Person
Gu, Min (1960 - )
FAA FTSE
- 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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Published resources
Resources
- 'Min Gu - Citation at year of election, 2007', Fellows of the Academy, Australian Academy of Science, 2019, https://www.science.org.au/profile/min-gu. Details
- Ian Wark Medal and Lecture, Australian Academy of Science, 2022, https://www.science.org.au/supporting-science/awards-and-opportunities/ian-wark-medal-and-lecture. Details
See also
- Robson, Alexandra K.; Production Manager and Editor eds, Who's who in Australia 2019 (Southbank, Vic.: AAP Directories, 2018), 1788 pp. Details
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Created: 28 January 2020, Last modified: 15 June 2022