Personal details
- Name
- Dr Soniya Yambem
- Position(s)
- Senior Lecturer in Physics
Science and Engineering Faculty,
School of Chemistry & Physics - IHBI Membership
Institute of Health Biomedical Innovation (IHBI),
IHBI Science and Engineering Projects,
IHBI Chem Physics Mech Engineering - IPTM - Discipline *
- Nanotechnology, Condensed Matter Physics
- Phone
- +61 7 3138 2968
- soniya.yambem@qut.edu.au
- Location
- View location details (QUT staff and student access only)
- Identifiers and profiles
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- Qualifications
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PhD Physics (University of Houston), Bachelor of Science (Hons) (University of Delhi)Master of Science (University of Delhi), Grad Cert in Higher Ed (University of Queensland), Bachelor of Science (Hons) (University of Delhi)
- Professional memberships
and associations - Australian Institute of Physics
- Women in Technology (WiT), Queensland
- Bionics SEQ
- Researchgate
- Google Scholar
- Keywords
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Organic electronics, Flexible electronics, Biomedical sensing, Optoelectronics, Organic photovoltaics, Organic light emitting diodes, Organic field effect transistors, Transparent conductive electrodes
Biography
Background
Soniya is a device physicist with extensive experience in fabricating flexible electronic devices for various applications. At QUT, Soniya’s work is focussed on optoelectronic and bio-electronic interface devices for developing sensors including biosensors for bioelectronic and bionic applications. Before joining QUT, Soniya worked as a post-doctoral researcher with Prof Paul Burn at Centre for Organic Photonics and Electronics, University of Queensland. In 2015, Soniya was awarded QUT’s Vice Chancellor’s Research Fellowship in Biomedical Engineering and Medical Physics and in 2018 Soniya transitioned to a faculty position at QUT. Soniya completed her Ph.D. at the University of Houston (UH), Texas, USA and she also holds two Master degree in Physics; one from UH and another from University of Delhi, India.
Soniya is also a passionate science communicator and engages in various engagement and outreach activities such as hosting high school students for QUT’s VC STEM Camps, visiting regional QLD for science activities as part of National Science Week and inspiring school students at The ConocoPhillips Science Experience, etc.
Research areas
- Bioelectronics and biosensors – organic thin film transistors for bio-interface electronics for applications in bioelectronics and biosensors.
- Organic optoelectronic devices – device physics and applications.
- Organic light emitting diodes as wearable light sources for various medical and biomedical applications. https://www.qut.edu.au/institute-for-future-environments/about/news/news?news-id=102564
- Electronic devices for non-invasive sensing technologies.
Organic electronics device laboratory Soniya’s projects are focussed on organic/thin film devices for applications in energy and biomedical applications and therefore infrastructure or fabrication and testing of these devices are critical. After joining QUT, she worked on establishing a device fabrication and testing facility and benchmarked it against performances for standard devices. The device laboratory at QUT is now fully functional for fabrication and testing of organic electronic devices including organic solar cells, organic light emitting diodes and organic thin film transistors.
Awards and recognitions
- 2017 QUT IHBI MCR Grant
- 2017 QLD Star, Catch a Rising Star, National Science Week
- 2016 QUT VC’s Performance Award
- 2015 QUT VC’s Travel Fund (For travel in 2016)
- 2015-2018 QUT Vice-Chancellor’s Research Fellowship
- 2013 UQ DVC (Academic) funding for Grad. Cert. in Higher Education
- 2012 UQ New Staff Research Start-Up Fund
- 2008-2011 Graduate Assistant Teaching Fellowship
- 2010-2011 Texas Public Educational Grant for International Students
- 2007 Summer Internship for Indian students, National University of Singapore
Career history
- 2018-ongoing Lecturer in Physics
- 2015-2018 Vice-Chancellor’s Research Fellow, QUT, Australia
- 2012-2015 Postdoctoral Research Fellow, UQ, Australia
- 2011-2010 Doctoral Research, UH, USA
Teaching
Soniya teaches a range of topics in Physics for Physics and Engineering courses.
2018
- PVB102 Physics of the Very Small Lecturer
- PVB203 Experimental Physics Lecturer
2017
- PVB102 Physics of the Very Small Lecturer
- PVB203 Experimental Physics Demonstrator
2016
- PVB304 Physics Research Tutor
- SEB104 Grand Challenge in Science Guest Lecturer
- ENB338 Biomaterials Guest Lecturer
- BEB801/802 Projects Tutor
2015
- ENB338 Biomaterials Guest Lecturer
Experience
Professional service
- 2017-2018: Organising Committee, The 42nd Condensed Matter and Materials Meeting, Wagga Wagga, NSW, Jan 30 – Feb 2, 2018
- 2016: Lead academic, VC STEM camp project “Organic Electronics”. QUT
- 2015: Lead academic, VC STEM camp project “Sourcing Solar”, QUT
- 2015: Convener (Sponsorship Organizer), Women in Technology workshop on 3D printing, QUT
- 2015: Invited Speaker “At the cutting edge”, WOW (Women of the World) Festival, Brisbane, Australia
- 2010-2011: Science Engineering Fair of Houston, Texas: Judge for science projects and exhibitions of high school students
Publications
- Yambem S, Burns S, Arthur J, Timm J, Woodruff M, Pandey A, Marschall R, (2019) A highly porous and conductive composite gate electrode for OTFT sensors, RSC Advances p7278-7284
- Arthur J, Forrestal D, Woodruff M, Pandey A, Yambem S, (2018) Facile and dynamic color-tuning approach for organic light-emitting diodes using anisotropic filters, ACS Photonics p2760-2766
- Burns S, MacLeod J, Do T, Sonar P, Yambem S, (2017) Effect of thermal annealing Super Yellow emissive layer on efficiency of OLEDs, Scientific Reports p1-8
- Yambem S, Timm J, Weiss M, Pandey A, Marschall R, (2017) Sulfonated mesoporous silica as proton exchanging layer in solid-state organic transistor, Advanced Electronic Materials p1-10
- Ullah M, Yambem S, Moore E, Namdas E, Pandey A, (2015) Singlet fission and triplet exciton dynamics in rubrene/fullerene heterojunctions: Implications for electroluminescence, Advanced Electronic Materials p1-9
- Ullah M, Armin A, Tandy K, Yambem S, Burn P, Meredith P, Namdas E, (2015) Defining the light emitting area for displays in the unipolar regime of highly efficient light emitting transistors, Scientific Reports p1-6
- Stapleton A, Yambem S, Johns A, Afre R, Ellis A, Shapter J, Andersson G, Quinton J, Burn P, Meredith P, Lewis D, (2015) Planar silver nanowire, carbon nanotube and PEDOT:PSS nanocomposite transparent electrodes, Science and Technology of Advanced Materials p1-7
- Raju Nagiri R, Yambem S, Lin Q, Burn P, Meredith P, (2015) Room-temperature tilted-target sputtering deposition of highly transparent and low sheet resistance Al doped ZnO electrodes, Journal of Materials Chemistry C p5322-5331
- Yambem S, Ullah M, Tandy K, Burn P, Namdas E, (2014) ITO-free top emitting organic light emitting diodes with enhanced light out-coupling, Laser and Photonics Reviews p165-171
- Ullah M, Tandy K, Yambem S, Aljada M, Burn P, Meredith P, Namdas E, (2013) Simultaneous enhancement of brightness, efficiency, and switching in RGB organic light emitting transistors, Advanced Materials p6213-6218
For more publications by this staff member, visit QUT ePrints, the University's research repository.
Awards
Awards and recognition
- Type
- Academic Honours, Prestigious Awards or Prizes
- Reference year
- 2019
- Details
- Young Scientist, Australian-China Young Scientist Exchange Program
- Type
- Funding Award
- Reference year
- 2017
- Details
- QUT IHBI MCR Scheme
- Type
- Academic Honours, Prestigious Awards or Prizes
- Reference year
- 2016
- Details
- QUT VC Performance Award
- Type
- Funding Award
- Reference year
- 2016
- Details
- Australia-Germany Joint Research Cooperation Scheme
- Type
- Academic Honours, Prestigious Awards or Prizes
- Reference year
- 2015
- Details
- Vice-Chancellor's Research Fellowship
Research projects
Grants and projects (Category 1: Australian Competitive Grants only)
- Title
- High Performance Inks for Solution Based Organic Light Emitting Diodes Manufacturing
- Primary fund type
- CAT 1 - Australian Competitive Grant
- Project ID
- LP170100387
- Start year
- 2018
- Keywords
Supervision
Current supervisions
- Three- Dimensional Conductive Composite Foam for Capacitive Pressure Sensing
Applications
PhD, Principal Supervisor
Other supervisors: Adjunct Associate Professor Kateryna Bazaka, Dr Veronica Gray - Proton to electron transducer using organic thin film transistors
PhD, Principal Supervisor
Other supervisors: Professor Mia Woodruff, Dr Ajay Pandey - Solution Processable Thermally Activated Delayed Fluorescent Blue Organic Light Emitting Diodes
PhD, Principal Supervisor
Other supervisors: Professor Christopher Barner-Kowollik, Associate Professor James Blinco, Associate Professor Prashant Sonar - Creating and Utilizing Spatially Varying Light Intensity Profiles to Enhance Nonlinear Responses
PhD, Associate Supervisor
Other supervisors: Professor Esa Jaatinen - Interplay of Singlet and Triplet Exciton in Organic Semiconductor Heterojunctions
PhD, Associate Supervisor
Other supervisors: Dr Ajay Pandey, Professor Jonathan Roberts, Professor Ross Crawford - High Performance Inks for Solution Based OLED Manufacturing
PhD, Associate Supervisor
Other supervisors: Professor Christopher Barner-Kowollik, Associate Professor James Blinco, Associate Professor Prashant Sonar - A low energy k-resolved inverse photoelectron spectrometer to investigate electronic states of organic molecular materials
PhD, Associate Supervisor
Other supervisors: Associate Professor Josh Lipton-Duffin, Associate Professor Jennifer MacLeod - Enhancing the Electrical Performance of the Donor-Acceptor Conjugated Polymers Based Organic Field Effect Transistors through Device Engineering for Electronic Applications
PhD, Associate Supervisor
Other supervisors: Dr Ajay Pandey, Professor Ken Ostrikov