ProfessorSergio Leon-Saval
Professor of Photonics
DVC Research
RESEARCH INTERESTs
Optics, photonics, astrophotonics and space photonics, spectroscopy, astronomical instrumentation, optical fibres and optical fibre devices.
Sergio's research aligns with the Faculty of Science Research Strengths - Fundamental Laws of Nature, Understanding the Universe, Climate and Environmental Change, Communication Technologies, National Security, Earth and Space Exploration and Technologies.
FUNDED RESEARCH
- GRANTA novel gas sensor for detecting methaneDepartment of Education and Training (Federal)1 Jan 2026People funded by this grant:
- Leon-Saval SG,
- Wong A,
- Sweeney D,
- Tuthill P,
- Dansereau DG
- GRANTPhotonics AO- Beam Combining and Adaptive Optics with Photonic LanternsUnited States Department of the Air Force30 Sep 2023 - 29 Sep 2026People funded by this grant:
- LEON-SAVAL S
- GRANTBeam Combining and Adaptive Optics with Photonic LanternsUS Air Force Office of Scientific Research1 Jan 2023People funded by this grant:
- Leon-Saval SG
- GRANTHector-1: completing the revolutionary multi integral field spectrographAustralian Research Council (ARC)1 Jan 2019 - 31 Dec 2021People funded by this grant:
- Bland-Hawthorn JJ,
- Bryant J,
- Owers M,
- Lawrence J,
- Sharp R
- GRANTWork horse fusion slicing system for the SAIL and AAO-USydney labsDVC Research1 Jan 2019People funded by this grant:
- Bland-Hawthorn JJ,
- Bryant J,
- Leon-Saval SG
- GRANTIntelligent Robotic Non-Chemical WeedingGrains Research and Development Corporation - GRDC1 Jan 2018People funded by this grant:
- Walsh M,
- Sukkarieh S,
- Leon-Saval SG
- GRANTARC Training Centre for Cubesats, Uncrewed Aerial Vehicles & Their ApplicationsAustralian Research Council (ARC)1 Jul 2017 - 31 Dec 2024People funded by this grant:
- Murphy R,
- Lawrence J,
- Carr S,
- Cairns I,
- Chamitoff G
- GRANTAdvanced Photonics Sensors for Food Safety in Autonomous Robotic PlatformsDVC Research1 Jan 2017People funded by this grant:
- Leon-Saval SG,
- Betters C,
- Bland-Hawthorn JJ
- GRANTAustralian Research Council31 May 2016 - 31 Dec 2017People funded by this grant:
- Bland-Hawthorn J,
- Spitler L,
- McDermid R,
- Sharp R,
- Kewley L
- GRANTThe first multicore fibre gratings to suppress the night sky backgroundAustralian Research Council (ARC)1 Jan 2016People funded by this grant:
- McDermid R,
- Kewley L,
- Lawrence J,
- Crouch W,
- Sharp R
- GRANTHector - a revolutionary spectrograph for understanding how galaxies evolveAustralian Research Council (ARC)1 Jan 2015 - 31 Dec 2015People funded by this grant:
- Croom S,
- Bland-Hawthorn JJ,
- Leon-Saval SG
- GRANTSpace SyReNSDVC Research1 Jun 2013People funded by this grant:
- Odeh I,
- Crawford J,
- Bland-Hawthorn JJ,
- Bruce E,
- Leon-Saval SG
- GRANTThe SAMI facility - a revolutionary multi-object hexabundle spectrographAustralian Research Council (ARC)1 Mar 2013 - 31 Dec 2014People funded by this grant:
- Bryant J,
- Parker QA,
- Jones H,
- Colless M,
- Couch WJ
- GRANTGNOSIS-J: completing the revolutionary OH suppression spectrographAustralian Research Council (ARC)26 Feb 2013 - 28 Jan 2014People funded by this grant:
- Ireland M,
- Leon-Saval SG,
- O'Byrne J,
- Colless M,
- Lawrence J
- GRANTFibre based photonics devices in astrophotonics, communications and quantum opticsDVC Research1 Jan 2013People funded by this grant:
- Leon-Saval SG
- GRANTLight-matter interactions in nanoparticle-doped microstructured polymer fibresAustralian Research Council (ARC)1 Jan 2010 - 12 Jan 2013People funded by this grant:
- Leon-Saval SG
- GRANTNano-enriched microstructured fibresDVC Research1 Jan 2009People funded by this grant:
- Leon-Saval SG
