Associate ProfessorJingliang Li

MY CAREER 

I received my PhD degree in Chemical Engineering from the National University of Singapore (NUS) in 2004, followed by postdoctoral research at the physics department of NUS focusing on the self-assembly of  molecular gelators.

At the end of 2006, I moved to Swinburne University of Technology where my research was about fabrication of microfludic devices for cell culture (supported by a CRC-Polymer project) and surface plasmonic nanoparticles for photothermal cancer therapy. 

From 2011, I have been working at the Institute for Frontier Materials of Deakin University, where my research foucuses on the self-assembly of silk fibroin for functional hydrogels, functional 2 D materials for energy and environmental applications and plastics upcycling. 

SUMMARY OF RESEARCH OUTPUT

I have published more than 180 articles (112 in the last ten years since 2016) with a majority in leading journals in the fields of materials science and physical chemistry. My publications have attracted about 9900 citations with an H index of 53 (by June 2026). 

I am editor of a book titled "Soft Fibrillar Materials: fabrication and applications" (published by Wiley-VCH, the book is available in Deakin Library). Many world leaders contributed book chapters, including Prof. Richard Weiss at Georgetown University and Prof. Younan Xia at Johns Hopkins University.

I contributed a key chapter to a book "Molecular Gels: Structure and Dynamics", by invitation from the book editor Prof. Richard Weiss, a global leader in soft condensed matter. The book was published by the Royal Society of Chemistry in 2018.

SUMMARY OF RESEARCH SUPPORT

Since joined Deakin, my research has been supported by an ARC Future Fellowship Project and two ARC Discovery Projects (both as lead Chief Investigator). (also submitted a full DP27 application as lead CI). I have also been co-Chief Investigator on an ARC Future Fibres Research Hub, an ARC Discovery Project and a Linkage Project, and two industry projects.

HIGHLIGHTS

i was awarded Future Fellowship by the Australian Research Council (ARC) in 2013, elected to Fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry (FRSC) in 2021 and appointed to the ARC's College of Expert in 2023 (active member 01/01/2024-31/12/2028).