Prof Jianhua HAO Chair Professor of Materials Physics and Devices

Location CD627
Phone +852 2766 4098
mail jh.hao@polyu.edu.hk
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Biography Jianhua Hao received his BSc, MSc and PhD at Huazhong University of Science and Technology (HUST), China. After working at HUST, Penn State University, USA, University of Guelph, Canada and the University of Hong Kong, Jianhua Hao joined the faculty in the Hong Kong Polytechnic University in 2006. He is currently a Chair Professor of Materials Physics and Devices in Department of Applied Physics. Jianhua Hao has published more than 300 SCI papers, including the recently published high-impact journal papers as corresponding author in?Nature Materials, Nature Commun., Adv. Mater., JACS, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., Chem. Soc. Rev., Adv. Energy Mater., Nano Energy, ACS Nano, Adv. Funct. Mater., and Nano Lett..?He is the first inventor of 6 US patents.?He serves as an Associate Editor of?InfoMat?(Wiley, IF: 25.405)?and Editorial Board Member of several international journals, including?Scientific Reports?（NPG）and?Advanced Optical Materials?(Wiley). He is Member of Executive?Board in Asian Electroceramics Association (AECA) and former Vice-President of Physical Society of Hong Kong (2015-2017). He has been General Chair/Lead Organizer/Symposium Chair/Organizing Committee Member for various international conferences. He was also invited to give a number of Plenary/Keynote/Tutorial/Invited Lectures in various international conferences. He serves reviewers for many journals such as?Science,?Nature Nanotech., Nature Reviews Materials, Nature Commun., Adv. Mater., JACS, Chem. Rev., Chem. Soc. Rev., Nano Energy., etc.. Prof. Hao is conferred as RGC Senior Research Fellow. He is selected as Chang Jiang Scholar Chair Professor by the Ministry of Education. He is elected as Fellow of the Optical Society (OSA Fellow), Fellow of Royal Society of Chemistry (FRSC), and Fellow of Institute of Physics (FInstP).




Education and Academic Qualifications Doctor of Philosophy, Huazhong University of Science and Technology
Master of Philosophy, Huazhong University of Science and Technology
Bachelor of Science, Huazhong University of Science and Technology




Professional Qualifications Fellow of the Optical Society
Fellow of the Institute of Physics
Fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry




Teaching Area Growth, Physics and Applications of Metal-oxide Thin Films

Luminescence and Phosphors for Photonic and Biomedical Applications

Optoelectronic Materials and Devices