Xiao-Tao Hao is now working as a professor at School of Physics in Shandong University, China. He received his bachelor degree in physics in 1997 and PhD degree in condensed matter physics in 2002 at Shandong University. He was a research associate at the Institute of Materials Research and Engineering (IMRE), Singapore from 2002 to 2005. He then moved as a JSPS fellow to Chiba University, Japan. He joined School of Chemistry at The University of Melbourne in 2007 and returned to Shandong University in 2012.

His research interests include organic semiconductor physics and device physics, time resolved fluorescence spectroscopy/microscopy, and organic solar cells. He has more than 190 papers published in peer-reviewed journals and holds 6 patents. He has delivered more than 30 invited lectures on international conferences/workshops. He has received a number of awards, including JSPS Research Fellowship (2005), CSJ Distinguished Lectureship Award (2011), and the “National Young 1000 Talents ” (2011), Natural Science Award of Shandong Province, etc.

Xiao-Tao Hao is a Fellow of Institute of Physics (IOP, FInst), UK, a Fellow of Royal Society of Chemistry (FRSC), UK, a Chartered Member of Royal Australian Chemical Institute (RACI, MRACI CChem), and a Director Board Member of Shandong Physical Society. He serves as the Regional Vice President of the Thin Films Society. He also serves as the editorial member of Scientific Reports, 3D Research and Chinese Chemical Letters.