Dan Luo（罗丹）

Prof. Dan Luo (senior member, IEEE) received his Ph.D. degree in electronic engineering from Nanyang Technological University (NTU), Singapore, 2012. From 2012 to 2013, he was a research fellow in the School of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, NTU. Prof. Luo is currently an Associate Professor in Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering in Southern University of Science and Technology (SUSTech). His research interests include liquid crystal photonic devices, liquid crystal optical sensor, and photo-responsive liquid crystal polymer actuator. He has published more than 140 papers in Science Advances, Light: Science & Applications, Science Bulletin, Advanced Optical Materials, ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, Journal of Materials Chemistry C, and Optics Express and so on. He has citation of more than 2400 times and H-index of 26.

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; IEEE Photonic Society Graduate Student Fellowships, 2012; Southern University of Science and Technology Excellent Mentor Award, 2016; Southern University of Science and Technology Young Research Award, 2017; Southern University of Science and Technology Excellent Teaching Award, 2017; and Shenzhen Advanced Educator, 2018. He was also the recipient of Talent of Peacock Program B, Shenzhen; and the "Outstanding Youth" project of the Guangdong Basic and Applied Basic Research Foundation in 2020. He was the PI of 12 projects from National Natural Science Foundation of China, Ministry of Education, Guangdong Basic and Applied Basic Research Foundation, 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 Commission. He is currently serving as a member of the 8th Committee of the Liquid Crystal Branch of the Chinese Physical Society, and also serving as a youth editorial board member of the "Chinese Journal of Liquid Crystals and Displays".