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Dr Wendy Purches

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https://people.csiro.au/P/W/Wendy-Purches

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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

Current Roles

  • Project Leader
    Thin Film Capability Project

  • Research Scientist
    R&D work for a number of CSIRO commercial projects

Academic Qualifications

  • 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

  • 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

  • Jan 2018-Present

    Emergency Control Organisation - Communications Officer

Publications

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