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DrQiran Cai

Research Fellow - DECRA

Faculty of Science Engineering and Built Environment/Institute for Frontier Materials

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  • Research Fellow - DECRA
    Faculty of Science Engineering and Built Environment/Institute for Frontier Materials
  • Geelong Waurn Ponds Campus, 75 Pigdons Road, Waurn Ponds, Victoria 3216

PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES

  • FELLOWSHIP
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    ARC DECRA Fellowship
    20 Feb 2023
  • FELLOWSHIP
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    Alfred Deakin Postdoctoral Research Fellowship
    1 Jan 2018 - 31 Dec 2019
  • AWARDS AND HONOURS
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    2025 Vice-Chancellor’s Mid-Career Researcher Award for Career Excellence, Deakin University
  • CAREER HIGHLIGHT
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    50 journal publications | >6,000 citations | H-index: 30 | FWCI: 3.96 | one edited book | nine book chapters
  • CAREER HIGHLIGHT
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    92% Q1 publications | 84% in top 10% journals | 40% first/corresponding author publications | 12 papers with >100 citations
  • CAREER HIGHLIGHT
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    Lead CI: ARC DECRA ($459K) | AEA Ignite ($499K) | Alfred Deakin Postdoc Fellowship
  • JOURNAL EDITORIAL ROLE
    Editorial Board Member of Scientific Reports
    1 Jan 2023
  • JOURNAL REVIEWING / REFEREEING
    Regular reviewer for more than 20 journals, including Nature Communications, Advanced Materials and Advanced Functional Materials
  • CONFIRMATION OF CANDIDATURE
    Confirmation of Candidature (CoC) Examiner for HDR Students, IFM
  • AWARDS AND HONOURS
    2025 Faculty of Science, Engineering and Built Environment Teaching Excellence Award, Deakin University
    This award is presented to Master of Biotechnology (MoB) Teaching Team consisting of Dr Ghazanfar Khan, Dr Motilal Mathesh Shanmugam, Prof Wenrong Yang, Dr Qiran Cai, Dr Na Kong, Dr Matthew McKenzie, David Gleadon, Amanda De Poali, Qambar Hassan and Lachlan Soulsby
  • AWARDS AND HONOURS
    2019 Vice-Chancellor’s Award for Outstanding Contribution to Industry and Employer Partnerships, Deakin University
    This award is presented to the team consisting of Prof Ying (Ian) Chen, Dr Baozhi Yu, Dr Qiran Cai, Dr Srikanth Mateti, and Dr Luhua Li.
  • PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITY
    External PhD Thesis Examiner for Australian and International Universities
    I have been invited to examine several HDR theses at Australian and international universities, including Tsinghua University and the University of Technology Sydney.