Prof Greg Qiao

Professor Greg Qiao received his B.En in Donghua University in 1982 and Ph.D. at the University of Queensland in 1996. He joined the University of Melbourne in 1996 and became a full Professor in 2009. He was an Australian Research Council (ARC)'s Future Fellow (2012-2015) and is a Fellow of Royal Australia Chemical Institute (RACI) and Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC), London. Prof Qiao was the Chair of Polymer Division of the RACI (2015-2016) and a member of ARC College of Experts (2016-2018). Prof Qiao received RACI Applied Research Award in 2017, ExxonMobil Award in 2015, RACI's Polymer Division Citations in 2011 and 2019 as well as the Freehills Award in 2010. He has published more than 300 journal papers and a co-inventor of more than 20 patents. His key research interests are in new polymer synthesis, polymeric drug and drug delivery, biopolymers, and polymers for soft tissue engineering.