Qiaoliang Bao is tenured associate professor at the Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Monash University, Australia. His research interests include the synthesis and optical characterization of two-dimensional materials as well as their incorporation into photonic and optoelectronic devices. He has authored or co-authored more than 130 refereed journal articles with more than 13,000 total citations. Dr. Bao is a member of the editorial board of the journal NPJ 2D Materials and Applications (Nature Partner Journal, since 2016), guest editor of special issues in Optical Communications, Chinese Optics Letters, and IEEE Journal of Selected Topics of Quantum Electronics. He is a recipient of the Discovery Early Career Researcher Award (2012), Future Fellowship (2015) given by Australian Research Council, Award of Thousand Young Talents Program (2012, China), First Runner-up of Scopus Young Researcher of the Year Award (2013, Australia), and Young Tall Poppy Science Awards (2015) given by Australian Institute of Policy and Science.
