RGC Senior Research Fellow Scheme

Biography

Chair Professor of Materials Physics and Devices at The Hong Kong Polytechnic University
Research focus on the functional thin-films and heterostructures, and luminescence for photonic and biomedical applications. Internationally known for outstanding and pioneering contributions to multifunctional smart phosphors and photonic devices
SRFS project — to couple ferroelectric and piezoelectric effects on the optical and optoelectronic process in broad classes of cutting-edge materials and devices, investigate physical properties in the material systems, and demonstrate device applications based on the coupling effects
Awards and Honours:
- RGC Senior Research Fellow (2021)
- Natural Science Award by the Ministry of Education (2020)
- TechConnect Global Innovation Award (2018)

Project Title

Coupling Ferroelectrics and Piezoelectrics to Optoelectronics: From Fundamentals and Materials to Device Applications

Award Citation

Prof. Jianhua HAO is a Chair Professor of Materials Physics and Devices in PolyU. His research focus is on the functional thin-films, two-dimensional layered materials and heterostructures, and luminescence and phosphors for photonic and biomedical applications. He is internationally known for outstanding and pioneering contributions to multifunctional smart phosphors and photonic devices. He has published more than 330 SCI papers and listed as ESI Most Cited Scientists in Materials Science, and World's Top 2% Scientists released by Stanford University. He is the first inventor of 6 US patents. His works are highlighted by media of Materials Views, Asia Research News, ACS Chemical & Engineering News, Science Daily, PhysOrg.com, and journals of Nature Materials, Nature Photonics. He serves as an Associate Editor of InfoMat (impact factor: 25.405) and Editorial Board Member of several international journals. He is Member of Executive Board in Asian Electroceramics Association and Vice-President of Physical Society of Hong Kong (2015-2017). He gave a number of Plenary/ Keynote/ Tutorial/ Invited Lectures in various international conferences.

SRFS project: to couple ferroelectric and piezoelectric effects on the optical and optoelectronic process in a variety of advanced materials and devices, to design and synthesize single-phase and composite based optoelectronic compounds, and investigate physical properties in the material systems, to demonstrate device applications based on the coupling effects.

Awards and Honours:

RGC Senior Research Fellow (2021)
Natural Science Award by the Ministry of Education (2020)
Chang Jiang Scholar Chair Professor by the Ministry of Education (2018)
TechConnect Global Innovation Award (2018)
Special Merit Award and Gold Medal with the Congratulations of Jury at the 45th International Exhibition of Inventions of Geneva (2017)
President’s Award in Research & Scholarly in PolyU (2017/2018)
Fellow of the Optical Society (OSA Fellow) (2020)
Fellow of Royal Society of Chemistry (FRSC) (2019)
Fellow of Institute of Physics (FInstP) (2019)