Prof. Dan Luo (senior member, IEEE) graduated from the School of Precision Instruments and Optoelectronic Engineering at Tianjin University with a bachelor's and graduate degree in Electronic Science and Technology and Physical Electronics in 2004 and 2007. He received his Ph.D. degree in electronic engineering from Nanyang Technological University (NTU), Singapore, 2012. From 2012 to 2013, he was a research fellow in the School of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, NTU. He joined the Department of Electronic and Electrical Engineering of Southern University of Science and Technology as an Assistant Professor in 2013, and he was promoted to an Associate Professor in 2018 and a Full Professor in 2024. His research interests include liquid crystal optoelectronic devices, energy-saving smart windows, biochemical optical sensors, augmented reality displays, and liquid crystal elastomer actuators. He has published more than 140 papers in Science Advances, Light: Science & Applications, Science Bulletin, Advanced Optical Materials, ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, Journal of Materials Chemistry C, and Optics Express and so on. He has citation of more than 3900 times and H-index of 34. He has applied for 18 patents and has been authorized 8 patents.

Prof. Luo was the recipient of Otto Lehmann Award, Germany, 2011; Chinese Government Award for Outstanding Self-Financed Students Abroad, 2011; SPIE Scholarship in Optics and Photonics, 2012; IEEE Photonic Society Graduate Student Fellowships, 2012; Southern University of Science and Technology Excellent Mentor Award, 2016; Southern University of Science and Technology Young Research Award, 2017; Southern University of Science and Technology Excellent Teaching Award, 2017; and Shenzhen Advanced Educator, 2018. He was also the recipient of Talent of Peacock Program B, Shenzhen; and the "Outstanding Youth" project of the Guangdong Basic and Applied Basic Research Foundation in 2020. He was the PI of 13 projects from National Natural Science Foundation of China, Ministr

Education
Ph.D. Department of Electronic and Electrical Engineering, Nanyang Technological University 2012
B.A. College of Precision Instruments and Opto-Electronics Engineering, Tianjin University 2004

Working Experiences
2013 till Present Assistant Professor Department of Electronic and Electrical Engineering, Southern University of Science and Technology of China
Sep.2012-May 2013 Research Fellow Department of Electronic and Electrical Engineering, Nanyang Technological University
Sep.2011-Aug.2012 Project Officer Department of Electronic and Electrical Engineering, Nanyang Technological University

Research Introduction
Photoalignment photonic devices
Cholesteric/blue phase liquid crystal films
Electrically/optically controllable liquid crystal smart windows
Liquid crystal optical sensors
Liquid crystal lasers

Awards & Honors
2011 National Scholarship for Outstanding Self-Financed Oversea Students
2011 Otto Lehmann Award, Karlsruher Institut für Technologie, Germany (the only prize winner)

Papers
X. W. Xu, Z. Liu, Y. J. Liu, X. H. Zhang, Z. G. Zheng*, D. Luo*, X. W. Sun, “Electrically Switchable, Hyper-Reflective Blue Phase Liquid Crystals Films,” Adv. Opt. Mater. 1700891 (2017).
Y. Li, Y. J. Liu, and D. Luo*, “Optical thermal sensor based on cholesteric film refilled with mixture of toluene and ethanol,” Opt. Express 25(21) 26349-26355 (2017).
Y. Li, Y. J. Liu, H. T Dai, X. H. Zhang, D. Luo*, and X. W. Sun, “Flexible cholesteric film with super-reflectivity and high stability based on multi-layer helical structure,” Journal of Materials Chemistry C. 5, 10828-10833 (2017).
X. F. Niu, Y. B. Zhong, R. Chen, F. Wang, Y. J. Liu, D. Luo*, “A “turn-on” fluorescence sensor for Pb 2+ detection based on graphene quantum dots and gold nanoparticles,” Sensors and Actuators B (2017). DOI: 10.1016/j.snb.2017.08.167
Z. D. Liu, R. Chen, Y. J. Liu, X. H. Zhang, X. W. Sun, W. B. Huang*, D. Luo*, “Low-threshold, single-mode, and linearly polarized lasing from all organic quasicrystal microcavity,” Optics Express 25, 21519 (2017).
X. F. Niu, Y. B. Zhong, R. Chen, F. Wang, D. Luo*, “Highly sensitive and selective liquid crystal optical sensor for detection of ammonia,” Opt. Express 25(12), 13549 (2017).
Y. Shi, C. Zhao, J. Y. Ho, V. V. Vashchenko, A. K. Srivastava, V. G. Chigrinov, H. S. Kwok, F. Song, and D. Luo*, “Exotic Property of Azobenzenesulfonic Photoalignment Material Based on Relative Humidity,” Langmuir 33(16), 3968-3974 (2017).
D. Luo*, Y. Li, X. W. Xu, and Q. G. Du, “Lasing from organic quasicrystal fabricated by seven- and nine-beam interference,” Opt. Express 24, 12330-12335 (2016).
X. W. Xu, X. W. Zhang, D. Luo*, and H. T. Dai, “Low voltage polymer-stabilized blue phase liquid crystal reflective display by doping ferroelectric nanoparticles,” Opt. Express 23, 32267-32273 (2015).
D. Luo, Q. G. Du, H. T. Dai, H. V. Demir, H. Z. Yang, W. Ji, and X. W. Sun*, “Strongly linearly polarized low threshold lasing of all organic photonic quasicrystals,” Scientific Reports 2, 627 (2012).

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