Larry R. Marshall
| Larry Marshall | |
|---|---|
| Born | Sydney |
| Education | PhD |
| Occupation | CEO of CSIRO |
| Employer | CSIRO |
| Known for | Physicst Entrepreneur Founder Chief Executive |
| Website | CSIRO profile |
Larry R. Marshall is a serial entrepreneur and physicist. In January 2015, he became chief executive of the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO), Australia's national science agency and one of the most multidisciplinary research organisations in the world.
Marshall was born in Sydney and he received both his undergraduate and postgraduate education, including a PhD in physics, at Macquarie University. He was a cadet scientist at the Defence Science and Technology Organisation.
Following his PhD work, Marshall went to the United States where he spent time at Stanford University, and founded 6 startups over 26 years. He is the inventor of some 20 US patents, which were the basis for his startups
At Macquarie University, Marshall performed research with J. A. Piper on stimulated Raman scattering. While in the United States his research work was mainly on the development of parametric oscillators,diode laser-pumped solid-state lasers,fiber lasers, and laser stabilization. Marshall was an extremely active scientist publishing over 100 papers mostly over a 6 year period. He led a resurgence in Optical Parametric Oscillators, notably inventing the "eyesafe laser" enabling lasers to be used safely around humans, the single-frequency solid-state blue laser for submarine imaging, the highest efficiency frequency doubled laser, solid state UV289nm laser for detection of tryptophan, nonlinear cavity dumping using OPOs, the intra-intra-cavity OPO for wide IR tunable medical lasers, and the first high power all solid state green laser for ophthalmology.
Marshall has twice been named in Australia's top 10 entrepreneurs. He was also named Australia's elder statesman of entrepreneurs in Silicon Valley by The Sydney Morning Herald. Marshall has been a supporter of Australian innovation since 2000 when ANZA Tech was taken over by David Cannington former President of Australian Chamber of Commerce in San Francisco. Marshall sponsored several US VC tours of Australia for both Coalition and Labor governments and joined the board of Australian expat diaspora Advance in 2008, and created Advances Innovation Summit. For over a decade he has stressed the difference between short term mercenary entrepreneurship and missionary entrepreneurs, and the unique ability of science in delivering long-term value and sustained growth. He was a founder of several funds investing in Aussie startups including the Renewable Energy Fund, and the Aussie founders fund Blackbird.
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