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Biography
Dr Purches works in High Temperature Superconducting (HTS) Thin Films and Quantum Interference Devices and Filters as Part of CSIRO's world leading Quantum Devices and Materials Team. She has 15 years experience in R&D for solid state physics, with a strong focus on improving manufacturability of electron devices. As well as HTS devices and materials, she has extensive experience studying silicon based electron devices, such as solar cells (Australian National University) and Complementary Metal Oxide Semiconductor Devices CMOS logic transistors, (CSIRO, Silanna Semiconductor Foundry and University NSW). She has also dabbled in organic solar cells (University of Queensland), III-V semiconductor Light Emitting Diodes (Silanna) and Graphene (University of NSW).
She has strengths in experimentation and understanding charge carrier transport in electron devices, as well as device fabrication and characterization (both electrical and physical). She is driven by a strong desire to expand CSIRO's world leading HTS technology for the benefit Australia and Australian industry.
Fields of Research
Current
Former
- Microelectronics and Integrated Circuits (090604))
- Photodetectors, Optical Sensors and Solar Cells (090605))
- Photonics and Electro-Optical Engineering (excl. Communications) (090606))
- Compound Semiconductors (091203))
- Organic Semiconductors (091208))
- Condensed Matter Characterisation Technique Development (020401))
Current Roles
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Project Leader
Thin Film Capability Project -
Research Scientist
R&D work for a number of CSIRO commercial projects
Academic Qualifications
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2009
PhD, Photovoltaics (Electrical Engineering)
Australian National University -
2004
Honours degree, Analytical chemistry
Charles Sturt University -
2000
Bachelors degree, Analytical chemistry
Charles Sturt University
Professional Experiences
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Jun 2015-Jun 2016
Parental leave
Household -
Mar 2014-May 2015
Research Associate
UNSW, Dept. of Physics -
Dec 2012-Feb 2014
Parental leave
Household -
Nov 2011-Nov2012
Postdoctoral Research Fellow
UQ, Centre for Organic Photonics and Electronics -
Sep 2009-Nov 2011
Research Engineer
Silanna -
Oct 2003-Feb 2005
Research assistant
Australian National University, Centre for Sustainable Energy Systems
Community and Corporate Citizenship
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Jan 2018-Present
Emergency Control Organisation - Communications Officer
Publications
ORCID 0000-0002-2215-097X
We have publications by Dr Wendy Purches