Distinguished Visiting Professor

Professor Sean Li

Professor Sean Li

  • Professor, School of Materials Science & Engineering
  • Director of UNSW Materials and Manufacturing Futures Institute
  • University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia

Professor Sean Li is the director of UNSW Materials and Manufacturing Futures Institute at the University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia. He is leading the futures institute to transform the future of materials and manufacturing research from manipulation of atomic arrangements to device fabrication and high throughput industry scale manufacturing. He has invented several game-changing technologies that have already been licensed and used by industry.

As a leading academic, Professor Li has published his works in the prestigious journals of the field, including “Nature”, “Science”, “Nature Nanotechnology”, “Progress in Materials Science”, “Energy and Environmental Science” and “Advanced Materials” etc. Under his supervision, 82 postgraduate researchers including 42 Ph.D. and 40 M.Eng./Sci./Phil. students have successfully completed their degrees and embarked on remarkable global careers spanning Australia, USA, Japan, UK, Germany, France, Italy, Singapore and China. Professor Li’s laboratory is equipped with unique and world-class research facilities, and it is the most advanced laboratory of its type in Australia.


Last modified on 7 March, 2024