Academic Qualification
Ph.D. in Materials Engineering, Monash University
Master in Nano Science, Soochow University
Bachelor in Chemistry, Soochow University
Teaching Area
Optoelectronic Device Technology
Semiconductor Device Physics
Materials Science and Engineering
Research Area
Optoelectronics
Polariton nanophotonics
2D materials and devices
Photodetectors and sensors
Professional Services
Invited Reviewers for top journals such as Nature Reviews Physics, Nature Photonics
Working Experience
2022-present, Assistant Professor, Macao Institute of Materials Science and Engineering, Macau University of Science and Technology
2019-2022, Research Fellow & ARC DECRA Fellow, Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Monash University
Academic Publication (selected)
1. Guangwei Hu,† Qingdong Ou,† Guangyuan Si, Yingjie Wu, Jing Wu, Zhigao Dai, Alex Krasnok, Yarden Mazor, Qing Zhang, Qiaoliang Bao,* Cheng-Wei Qiu,* Andrea Alù,* Topological polaritons and photonic magic angles in twisted α-MoO3 bilayers. Nature 2020, 582, 209. (Top 10 Breakthrough of the Year 2020 in Physics World)
2. Chi Li,† Kaijian Xing,† Wenhao Zhai, Luca Sortino, Andreas Tittl, Igor Aharonovich, Michael S. Fuhrer, Kenji Watanabe, Takashi Taniguchi, Qingdong Ou,* Zhaogang Dong,* Stefan A. Maier,* Haoran Ren,* An on-chip programmable valley optoelectronic nanocircuit. Nature Photonics 2026, 20, DOI: 10.1038/s41566-026-01916-0.
3. Qingdong Ou,* Qiaoliang Bao,* Programmable phase switching and exfoliation. Nature Synthesis 2025, 4, 77.
4. Gang Zhong,† Lu Liu,† Wenqi Bi, Zongyuan Xie, Zhe Cui, Hao Yang, Jingda Wu, Qintao Sun, Ying Xiao, Qiaoxia Xing, Yingjie Wu, Tao Cheng, Hugen Yan, Bo Peng, Qiaoliang Bao, Chong Wang,* Zhigao Dai,* Qingdong Ou,* Low-temperature hyperbolic phonon polaritonics with suppressed phononic scattering. Science Advances 2026, 12, eaef2802.
5. Qing Zhang,† Qingdong Ou,*† Guangyuan Si, Guangwei Hu, Shaohua Dong, Yang Chen, Jincheng Ni, Chen Zhao, Michael S. Fuhrer, Yuanjie Yang, Andrea Alù,* Rainer Hillenbrand,* Cheng-Wei Qiu,* Unidirectionally excited phonon polaritons in high-symmetry orthorhombic crystals. Science Advances 2022, 8, eabn9774.
6. Jiangtao Lv†, Yingjie Wu*†, Jingying Liu†, Youning Gong, Guangyuan Si, Guangwei Hu, Qing Zhang, Yupeng Zhang, Jian-Xin Tang, Michael S. Fuhrer, Hongsheng Chen, Stefan A. Maier, Cheng-Wei Qiu*, Qingdong Ou*, Hyperbolic polaritonic crystals with configurable low-symmetry Bloch modes. Nature Communications 2023, 14, 3894.
7. Yingjie Wu,† Qingdong Ou,† Yuefeng Yin, Yun Li, Weiliang Ma, Wenzhi Yu, Guanyu Liu,* Xiaoqiang Cui, Xiaozhi Bao, Jiahua Duan, Gonzalo Álvarez-Pérez, Zhigao Dai, Babar Shabbir, Nikhil Medhekar, Xiangping Li, Chang-Ming Li,* Pablo Alonso-González, Qiaoliang Bao,* Chemical switching of low-loss phonon polaritons in α-MoO3 by hydrogen intercalation. Nature Communications 2020, 11, 2646.
8. Jiangtao Lv, Yuntian Yao, Ziming Guo, Mingming Chen, Qiongchan Gu, Yunzhu Fang, Yanan Zhang, Yong Zhao,* Qingdong Ou,* Bound States in the Continuum Metasurfaces for Biomolecular Detection: A Review of Advances and Applications. Advanced Materials 2026, 38.
9. Qingdong Ou,*† Shuwen Xue,† Weiliang Ma, Jiong Yang, Guangyuan Si, Lu Liu, Gang Zhong, Jingying Liu, Zongyuan Xie, Ying Xiao, Kourosh Kalantar-Zadeh, Peining Li, Zhigao Dai,* Huanyang Chen,* Qiaoliang Bao,* Natural van der Waals canalization lens for non-destructive nanoelectronic circuit imaging and inspection. Advanced Materials 2025, 37, 2504526.
10. Yingjie Wu,† Qingdong Ou,*† Shaohua Dong,† Guangwei Hu, Guangyuan Si, Zhigao Dai, Cheng‐Wei Qiu, Michael S. Fuhrer, Sudha Mokkapati,* Qiaoliang Bao,* Efficient and Tunable Reflection of Phonon Polaritons at Built‐In Intercalation Interfaces. Advanced Materials 2021, 33, 2008070.
11. Qingdong Ou,† Yupeng Zhang,*† Ziyu Wang, Jodie A Yuwono, Rongbin Wang, Zhigao Dai, Wei Li, Changxi Zheng, Zai‐Quan Xu, Xiang Qi, Steffen Duhm, Nikhil V. Medhekar, Han Zhang,* Qiaoliang Bao,* Strong Depletion in Hybrid Perovskite p-n Junctions Induced by Local Electronic Doping. Advanced Materials 2018, 30, 1705792.
12. Kaijian Xing,† Zherui Yang,† Weiyao Zhao, Yuefeng Yin, Huiping Han, Shanhu Wang, Shifan Wang, James Bullock, Alastair Stacey, James A. Belcourt, Sergey Rubanov, Hang Yin, David A. Broadway, Jean-Philippe Tetienne, Xinmao Yin, Liang Wu, Dong-Chen Qi,* Michael S. Fuhrer,* Qingdong Ou,* Xiao Renshaw Wang,* Efficient and Robust p-type Transistor based on Ultra-wide-bandgap Semiconductor. ACS Nano 2026, 20, 7343.
13. Jingying Liu†, Kaijian Xing†*, Lintao Li,†, Weiyao Zhao, Alastair Stacey, Islay Robertson, David A. Broadway, Jean-Philippe Tetienne, Dong-Chen Qi, Michael S. Fuhrer, Yufeng Hao*, Qingdong Ou*, One-step transfer of symmetric and asymmetric contacts for large-scale 2D electronics and optoelectronics. ACS Nano 2025, 19, 27919.
14. Kaijian Xing,*† Daniel McEwen,† Yuefeng Yin,† Weiyao Zhao, Abdulhakim Bake, David Cortie, Jingying Liu, Thi-Hai-Yen Vu, Yi-Hsun Chen, James Hone, Alastair Stacey, Mark T. Edmonds, Nikhil V. Medhekar, Kenji Watanabe, Takashi Taniguchi, Qingdong Ou,* Dong-Chen Qi,* and Michael S. Fuhrer,* Pick-and-place transfer of arbitrary-metal electrodes for van der Waals device fabrication. ACS Nano 2025, 19, 3579.
15. Yingjie Wu,* Jingying Liu, Wenzhi Yu, Tan Zhang, Haoran Mu, Guanyuan Si, Zhenyang Cui, Shenghuang Lin, Bin Zheng, Cheng-Wei Qiu,* Hongsheng Chen,* Qingdong Ou,* Monolithically structured van der Waals materials for volume-polariton refraction and focusing. ACS Nano 2024, 18, 17065.
Research Grants
2026.04-2029.04 Plasmon modulation in transition metal dichalcogenides for infrared detection (FDCT)
2025.01-2027.12 Polariton photonic crystals with twisted bilayer van der Waals materials (NSFC)
2025.01-2027.12 Polariton-modulated twisted MoO3 photonic crystals (GDST)
2023.11-2026.11 Research on polaritons and their applications based on transformation optics (FDCT-NSFC)
2023.05-2026.05 Manipulating phonon polaritons in vdW materials for MIR photodetection (FDCT)
2023.09-2025.09 Fabrication and key technologies of flexible photovoltaic devices (FDCT-GDST)
Professional Certification and Awards
Nominee of the Australia Prime Minister’s Prizes for Science—Malcolm McIntosh Prize for Physical Scientist of the Year in 2022.
Vice-Chancellor's Awards for Research Excellence, Monash University in 2022.
Australian Research Council Discovery Early Career Researcher Award in 2021.
Chinese Government Award for Outstanding Self-financed Students Abroad in 2019.
Science and Technology Award of Jiangsu Province (First Class Prize) in 2018.
Natural Science Award of Ministry of Education of China (Second Class Prize) in 2017.
Professional Society Membership
Member, Australian Materials Research Society
