Associate Professor
| Biography Prof. Dan Luo received his B.S. degree in opto-electronic engineering from Tianjin University, China, in 2004, and the Ph.D. degree in electronic engineering from Nanyang Technological University (NTU), Singapore, 2012, respectively. From 2012 to 2013, he was a research fellow in the School of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, NTU.
Prof. Luo joined Southern University of Science and Technology (SUSTech) in 2013. Now, he is an Associate Professor (Tenured) in Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering. His research interests include organic tunable laser, novel reflective liquid crystal displays, liquid crystal tunable photonic/terahertz devices, electrically/optically controllable light shutters/smart windows and liquid crystal biosensor. He has published 70 papers in Advanced Optical Materials, Journal of Materials Chemistry C, Sensors and Actuators B: Chemical, Scientific Reports, Applied Physics Letters, Optics Express and so on. He also has 1 patent granted and 6 patents pending.
Prof. Luo was the recipient of Otto Lehmann Award, Germany, 2011; Chinese Government Award for Outstanding Self-Financed Students Abroad, 2011; SPIE Scholarship in Optics and Photonics, 2012; and IEEE Photonic Society Graduate Student Fellowships, 2012. He was also the recipient of Talent of Peacock Program B, Shenzhen, China. He was the PI of 9 projects from National Natural Science Fund of China, Ministry of Education, Shenzhen Science and Technology Innovation Council, Peacock Talent Programs Research Start-up Grant, and TCL group. He was also the co-PI of Branch Project of National Key Research and Development Program, Shenzhen Peacock team project, and project from Shenzhen Science and Technology Innovation Council. Education · Ph.D, Electronics Engineering 08.2007-07.2012 School of Electrical & Electronic Engineering Nanyang Technological University
· M. E, Electronics Engineering 09.2004-06.2007 School of Precision Instruments & Optoelectronics Engineering Tianjin University
· B. E, Electronics Engineering 09.2000-06.2004 School of Precision Instruments & Optoelectronics Engineering
Professional Experience · Associate Professor (Tenured) 011.2013-present Department of Electrical & Electronic Engineering Southern University of Science and Technology · Assistant Professor 05.2013-10.2018 Department of Electrical & Electronic Engineering Southern University of Science and Technology · Research Fellow 08.2012-05.2013 School of Electrical & Electronic Engineering Nanyang Technological University Research Projects 1. National Natural Science Foundation of China: Preparation Mechanism and Characteristics of Large Area Blue Phase Liquid Crystal Single Crystal Based on Holographic Lithography (61875081), National Natural Science Foundation of China 2019-2022, Principal Investigator, RMB 630,000. 2. Basic Research-Free Exploration: High sensitivity and high selectivity lead ion optical sensor based on liquid crystal, Shenzhen Science and Technology Innovation Council, Basic Research- Free Exploration (Approved), 2019-2020, Principal Investigator, RMB 500,000. 3. National Natural Science Foundation of China: Effective modulation and its photoelectric properties of bound excitons in wide bandgap semiconductor nanomaterials (11674038), National Natural Science Foundation of China, 2017.1-2020.12, Co-Principal Investigator, RMB 690,000. 4. Sub-project of the State Key R & D Program: Highly Efficiency Long Lifetime Quantum Dot LED Device (YFB0401702), Ministry of Science and Technology, 2016-2021, Co-Principal Investigator (4/7), 5.4545 million. 5. Basic Research-Subject Layout: Energy saving bi-stable liquid crystal smart window (JCYJ20160226192528793), Shenzhen Science and Technology Innovation Council, 2016-2019, Principal Investigator (1/3), RMB 2 million. 6. Basic Research-Subject Layout: High sensitivity optoelectronic micro-nano sensor for heavy metal detection (JCYJ20150930160634263), Shenzhen Science and Technology Innovation Council, 2015-2018, Co-Principal Investigator (2/3), RMB 3 million. 7. Shenzhen Overseas High-Level Talent Peacock Team: Super broad spectrum and super strong terahertz wave R&D team (KQTD2015071710313656), Shenzhen Science and Technology Innovation Council, 2015-2020, Co-Principal Investigator (5/5), RMB 20 million. 8. Basic Research-Free Exploration: Reflective cholesteric liquid crystal display device with high reflectivity, Shenzhen Science and Technology Innovation Council (JCYJ20150601155130435), 2015-2017, Principal Investigator (1/1), RMB 300,000. 9. SUSTech-Grant: Nanoparticle/polymer stabilized blue phase full-color reflective display technology (FRG-SUSTC1501A-46), Southern University of Science and Technology, 2015, Principal Investigator (1/1), RMB 200,000. 10. Enterprise Project: Research on status of liquid crystal photonics, TCL Group, 2015-2016, Principal Investigator (1/1), RMB 50,000. 11. National Natural Science Foundation of China: Photon radiation mechanism and tunable characteristics of all-organic quasicrystals laser device, National Natural Science Foundation of China (61405088), 2015-2017, Principal Investigator (1/1) RMB 260,000. 12. Returned Overseas Research Project Start-up Grant: Liquid crystal three-dimensional micro-laser, Ministry of Education, 2015-2017, Principal Investigator (1/1), RMB 35,000. 13. Peacock Talent Programs Research Start-up Grant: Polymer Dispersed liquid crystal photonic quasicrystal lasers, Shenzhen Science and Technology Innovation Council, 2014-2017, Principal Investigator (1/1), RMB 4.9 million. Teaching Project 1. Teaching Reform of Higher Education in Guangdong Province: Classroom Quantitative Experiment for Guiding Teaching Method and Its Application in Optoelectronic Teaching (Y01051846), Guangdong Provincial Department of Education, 2016.9-2018.12, Principal Investigator, RMB 80,000. Patents 1. Dan Luo, and Yong Li, An all-solid reflective film and its fabrication method, Chinese Patent filed on 17 July 2017. Chinese Patent no. 201710581493.6. 2. Dan Luo, and Xiao Wan Xu, A liquid crystal display panel and its fabrication method, Chinese Patent filed on 27 Feb 2017. Chinese Patent no. 201710106787.3. 3. Yong Li, and Dan Luo, A cholesteric liquid crystal display and fabrication method of the reflective layer, Chinese Patent filed on 9 Jan 2017. Chinese Patent no. 201710013323.8. 4. Xiao Fang Niu, and Dan Luo, Ammonia sensor and its fabrication method and ammonia detection system, Chinese Patent filed on 26 May 2016. Chinese Patent no. 201610362967.3. 5. Yong Li, Dan Luo, and Zhao Jue Lan, A liquid crystal window and its control method, Chinese Patent filed on 24 Nov 2015. Chinese Patent no. 201510824198.X. 6. Yong Li, Dan Luo, and Zhao Jue Lan, A liquid crystal window, Chinese Patent filed on 24 Nov 2015. Chinese Patent no. 201520941125.4, granted on Apr 20, 2016. 7. Yong Li, and Dan Luo, A reflective film and fabrication method, Chinese Patent filed on 30 Oct 2015. Chinese Patent no. 201510724913.2. Invited Regular Reviewers Advanced Optical Materials, Analytica Chimica Acta, Chemical Communications, Electroanalysis, Journal of Materials Chemistry A, Scientific Reports, Optics Letters, Optics Express, Optical Materials Express, Optics Communications, Optical Engineering, Photonic Research, Physics Letters A, Liquid Crystals, Journal of Nanomaterials, Journal of Micromechanics and Microengineering, Journal of Quantum Electronics, Journal of Laboratory Automation Invited Conference Presentation 1. High-reflective colorful films based on multi-layer cholesteric structures, invited, August 31, 2018, the 18th International Meeting on Information Display (IMID 2018), Busan, Korea. 2. Super-reflective liquid crystal films with self-assembly photonic crystal structures, invited, August 19, 2018, SPIE International Symposium on Optics & Photonics, San Diego, USA. 3. Liquid crystal polymer films with helical structures, invited, July 9, 2018, International Conference on Energy, Materials and Photonics (EMP18), Montreal, Canada. 4. Liquid crystals photonic devices with periodic structure, invited, January 29, 2018, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, USA. 5. High-reflective colorful films fabricated by all-solid multi-layer cholesteric structures, invited, Emerging Liquid Crystal Technologies XII, SPIE Photonics West 2018, February 01, 2018, San Francisco, USA. 6. Liquid crystals photonic devices with periodic structure, invited, January 08, 2018, Graduate School at Shenzhen, Tsinghua University, Shenzhen, China. 7. Fabrication of self-assemble photonic crystal with high-reflectivity film, invited, Progress In Electromagnetics Research Symposium 2017 in Singapore, November 19, 2017, Singapore. 8. Cholic acid optical sensor based on liquid crystal droplets, invited, Progress In Electromagnetics Research Symposium 2017 in St Petersburg, May 25, 2017, St Petersburg, Russia. 9. All-solid-state hyper-reflective cholesteric film, invited, May 07, 2017, The 6rd Symposium on Liquid Crystal Photonics, Tianjin, China. 10. All-solid-state hyper-reflective cholesteric film, invited, May 05, 2017, Tianjin University, Tianjin, China. 11. High-reflectivity templated cholesteric liquid crystal film, invited, The 2nd Young Scientist Forum in Liquid Crystals, April 08, 2017, Shanghai, China. 12. High-reflectivity templated cholesteric liquid crystal film, invited, International Conference on Display Technology 2017, February 19, 2017, Fuzhou, China. 13. Templated cholesteric liquid crystal film with photonic crystal structure, invited, The 8th International Conference on Metamaterials, Photonic Crystals and Plasmonics, July 26, 2017, Incheon, Korea. 14. All organic photonic quasicrystal and micro-cavity lasers based on liquid crystals/polymers, invited, Chinese Physics Society Fall Meeting, September 04, 2016, Beijng, China. 15. Band-gap and random lasers from cholesteric liquid crystal droplets, invited, International Conference on Energy, Materials & Photonics, July 10, 2016, Troyes, France. 16. Band-gap and random lasers from cholesteric liquid crystal droplets, invited, The 1st Young Scientist Forum in Liquid Crystals, June 26, 2016, Nanjing, China. 17. Three-dimensional micro-cavity based on self-assembly cholesteric liquid crystals and reactive mesogens, invited, Chinese Physics Society Fall Meeting, September 12, 2015, Changchun, China. 18. Lasing from photonic crystals and quasicrystals, invited, The 3rd Symposium on Liquid Crystal Photonics, April 19, 2014, Shanghai, China. 19. Finite Airy beam based on polymer-stabilized blue phase liquid crystal, invited, Progress In Electromagnetics Research Symposium 2014 in Guangzhou, August 27, 2014, Guangzhou, China. 20. Lasing from Penrose quasicrystal made by holographic polymer-dispersed liquid crystals, invited, SPIE/COS Photonics Asia, October 10, 2014, Beijing, China. 21. Lasing from Penrose quasicrystal made by holographic polymer-dispersed liquid crystals, invited, Shenzhen University, August 05, 2014, Shenzhen, China. 22. Liquid crystal based tunable photonic devices, invited, Otto Lehmann Award, November 18, 2011, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Germany. Conference Presentation 1. Full-color cholesteric liquid crystal re?ective films with narrow linewidth, Emerging Liquid Crystal Technologies XII, SPIE Photonic West 2017, February 01, 2017, San Francisco, USA. 2. All organic photonic quasicrystal laser, 2015 China Optical Society Academic Conference, August 15, 2015, Chengdu, China. 3. Polarization tunable circular Dammann grating generated from azo-dye doped nematic liquid crystals, Optical Components and Materials VIII, SPIE Photonic West 2011, January 26, 2011, San Francisco, USA. Conference Organization: · General Co-chair The 4th Asian Conference on Liquid Crystals (ACLC2019), January 17-18, 2019, Shenzhen, China. · Co-chair Liquid Crystals Session, Chinese Physics Society Fall Meeting, September 15-16, 2019, Dalian, China. · Session Chair Emerging Liquid Crystal Technologies XII, SPIE OPTO, SPIE Photonic West 2017, Jan.31 - Feb. 2 2017. · Co-chair 2017 Young Scientist Forum in Liquid Crystals, April 07-09, 2017, Shanghai, China. · Co-chair 2016 Young Scientist Forum in Liquid Crystals, June 25-26, 2016, Nanjing, China. · Technical Program Committee member Optoelectronics Global Conference, August 29-31, 2015, Shenzhen, China · Organization Committee member International Conference on Energy, Materials and Photonics 2015, July 4-5, 2015, Shenzhen, China · Organization Committee Chair, The 4th Symposium on Liquid Crystal Photonics, April 18-19, 2015, Shenzhen, China Honors · IEEE Photonics Society 2012 Graduate Student Fellowships. (1 of 10 recipients around the world). · 2012 SPIE Scholarship in Optics and Photonic. · Otto Lehmann Award 2011, Global Solo Winner, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Germany, 2011. · 2011 Chinese Government Award for Outstanding Self-Financed Students Abroad, Singapore. · Overseas High-Caliber Personnel (Peacock Program B), Shenzhen, 2013 · Outstanding Mentor Award of Southern University of Science and Technology, 2016 · Youth Research Award of Southern University of Science and Technology, 2017 · Outstanding Teaching Award of Southern University of Science and Technology, 2017 Activities · Advice Professor, SUSTC OSA Student Chapter, 2015-2018. · Secretary, OSA Shenzhen Section, 2014-2015.
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