
Lakshmi Raja
Associate Supervisor
Detection of blood-based biomarkers of Alzheimer's disease using solid state nanopore sensing
Current - 04
Nahid Afrin
Associate Supervisor
Development of conical nanopores for molecular separation and biosensing
Current - 05
Taleb Alwadi
Associate Supervisor
Semiconductor nano-foams for sensor and energy applications
Current
02Honours supervision
Honours students
- 01
Ben Gast
Physics Honours 2025/2026
Current - 02
Hancheng Shao
2022
Nanopore-AI integration research
ANU University Medal
Completed - 03
Tianshi Zhou
2022/2023
Physics Honours 2022/2023
Completed
03Undergraduate supervision
Undergraduate research students
Research placements and project courses for undergraduate and masters students at ANU.
AFRT students
n = 5ANU Future Research Talent placements.
- Prakash Kumbakar2025Current
- Lakshya Sankhla2025Current
- Lakshmi Raja2024Maitri PhD Scholarship
- Shishir Shetty2024
- Rudradeep Chakraborty2022
BPhB ASC students
n = 6Bachelor of Philosophy (PhB) Advanced Studies Course projects.
- Aratrik SamantaS2 2025Current
- Srestha RoyS2 2024
- Julius CleggS2 2024
- Ben GastS1 2024
- Daniel MartinS1 2024
- Marion HalasSum 2024
C3rd-year projects
n = 5Third-year research projects, including summer and winter terms.
- Ayush AdhikariS1 2025
- Aditya Singh TejasS2 2024
- James ArnottS2 2024
- Bianca HodgesSum 2024
- Suzanna PercivalWin 2020
04Teaching
Course delivery
PHYS1101
2024–Present
Academic In-Charge
First Year Physics Labs
- 1.1Lead delivery of 2 core laboratory modules to 350+ students annually
- 1.2Two years of experience connecting fundamental physics experiments to research applications
- 1.3Developing research-led approaches to laboratory teaching
Prospective students
Interested in a research project?
I supervise PhD, Honours and undergraduate projects in nanopore sensing, nanofabrication and machine learning for single-molecule signals. Open projects, eligibility and how to apply are on the opportunities page.