学术报告——Nanophotonic superdots

　　主持人：董文飞 

　　报告时间：2014年11月13日（星期四）上午10：00 

　　报告地点：A3行政综合楼516会议室 

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　　Biography 

　　I received my B. Sc. degree in 2002, followed by postgraduate study in Optoelectronics Engineering at Shanghai Institute of Optics and Fine Mechanics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, before moving to Macquarie University in 2003 with a full PhD scholarship. I completed my PhD research in biomedical and analytical instrumentation under the supervision of Professor James Piper in May 2007. 

　　My PhD research was focused on developing a practical time-gated luminescence flow cytometer for rapid detection of pathogens. I invented the “time-gated fluorescence flow cytometry” (US patent application). My PhD won three Macquarie Annual Innovation Awards in 2006 (Innovation Disclosure Award; Postgraduate Award; and Innovative Research Award). During my PhD period, I received Vice-Chancellor Commendations twice in 2004 and 2006. In 2007, I was elected as “an ISAC scholar” by the International Society for Advancement of Cytometry (ISAC) as one of the Emerging Young Scientists to promote cytology research network in Australia-Asia regions. 

　　Realising that the next generations of cell biology methods require multidisciplinary approach, immediately after my PhD which generated four journal articles, I extended my research field from instrumentation to the new fields of nanotechnology. I built the productive research collaborations and partnerships with both academics and industry, and become a visiting professor to Dalian University of Technology (Prof. Jingli Yuan), Newport Instruments (Dr. Robert Leif), the University of Adelaide (Prof. Tanya Monro, Institute for Photonics and Advanced Sensing), Purdue University Cytometry Labs (Prof. J. Paul Robinson), Goettingen University (Prof. Joerg Enderlein), and Peking University (A/Prof. Peng Xi). 

　　I am a successful recipient for Australian Research Council International Collaboration Awards (2010 ~ 2012), and have established an internationally oriented research group “the Advanced Cytometry Laboratories @ Macquarie”. We develop lanthanide bioprobes, micro- and nano- scale luminescent particles, and temporal discrimination strategies for advanced cytometry. Our vision is to bring advanced diagnostics with ultra sensitivity, super resolution and multiplexing capacity for the accelerated biotechnology and personalized medicine. I am a successful recipient for the "Early Career Researcher of the Year 2010 Award" http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UYQ8OXxOzCA 

　　Since 2008, I have been funded by four-consecutive competitive research fellowships: a 3-year MQ Research Fellowship (success rate 6%) in the field of biosensors underpinning analytical cytology (2008-2010), a prestigious APD Research Fellowship by Australian Research Council (2010 ~ 2012) developing cytometry, functional nano-/micro- particles for high-throughput biomolecular discovery, and a MQ Vice Chancellor’s Innovation Fellowship targeting transformational research, commercialization and industry partnerships (2013-). Within 7 years receiving my PhD, I was promoted to Lecturer in 2010, Senior Lecturer in 2013, and Associate Professor in 2014.  

　　On 8th Nov 2013, I won one of the most prestigious Fellowships - the ARC Future Fellowship (in Medical Biotechnology). The project will overcome the current limitations of diagnostic tests in being able to detect the low levels of the molecules that change in disease. New, highly sensitive, nanophotonics luminescent probes will be developed for more accurate detection and diagnosis of cancer and infection. 

　　In 2013, I led a team of multidisciplinary experts and attracted significant contributions ($190k cash and $570k in-kind) from cancer diagnostics companies, the Sydney-based Minomics International Ltd and the Melbourne-based Patrys Ltd. These industry alliances and the exciting research “finding a needle in a haystack” have further led to one significant ARC Linkage success (LP130100517; $427k funded for three years). The research performance by my team of PhD and Postdoctoral researchers has been recognized by the Macquarie Univeristy community with the 2013 Research Awards in both "Excellence in Research - Science & Engineering" (awarded to the team) and "Excellence in High Degree Research - Science & Engineering" (awarded to my former student Dr. Yiqing Lu). 

　　The year of 2013 becomes another milestone in my academic career: on 17th Dec 2013, our strategically proposed ARC Centre of Excellence - NanoScale BioPhotonics (Prof. Tanya Monro as Centre Director) was successful with significant funding of $23 million for over 7 years! This becomes an excellent opportunity for the Centre researchers from multidisciplinary fields to generate major impacts in Nanotechnology, Photonics and Biotechnology. 

　　In 2014, I led another team of my colleagues in Physics, Chemistry and Biomolecular Sceinces and established the industry alliance with Sydney-based AusDiagnostics (http://www.ausdiagnostics.com/) in the area of rapid pathogen detection. We have succeeded in another ARC Industry Linkage grant (LP140100642), which allows us to develop a reagent library of DNA-specific probes to screen multiple acute pathogens.  

　　I am currently mentoring six early career research (ECR) fellows and supervising more than 10 PhD candidates. With the generous research supports from the Australian Research Council, Macquarie University and our industry partners, we are in the process of attracting the most-outstanding early-career researchers (high-degree research students or young researchers within 2 years after PhD completion) to this highly-multidisciplinary problem-driven field of photonics, nanotechnology and cell biology methods. By 2018, our Advanced Cytometry Labs @ Macquarie University will become a Training Hub, and grow more than 20 ECR fellows and 40 high-degree research students to become leaders in science and technology.  

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