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Sun Xiao-Wei

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1. Personal Information



Full Name: Xiao-Wei Sun 

Affiliation: Chair Professor, Southern University of Science and Technology (SUSTech), Shenzhen, China. 

Current Roles:

  • Executive Dean, Institute of Nanoscience and Applications, SUSTech 

  • Chair Professor, Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, SUSTech 

  • Director, Key Laboratory of Energy Conversion and Storage Technology (Ministry of Education) 

  • Director, Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Quantum Dot Advanced Display and Lighting 



2. Education


  • B.Sc. in Optoelectronics, Tianjin University, China (1986–1990) 

  • M.Sc. in Optical Instruments, Tianjin University, China (1990–1992) 

  • Ph.D. in Optical Instruments, Tianjin University, China (1992–1994) 

  • Ph.D. in Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST), China (1994–1998) 



3. Professional Experience


  • Assistant Professor, School of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Nanyang Technological University (NTU), Singapore (1998–2005) 

  • Associate Professor (Tenured), NTU (2005–2011) 

  • Full Professor, NTU (2011–2015) 

  • Head / Chair Professor, Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, SUSTech (2013–2020) 

  • Acting Director, Technology Transfer Center, SUSTech (2020–2021) 

  • Executive Dean & Chair Professor, Institute of Nanoscience and Applications, SUSTech (2022–Present) 



4. Research Interests



Sun’s research focuses on advanced topics in materials and optoelectronics, including:

  • Wide-bandgap semiconductor materials and devices 

  • High-quality quantum dot displays and lighting technologies 

  • Expansion-reality display systems and glasses-free 3D displays 

  • Nano-materials and nano-optoelectronics 

  • Electrophoretic deposition and quantum dot patterning methods 



5. Honors & Professional Recognition



Sun has received numerous prestigious recognitions, including:

  • Fellow, IEEE (2025) 

  • SPIE DCS Fumio Okano Best 3D Paper Prize (2024) 

  • SID Slottow-Owaki Prize (2023) 

  • Honorary Doctorate, Belarusian State University of Informatics and Radioelectronics (2021) 

  • Fellow, Optica (formerly OSA) (2016) 

  • Academician, Asia-Pacific Academy of Materials Sciences (2013) 

  • Fellow of SPIE, SID, and Institute of Physics (IoP) 

  • IEEE Distinguished Lecturer (2018) 

  • Multiple provincial and national science and technology awards, including Shenzhen/Guangdong Natural Science prizes 



6. Scholarly Output



Professor Sun has published 700+ research articles in leading international journals and conferences across optics, materials science, and electronic engineering. His work has been cited 40,000+ times with an H-index above 100 (Google Scholar). 

Selected key publications include contributions to advanced light-emitting materials, high-resolution quantum dot arrays, and novel optoelectronic device physics. 


7. Patents & Practical Innovations



Sun holds multiple patents relating to quantum dot-based display technologies and advanced optoelectronic methods, evidencing strong contributions to both basic science and industrial application.