Dr Tomonori Hu
Environment & AgTech Theme Leader
Dr Tomonori Hu has a background in physics - developing mid-infrared fiber lasers for applications in spectroscopy. His interests lie in the translation of academic technologies to industry.
Since graduating from a PhD at the University of Sydney in 2015, Tom has been involved with commercialisation of his research to form a start-up company - developing mid-infrared spectrometers.
Tom has completed accelerator programs such as INCUBATE, and subsequently operated the company from various locations in Sydney. At the same time, he leads a group at the University of Sydney on optical sensor technologies related to air quality, wildlife detection and defence.
Tom leads NSSN's Environment & AgTech research theme.