Rate My Professor Jiajia Zhou

Zhou specializes in lanthanide nanophotonics, spectroscopic physics, luminescence nanothermometry, and rapid diagnostic technologies, developing non-linear optical nanoprobes for applications in super-resolution nanoscopy, anticounterfeiting, and point-of-care biomedical diagnostics, including next-generation COVID-19 tests. Her research has resulted in over 100 peer-reviewed publications in prestigious journals such as Nature, Nature Photonics, Nature Methods, and Nature Communications, attracting thousands of citations with an h-index of 35. Notable publications include 'Advances in highly doped upconversion nanoparticles' (2018, over 1200 citations), 'Amplified stimulated emission in upconversion nanoparticles for super-resolution nanoscopy' (2017, over 900 citations), and 'Advances and challenges for fluorescence nanothermometry' (2020). She has received major awards including the Pawsey Medal from the Australian Academy of Science (2024), Sturge Prize (2019), Finalist in the Australian Museum Eureka Prizes for Outstanding Early Career Researcher (2019), Emerging Leader in Science (2020), Mid-Career Research Award in the MAPS Awards (2021), and UTS Faculty of Science Supervisor of the Year (2024). Zhou serves as an associate editor for a journal, contributes to committees, and supervises PhD students, significantly impacting nanotechnology and photonics fields.