Prof. Dan Li is a full professor in Monash University. He received his PhD degree in Materials Physics and Chemistry from University of Electronic Science and Technology of China in 1999. After several years as a Research Fellow at Nanjing University of Science and Technology, University of Washington, University of California Los Angles, and University of Wollongong, he joined Monash University as an associate professor in 2008.
His current research interests are centered on synthesis and properties of graphene-based soft materials and their applications in energy storage and conversion, nanofluidics, bionics and environmental protection.
He received the ARC Queen Elizabeth II Fellowship in 2006, the Scopus Young Researcher of the Year Award (Engineering and Technology) in 2010, ARC Future Fellowship in 2011, Dean’s Award for Excellence in Research in 2012 and Thomson Reuters’ Highly Cited Researchers in 2014.