Daniel Leykam

Daniel obtained his Ph.D. in physics from the Australian National University. He held a postdoctoral position at Nanyang Technological University (Singapore) and a Young Scientist Fellowship at the Institute for Basic Science (Korea) before joining the National University of Singapore as a Senior Research Fellow. His research interests include nonlinear optics, topological photonics, and quantum photonics. Starting in 2020, Daniel served as a Board member for Physical Review A, and became an Associate Editor in 2021.

Research topics

• Topological photonics
• Photonic lattices
• Flat bands

Education

• Doctor of Philosophy - PhD The Australian National University (2012 — 2015)
• Bachelor's degree The Australian National University (2008 — 2011)

Companies

• Associate Editor American Physical Society (APS Physics) (2021)
• Senior Researcher Centre for Quantum Technologies (2020)
• Assistant Professor (UST) University of Science and Technology, Korea (2019 — 2020)
• Postdoctoral Researcher Institute for basic science (IBS) (2017 — 2020)
• Postdoctoral Researcher Nanyang Technological University (2015 — 2017)