Person

Gu, Min (1960 - )

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Born
18 July 1960
Shanghai, China
Occupation
Physicist and University Administrator

Summary

Min Gu is a physicist noted internationally as a pioneer in the field of three-dimensional optical imaging technology. His work in 3D photonic crystals revealed new physical phenomena that underpin all-optical information technology. Gu's discoveries have application in optical data storage and in the in vitro study of the origins of cancer. He has held senior positions in Australian universities including Professor of Optoelectronics and Director of the Centre for Micro-Photonics at Swinburne University of Technology and Associate Deputy Vice-Chancellor for Research and Innovation at RMIT University.

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Chronology

1985
Career position - Visiting Fellow, International Centre for Theoretical Physics, Italy
1985 - 1988
Career position - Member, Optical Society of China
1985 - 1988
Career position - Member, Shanghai Laser Society of China
1986 - 1988
Career position - Research Associate, Shanghai Institute of Optics and Fine Mechanics
1988
Career position - Gordon-Godfrey Visiting Research Scholar in Physics, University of New South Wales
1989 - 1990
Career position - Postdoctoral Research Associate, School of Surveying, University of New South Wales
1990 - 1991
Career position - Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Physical Optics, University of Sydney
1992 - 1995
Award - ARC Research Fellow, Department of Physical Optics, University of Sydney
1992 - 1999
Career position - Member, Australian Institute of Physics
1995 - 1997
Career position - Lecturer, Department of Applied Physics, Victoria University of Technology
1997 - 1998
Career position - Senior Lecturer, Department of Applied Physics, Victoria University of Technology
1998 -
Career position - Member, Editorial Board, International Journal of Scanning Microscopes
1998 - 2004
Career position - Member, Optical Society of America
1999
Career position - Associate Professor, Department of Applied Physics, Victoria University of Technology
1999
Career position - Professor, School of Communications and Informatics, Victoria University of Technology
2000 -
Career position - Vice-Chair, Victorian Branch, Australian Institute of Physics
2000 - 2015
Career position - Professor of Optoelectronics and Director, Centre for Micro-Photonics, Swinburne University of Technology
2002
Award - Swinburne University Research Excellence Award
2002 - 2004
Career position - President, International Society of Optics within Life Sciences
2003 -
Career position - Node Director, ARC Centre of Excellence for Ultrahigh Bandwidth Devices for Optical Systems (CUDOS)
2003 -
Award - Fellow, International Society of Optical Engineering
2004 -
Award - Fellow, Optical Society of America
2004 - 2012
Career position - Vice-President, International Society of Optics within Life Sciences
2005 -
Career position - Node leader, CRC for Polymers
2005 - 2011
Career position - Vice-President, International Commission for Optics
2006
Award - Fellow, Australian Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering (FTSE)
2007 -
Award - Fellow, Australian Academy of Science (FAA)
2007
Career position - Chang Jiang Chair Professorship, Ministry for Education, China
2009
Award - Vice-Chancellor's Award, Swinburne University of Technology
2009
Award - Thousand Talents Award, Ministry for Education, China
2009 - 2015
Career position - Pro Vice-Chancellor (Research Capacity), Swinburne University of Technology
2009 - 2015
Career position - Director, Centre of Micro-Photonics, Swinburne University of Technology
2010 -
Award - ARC Laureate Fellow, Swinburne University of Technology
2010 -
Career position - Founder and Director, Victoria - Suntech Advanced Solar Facility
2010
Award - Einstein Professorship Award, Chinese Academy of Sciences
2011
Award - W. H. (Beattie) Steel Medal, Australian Optical Society
2014 -
Award - Fellow, Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers, United Kingdom
2014
Award - Ian Wark Medal and Lecturer, Australian Academy of Science
2015
Award - Walter Boas Medal, Australian Institute of Physics
2015 - 2019
Career position - Associate Deputy Vice-Chancellor for Research and Innovation, RMIT University
2016
Award - Victoria Prize for Physical Sciences
2017 -
Award - Foreign Member, Chinese Academy of Engineering
2019 -
Career position - Executive Chancellor, University of Shanghai for Science and Technology, China
2019 -
Career position - Distinguished Professor for Future Optics, School of Optical-Electrical Computer Engineering, University of Shanghai for Science and Technology, China
2019
Award - Dennis Gabor Award in Diffractive Optics, International Society for Optics and Photonics
2022
Award - Optica Emmett N. Leith Medal

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