Haijiao Lu

Dr. Haijiao Lu obtained her dual bachelor's degrees in Science from Nankai University (China) and in Engineering from Tianjin University (China). Then she obtained PhD degree from Tianjin University (China). During her PhD study, she also worked as a visiting PhD student at University of Cambridge (UK). She worked as a postdoctoral research fellow at the Australian National University, and then at the University of Queensland with FAA, FTSE, Australian Research Council (ARC) Laureate Fellow Prof. Lianzhou Wang. She worked as an ARC Discovery Early Career Researcher Award (DECRA) Research Fellow from January 2023 to June 2026 and currently serves as a UQ Amplify Senior Research Fellow. She will take up a Senior Lecturer position and commence her ARC Future Fellowship (2027-2030) in the School of Chemical Engineering at The University of Queensland (UQ) in 2027. Her research is characterised by an interdisciplinary approach, at the intersection of materials science, catalysis, and chemical engineering.

Dr. Lu has secured over AU$3M in competitive funding as lead CI from a variety of competitive funding sources, such as ARC (DECRA, Discovery Project, Future Fellowship), the Department of Education (AEA Ignite), ANSTO, QUEX institute and UQ internal grants. Her research excellence has been recognised through multiple honours such as UQ Foundation Research Excellence Award (2026), Nanoscale Emerging Investigator (2025), UQ EAIT Early Career Research Leadership Award (2023), UQ EAIT Early Career Research Award (2022), and the UQ Award for Research Excellence in Energy Nanomaterials (2022).

She loves working with students. She is working as lecturer for CHEE3005 (Reaction Engineering) and ENGG1500 (Thermodynamics : Energy and the Environment). In the past years, she worked as the course coordinator for CHEE7340/CHEE7380/CHEE7381/CHEE7382 (Research Thesis/Project), and lecurer for CHEE4006/CHEE4007/CHEE4026/CHEE4027 (Research Thesis/Project), and ENGY7112/7114/7115/7215 (Professional Project).

She is proud of having supervising over 15 students for undergraduate/postgraduate Research Thesis/Project/Summer project since she joined UQ, and some of these students continued to work as PhD students under her supervision. From 2026, she commences her new role as the School of Chemical Engineering Summer Research Program Coordinator.