The University of Sydney Nano Institute (Sydney Nano) is a flagship multidisciplinary research institute at the

University of Sydney The University of Sydney (USYD), also known as Sydney University, or informally Sydney Uni, is a public research university located in Sydney, Australia. Founded in 1850, it is the oldest university in Australia and is one of the country's si ...

in Camperdown,

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. It focuses on transforming the economy, society, and everyday life through multidisciplinary research in

nanoscale The nanoscopic scale (or nanoscale) usually refers to structures with a length scale applicable to nanotechnology, usually cited as 1–100 nanometers (nm). A nanometer is a billionth of a meter. The nanoscopic scale is (roughly speaking) a lo ...

science and technology. It is one of ten multidisciplinary research institutes at the University of Sydney including the

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and the

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Location and facilities

Sydney Nano is headquartered at the Sydney Nanoscience Hub. It was built for nanoscience research, and opened in 2015; located on the university's Camperdown/Darlington campus.

History

Originally launched in April 2016, as the Australian Institute for Nanoscale Science and Technology (AINST). The institute was later renamed The University of Sydney Nano Institute in November 2017. In July 2017, the University of Sydney announced a multi-year partnership with

Microsoft Microsoft Corporation is an American multinational technology corporation producing computer software, consumer electronics, personal computers, and related services headquartered at the Microsoft Redmond campus located in Redmond, Washing ...

to conduct research into

quantum computing Quantum computing is a type of computation whose operations can harness the phenomena of quantum mechanics, such as superposition, interference, and entanglement. Devices that perform quantum computations are known as quantum computers. Though ...

and the official establishment of Microsoft Quantum – Sydney at the Sydney Nanoscience Hub. In March 2018, the

New South Wales Government The Government of New South Wales, also known as the NSW Government, is the Australian state democratic administrative authority of New South Wales. It is currently held by a coalition of the Liberal Party and the National Party. The Governmen ...

provided a A$500,000 grant to set up the Sydney Quantum Academy to strengthen postgraduate research and training in Sydney in the race to build a quantum computer. The academy will be led by the

in partnership with

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, the

University of New South Wales The University of New South Wales (UNSW), also known as UNSW Sydney, is a public research university based in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. It is one of the founding members of Group of Eight, a coalition of Australian research-intensive ...

and the

University of Technology, Sydney The University of Technology Sydney (UTS) is a public research university located in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. Although its origins are said to trace back to the 1830s, the university was founded in its current form in 1988. As of 2021 ...

Directors

Sydney Nano was jointly led by three interim directors —

Thomas Maschmeyer Thomas Maschmeyer (born 1966) is a German chemist and a Professor of Chemistry at the University of Sydney. He is the Founding Director of the Australian Institute for Nanoscale Science and Technology, Laboratory of Advanced Catalysis for Susta ...

, Simon Ringer, and Zdenka Kuncic — who oversaw the launch period of the institute from March 2016. Susan Pond was appointed to the directorship in February 2017, for a period of 12 months.

Ben Eggleton Benjamin John Eggleton FAA, FTSE, FOSA, FIEEE, FSPIE, FAIP, FRSN (born 6 November 1970) is Pro Vice Chancellor (Research) at the University of Sydney. He is also Professor in the School of Physics where he leads a research group in photonics ...

served as director from May 2018 to December 2022, when

Alice Motion Alice Elizabeth Motion (born Alice Williamson, 28 October 1984) is a British chemist, science communicator, and associate professor at the School of Chemistry, University of Sydney. She is the founder of the Breaking Good project which encoura ...

was appointed interim Director for six months.

References

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