Permanent Researchers

Ashton Bradley

Associate Professor
ashton.bradley@otago.ac.nz

  • Faculty at Otago since 2016
  • Rutherford Discovery Fellow
  • Research Fellow, ARC CoE for Quantum-Atom Optics, University of Queensland
  • PhD Victoria University advised by Crispin Gardiner

PhD students

Nils Krause

PhD Student, started June 2023
nils.krause@otago.ac.nz

  • MSc at Duisburg-Essen

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Masters and Honours Students

Cassie Dong

MSc Student, started March 2024

  • BSc(Hons) at Otago

Tommy Fischer

MSc Student, started March 2023

  • BSc(Hons) at Otago

Luc Hackner

BSc(Hons) Student, started March 2024

Philipp Kommer

Bachelor Thesis, Hedelberg, started September 2024

Cole Hickey

BSc(Hons) Student, started March 2025

Alumni

Zain Medhi

PhD ANU 2020 to 2023


Now at : Australian National University

Rob McDonald

PhD 2016 - 2019


Now at :

Matt Reeves

PhD 2013 - 2016


Now at : University of Queensland

Sam Rooney

PhD 2011 to 2014


Now at : Dot Loves Data

Sukla Pal

Postdoc 2022-2023


Now at : Trento

Kishor Kumar

Postdoc 2019-2021


Now at :

Xiaoquan Yu

Postdoc 2015-2017


Now at : Beijing

Tom Billam

Postdoc 2012 to 2014


Now at : Newcastle University

Former visitors, BSc/ MSc students

Visitors

Murray Olsen, Dodd-Walls and Quantum Science Otago fellow 2018

Ying-Yan Li, CSC Research Fellow, 2018

Stuart Szigeti, ARC Endeavour Fellow, 2017

Chao-Fei Liu, CSC Research Fellow, 2016

Master students

Tommy Fischer, MSc Otago 2024

Daniel Foshee, MSc Arizona 2023

Eric Xu, MSc Otago 2022

Jordan Clarke, MSc Otago 2021

Michael Cawte, MSc Otago 2018

Rob McDonald, MSc Otago 2015

Matt Reeves, MSc Otago 2013

Sam Rooney, MSc Otago 2011

Bachelor Students

Luc Hackner, BSc(Hons) 2024

Cassie Dong, BSc(Hons) 2023

Thomas Fischer, BSc(Hons) 2022

Eric Xu, BSc(Hons) 2019

Matthew Denys, BSc(Hons) 2018

Peter Barnett, BSc(Hons) 2017

Fradom Atayee, BSc(Hons) 2016

Michael Cawte, BSc(Hons) 2016

Rob McDonald, BSc(Hons) 2013

Malcolm Morrison, BSc(Hons) 2013

Matthew Reeves, BSc(Hons) 2011

Kyle Wright, BSc(Hons) 2010

Sam Rooney, BSc(Hons) 2009