Professor Simmons is a Federation Fellow and Director of the Atomic Fabrication Facility at the UNSW. In the 1990s, she spent 6 years as a Research Fellow working with Professor Sir Michael Pepper FRS at the Cavendish Laboratory in Cambridge, UK, in quantum electronics. In 1999, she came to Australia where she was a founding member of the Centre of Excellence for Quantum Computer Technology. Her research in nanoelectronics combines molecular beam epitaxy and scanning tunnelling microscopy to develop novel electronic devices at the atomic scale. She has published more than 240 papers in refereed journals (with over 2800 citations), published a book on Nanotechnology, three book chapters on quantum electronics, has filed three patents and has presented over 50 invited and plenary presentations at international conferences. In 2005 she was awarded the Pawsey Medal by the Australian Academy of Science and in 2006 became the one of the youngest elected Fellows of this Academy...