Andre Luiten

Andre Luiten is a distinguished physicist and innovator currently serving as the Chief Innovator and Director at the Institute for Photonics and Advanced Sensing (IPAS) since August 2014. As of January 2024, Luiten will also take on the role of Chief Investigator at the ARC Centre of Excellence in Optical Microcombs for Breakthrough Science (COMBS). Luiten has been the Managing Director of QuantX Labs (formerly Cryoclock) since June 2017 and was recognized as the 2022 South Australian Innovator of the Year by the SA Government. Luiten is a Fellow of the Australian Academy of Technology & Engineering and The Australian Institute of Physics, and holds the Chair of Experimental Physics and an Adjunct Professorship at the University of Adelaide. Previous appointments include Future Fellow at the Australian Research Council and Winthrop Professor at the University of Western Australia. Academic qualifications include multiple degrees in Physics from The University of Western Australia and a Graduate of the Australian Institute of Company Directors.