Curiculum Vitae: Lincoln Turner
+61 3 9905 1726
lincoln.turner@monash.edu
Education
Awards
2005
University of Melbourne
Doctor of Philosophy in Physics, conferred April 2005
Holographic imaging of cold atoms
1999
Flinders University of South Australia
BSc (Hons 1), in physics and mathematics
2013
Vice-Chancellor’s Citation for Outstanding Contribution to Student Learning.
Faculty of Science Award for Excellence in Innovation and External Collaboration
2012
Monash Research Accelerator (MRA) award
2005-06 Fulbright Postdoctoral Fellowship
2001
Geoffrey Opat Seminar Prize, University of Melbourne
1999
University Medal, Flinders University
1995
Flinders Prize
Academic
2013employment 2011-12
2008-10
2005-07
Senior Lecturer in Physics
Monash Senior Research Fellow
Monash Fellow, School of Physics, Monash University.
Guest researcher, National Institute of Standards and Technology, USA.
Supervisors: Dr Paul Lett & Prof Bill Phillips
2004-05 Postdoctoral Fellow, School of Physics, University of Melbourne.
2002
Visiting researcher, Technical University of Eindhoven, Netherlands.
1999-04 Postgraduate student, School of Physics, University of Melbourne.
Supervisor: A/Prof Robert Scholten
Other
2000-02 Systems administrator, Linguistics, University of Melbourne
employment 2000-01 Demonstrator, School of Physics, University of Melbourne
1998-00 Tutor, Newman College, University of Melbourne
1998
Tutor, School of Physics, Flinders University
1995-97 Systems administrator, Dept of Speech Pathology, Flinders University
Research record
National
2013-16 Scholten, Biercuk, Hollenberg, Simpson, Helmerson, Turner, Anderson, Luiten
competitive
and Starr, Foundation technology for quantum measurement, sensing and
grants
computing, ARC LP130100857, $410,000.
2010-12 Turner, Quantum magnetometry on the microscale,
ARC DP1094399. $330,000.
2010-12 Helmerson, Turner and Porto, Many-body physics with atomic Bose gases,
ARC DP1096830. $468,000.
Research
contracts
2012
Turner, Anderson, Agile radiofrequency pulse sequencers for quantum science,
Department of Quantum Science ANU & DSTO. $74,365. (Category 3).
Other
grants
2013
Turner, Electronic laboratory notebooks for Level 2 physics lab, Better Learning
Better Teaching grant, $12,500.
2012
Turner, Ultraprecision laser wavelength measurement facility, Faculty of Science
ECR Equipment grant. $87,500.
Egorov, Anderson, Helmerson, Turner, Time/frequency infrastructure for New
Horizons, Faculty of Science Equipment grant. $48,720.
Monash Research Accelerator (MRA) funding, Postdoctoral salary contribution
and award. $109,500.
2011
Turner, Bell, Anderson, Helmerson, A spatio-temporal photodetection
1 facility, Faculty of Science Equipment grant. $39,000.
Turner, Proposal for a national quantum science electronics development
linkage, Faculty of Science Linkage Project Access Scheme (LPAS). $5,000.
2009
2008
Turner, Anderson, Fulbright Alumni Initiative Grant supporting research exchange
to the National Institute of Standards and Technology, MD, USA. $10,000.
Turner, Digital laser locking using Field-Programmable Gate Arrays (FPGAs),
Faculty of Science Early Career Researcher Grant. $15,000.
Edmund Optics bursary, Stable HeNe laser for undergraduate teaching, $5000.
Collier charitable fund, Diode lasers for undergraduate teaching, $3000
Research student completions
2010 M Jasperse, Relative intensity squeezing by four-wave mixing in rubidium,
MPhil, University of Melbourne. Supervisors: A/Prof RE Scholten and Dr LD Turner.
L. Bennie, A large atom number magneto-optical trap for BEC production. Hons class 1.
A. Wood, A rubidium cold atom beam source. Hons class 1.
P. Starkey, An optical experiment control and data acquisition system for a BEC lab. Hons class 1.
Research student supervision
2014 4 PhD students (primary supervisor), 3 PhD students (cosupervisor), 3 Honours students.
2013 4 PhD students (primary supervisor), 3 PhD students (cosupervisor), 1 Honours student.
2011 4 PhD students (primary supervisor), 3 PhD students (cosupervisor).
2010 1 PhD student (primary supervisor), 1 PhD student (cosupervisor), 3 Honours students
2009 1 MSc student (co-supervisor), 2 Honours students
2008 1 Honours student
Journal articles (C1)
2013 P. T. Starkey, C. J. Billington, S. P. Johnstone, M. Jasperse, K. Helmerson, L. D. Turner and
R. P. Anderson, A scripted control system for autonomous hardware-timed experiments,
Reviews of Scientific Instruments 84 085111 (2013).
L. M. Bennie, P. T. Starkey, M. Jasperse, C. J. Billington, R. P. Anderson and L. D. Turner,
A versatile high resolution objective for imaging quantum gases, Optics Express 21 9011-9016.
N. F. Chilton, R. P. Anderson, L. D. Turner, A. Soncini and K. S. Murray, PHI: A powerful new
program for the analysis of anisotropic monomeric and exchange-coupled polynuclear d- and fblock complexes, Journal of Computational Chemistry 34 1164-1175.
V. Negnevitsky and L. D. Turner, Wideband laser locking to an atomic reference with modulation
transfer spectroscopy, Optics Express 21 3103-3113.
P. A. Altin, M. T. Johnsson, V. Negnevitsky, G. R. Dennis, R. P. Anderson, J. E. Debs, S. S. Szigeti,
K. S. Hardman, S. Bennetts, G. D. McDonald, L. D. Turner, J. D. Close and N. P. Robins, Precision
atomic gravimeter based on Bragg diffraction, New Journal of Physics 15 023009.
2011
M. Jasperse, L. D. Turner and R. E. Scholten, Relative intensity squeezing by four-wave mixing with
loss: an analytic model and experimental diagnostic, Optics Express
2010
S. C. Bell SC, M. Junker, M. Jasperse, L. D. Turner, Y.-J. Lin, I. B. Spielman and R. E. Scholten, A
slow atom source using a collimated effusive oven and a single-layer variable pitch coil Zeeman
slower, Review of Scientific Instruments 81 013105.
R. E. Scholten, S. C. Bell, D. V. Sheludko, J. D. White, L. D. Turner, T. Meijer, B. Smeets,
M. Jeppesen, C. S. Hofmann and M. Jasperse, Quantum coherence in the rubidium 5S-5P-5D
ladder system: Applications in frequency conversion, imaging, and squeezing in R Drampyan (Ed),
New Trends in Quantum Coherence and Nonlinear Optics, Nova Science Publishers, New York
2009
S. D. Saliba, M. Junker, L. D. Turner and R. E. Scholten, Mode stability of external cavity diode
lasers, Applied Optics 48 6692-6700
Y. Liu, E. Gomez, S. E. Maxwell, L. D. Turner, E. Tiesinga and P. D. Lett, Number Fluctuations and
Energy Dissipation in Sodium Spinor Condensates, Physical Review Letters 102 225301
2 Y. Liu, S. Jung, S. E. Maxwell, L. D. Turner, E. Tiesinga and P. D. Lett, Quantum phase transitions
and continuous observation of spinor dynamics in an antiferromagnetic condensate,
Physical Review Letters 102 125301
2007
A. T. Black, E Gomez, L. D. Turner, S Jung and P. D. Lett, Spinor dynamics in an antiferromagnetic
spin-1 condensate, Physical Review Letters 99 070403
E. Gomez, A. T. Black, L. D. Turner, E. Tiesinga and P. D. Lett, Light forces in ultracold
photoassociation, Physical Review A 75 013420
2005
L. D. Turner, K. F. E. M. Domen and R. E. Scholten, Diffraction-contrast imaging of cold atoms,
Physical Review A (Rapid Communications) 72 031403I
2004
L. D. Turner, K. P. Weber, D. Paganin and R. E. Scholten, Off-resonant defocus-contrast imaging of
cold atoms, Optics Letters 29 232–234
L. D. Turner, B. B. Dhal, J. P. Hayes, A. P. Mancuso, K. A. Nugent, D. Paterson, R. E. Scholten, C.
Q. Tran and A. G. Peele, X-ray phase imaging: Demonstration of extended conditions for
homogeneous objects, Optics Express 12 2960–2965.
2002
L. D. Turner, V. Karaganov, P. J. O. Teubner and R. E. Scholten, A sub-Doppler bandwidth atomic
optical filter, Optics Letters 27 500–503
L. D. Turner, K. P. Weber, C. J. Hawthorn and R. E. Scholten, Frequency noise characterisation of
narrow linewidth diode lasers, Optics Communications 201 391–397
P. J. Fox, T. R. Mackin, L. D. Turner, I. Colton, K. A. Nugent and R. E. Scholten, Noninterferometric
phase imaging of a neutral atomic beam, Journal of the Optical Society of American B 19 1773–
1776.
Refereed conference proceedings (E1)
L. D. Turner, S. Jung, A. T. Black, E. Gomez and P. D. Lett, Continuous Faraday measurement of a spinor
BEC in Quantum-Atom Optics Downunder, OSA Technical Digest (Optical Society of America, 2007),
paper QTuB4.
A. T. Black, L. D. Turner, E. Gomez, S. Jung and P. D. Lett, Spin dynamics in an antiferromagnetic spin-1
condensate in Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics/Quantum Electronics and Laser Science
Conference and Photonic Applications Systems Technologies, OSA Technical Digest (Optical Society of
America, 2007), paper QTuM2.
L. D. Turner, A. T. Black, E. Gomez, E. Tiesinga and P. D. Lett, Matter wave electromagnetically-induced
transparency in Raman photoassociation in Laser Science 22, OSA Technical Digest (Optical Society of
America, 2006), paper LMC5.
E. Gomez, A. T. Black, L. D. Turner, E. Tiesinga and P. D. Lett, Light forces in ultracold photoassociation in
Laser Science 22, OSA Technical Digest (Optical Society of America, 2006), paper LTuE4.
L. D. Turner, A. Slavec, K. P. Weber, K. F. E. M. Domen and R. E. Scholten, Control theory for frequency
stabilisation of external cavity diode lasers, Proceedings of the AIP Congress 2005, ISBN 0-9598064-8-2
(2005).
L. D. Turner, K. F. E. M. Domen and R. E. Scholten, Holographic imaging of cold atoms, Proceedings of
the AIP Congress 2005. ISBN 0-9598064-8-2 (2005).
More than 10 contributed talks and more than 20 posters at national and international meetings
since 1997
Invited conference presentations
2013 Spinor atomtronics: New quantum interfaces for sensing and simulation,
Inaugural Workshop on Quantum Photonic Hardware, Rottnest Island, WA.
2008
Spin-mixing collisions, spin squeezing and magnetometry in spinor Bose-Einstein condensates
ARC Centre for X-ray Science Workshop on physics of ultra-cold matter and scattering,
Melbourne.
Invited colloquia and seminars
More than a dozen at universities and government research laboratories in Australia, US and Europe.
3 Teaching profile
Coordination
2014- Unit Coordinator and Chief Examiner, PHS2011 and PHS2022 (~170 EFTSU)
2013- Unit Coordinator and Chief Examiner, PHS2011 and PHS2022 (~170 EFTSU)
2012- Unit Coordinator and Chief Examiner, PHS2011 and PHS2022 (~160 EFTSU)
2011- Unit Coordinator and Chief Examiner, PHS2011 and PHS2022 (~150 EFTSU)
2009- Laboratory Coordinator, PHS2011 and PHS2022 (~150 EFTSU)
Lecturing
PHS1011
PHS2022
PHS2022
PHS2022
Thermal Physics, 7 lectures and supporting assessment. 2014.
Thermal Physics. 12 lectures and supporting assessment.
Written 2011. Delivered 2011-13.
Lasers and holography component, 3 lectures. Written 2008. Delivered 2008-2013
Special topics lecturer Powers of Temperature, 2009-2012.
Undergraduate research supervision
PHS3350/60 Fifteen full-semester research units supervised since 2008.
Project-based learning
PHS2022
Skinny Latte 12-hour PBL. Written 2009, delivered 2009-2012, 2013.
Hall Effect in flowing water, 12-hour PBL. Written 2012 with Philip Starkey. Delivered 2012.
Graduate teaching
2011 Victorian Summer School in Ultracold Physics (VSSUP)
3 lectures on molecular physics and atomic collisions. Award for best lectures at school.
Thesis examinations
2011 PhD (ANU)
2009 2 Honours (Monash, non-supervising examiner).
Outreach
Media
2012 Tupac’s rise from the dead was, sadly, not holography, The Conversation, 24 April 2012.
Tupac's performance was no hologram, The Age / Sydney Morning Herald, 26 April 2012.
2005 The Force of Light, Australasian Science, August 2005.
Watch This Face, The Age (Melbourne) Magazine, July 2005.
High school physics
2010/1 Guest lecture Powers of Temperature, Quarks to Quasars module, John Monash Science School.
2009 Australian Institute of Physics Regional Schools Lecturer. Research-based lecturers at Mildura and
Horsham Secondary Colleges.
Professional service and administration
Refereeing
Manuscript referee for Physical Review Letters, New Journal of Physics, Physical Review A and
Journal of Physics B.
Grant referee for Research Corporation (USA).
Faculty committees & activities
2013 Steering Monash Instrumentation Technology Development Facility
(Chair: A/Prof Andrea Robinson)
Sir John Monash Medal selection committee, Faculty of Science.
2012 Managed Faculty of Science workshops equipment upgrade, $408,000.
2012 Steering Committee, Monash Instrumentation Technology Development Facility proposal
(Chairs: A/Prof Roberto Weinberg & Lincoln Turner)
2011 Review of Science Faculty Workshops (Chair: Prof Steven Langford)
2009 Selection committee, Faculty of Science Innovation & External Collaboration Award.
4 School of Physics Committees
2009- Education Committee
Professional association memberships
1999- National Tertiary Education Union
Melbourne, 20 May 2013.
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