Information updated Oct 2025
Principal Investigator
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DR QIAN PETER SU, B.Eng., PhD.
Dr QIAN (Peter) SU is an Emerging Leadership (EL1/EL2) Fellow of Australian National Health & Medical Research Council (NHMRC) and a Senior Lecturer at the University of Technology Sydney (UTS), Australia. He received PhD in Biophysics from Peking University, China with a joint training at Harvard University, US. His research program, named “Quantitative Imaging at Nanoscale with SUper-resolution (QIAN SU)”, bridges applied biomedical engineering with fundamental sciences and medical requests. It brings new insights to mechanistic questions addressed at the single-molecule level by advanced microscopy. |
PostDocs and Technical Support
HDR students (principle supervision)
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MS Angela PIERIDES, B.Sc.
PhD Student, co-supervised with Dr Jiaojiao LI (2024 - present) Project: PLATELET ACTIVATION USING TOTAL INTERNAL REFLECTION FLUORESCENCE (TIRF) MICROSCOPY AND IMAGEJ ANALYSIS |
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MS Jinghan (Coco) LIU, B.Sc.
PhD Student, co-supervised with Dr Jiaojiao LI, Prof Arnold JU and Dr Leo ZHANG (2023 - present) Project: The Modulation of Platelet-Derived Extracellular Vesicles (PEVs) on Megakaryocytes Maturation, Differentiation and Platelet-like-particles (PLPs) Production |
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MS Anna SZMALENBURG, B.Sc.
PhD Student, co-supervised with A/Prof Nic Surawski (Civil, FEIT, UTS) (2023 - present) Project: Rare-earth doped glasses for photonic materials and temperature sensing |
HDR students (co-supervision)
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MS Mengling ZHANG, B.Sc.
PhD Student, co-supervised with Prof Yujie SUN (Peking University) (2019 - present) Project: Interrogating the spatial regulation mechanism of activated dormant origins under replication stress |
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MS Mst Dinara AFROSE, B.Sc.
PhD Student, co-supervised with A/Prof Lana McClements (UTS) (2020 - 2024) Project: Targeting Oxidative stress with mesenchymal stem/stromal cells in preeclampsia |
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MS Ayesha SAEED, B.Sc.
PhD Student, co-supervised with Prof David ORTEGA (UTS) (2020 - 2025) |
Undergraduate Students
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MS Alissa TURNER, B.Eng.,
MR Nicolas SURMON, B.Eng., MS Antonia Chiara WORRALL, B.Eng., Engineering Capstone Project Students, University of Technology Sydney (UTS) (2025 - 2026) |
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MR Tony YAO, B.Eng.,
MS Ainav KHANNA, B.Eng., MS Ashley FINEGAN, B.Eng., MR Hugh ANDERSON, B.Eng. Engineering Capstone Project Students, University of Technology Sydney (UTS) (2025 - 2025) |
Visiting Scholar/Volunteer/Internship
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MR Hugh ANDERSON, B.Eng.,
Engineering Internship Student, University of Technology Sydney (UTS) (2025 - 2025) |
Alumni
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MS Oneli AMARASINGHEGE, B.Eng.
MS Pavani LIYANAGE, B.Eng. Internship Student, University of Technology Sydney (UTS) (2024-2025) |
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MR Alban SELLIER, B.Eng.
International Internship, Polytech Paris-Saclay , University of Paris-Saclay, Engineering School (2024-2025) Project: AI-assisted Imaging Segmentation and Tracking for human platelet https://github.com/QIAN-SU-Lab/Platelet-Segmentation-Annotation |
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MS Yuping Yolanda TAN, B.Eng.
Summer School Research Student Dean's list of excellence in academic performance 2024 (2023-2024) Project: Effects of PI3Kβ Inhibitor on Platelet Integrin Activation |
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MR Johnny YAP, B.Eng.,
MS Jacob SOLSKY, B.Eng., MS Elijah BRADES, B.Eng., Engineering Capstone Project Students, University of Technology Sydney (UTS) (2024 - 2025) |
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MR Kelphen LAM, B.Eng.,
MS Evie LI RAFFIN, B.Eng., MS Mengjiao WANG, B.Eng., Engineering Capstone Project Students, University of Technology Sydney (UTS) (2024 - 2024) |
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MS Sofia Miriam ALFOSON, B.Sc.
Master Student (by Research), co-supervised with A/Prof Louise Cole (MIF, UTS) (2022 - 2024) Project: Advanced Microscopy on Mitochondrial Dynamics during T Cell Activation |
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DR Lei DING, B.Eng., M.Eng., PhD.
Research Assistant, University of Technology Sydney (UTS) (2022 - 2023) Project: Self-assembly TTA to break oxygen quenching Project: Upconversion FL ratio thermometry |
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MR Praket KUMAR, B.Eng.,
MS Mst Farhana AKHTER, B.Eng., MS Khandakar Sumaiya ISLAM, B.Eng., Engineering Capstone Project Students, University of Technology Sydney (UTS) (2023 - 2024) |
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DR Tesfaye ASRAT, B.Sc.
PhD Student, co-supervised with Prof Dayong JIN, A/Prof Jiajia ZHOU, Prof Qiang FU (2020 - 2023) Project: Biofunctionalization of upconversion nanoparticles for intracellular labeling and imaging |
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MS Teresa TRAN, B.Eng.,
MS Juliette HARMS, B.Eng., MS Syuhaida MOHAMAD, B.Eng., MS Wen (Wendy) ZHENG, B.Eng., MR Xuanyuan (Will) HUANG, B.Eng., Engineering Capstone Project Students, University of Technology Sydney (UTS) (2023 - 2023) |
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MR Harrison MAY, B.Eng.,
MR Litian ZHANG, B.Eng., MR Yuanyang LIU, B.Eng., MR Yachao ZHU, B.Eng., Engineering Capstone Project Students, University of Technology Sydney (UTS) (2022-2023) |
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MS H. CAROLINE SONG, B.Eng.
Winter/Summer School Student Summer School Research Student Dean's list of excellence in academic performance 2019 (2020-2020) Project: Effects of PI3Kβ Inhibitor on Platelet Integrin Activation |
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MS Gemma Martinez Gacia, B.Sc.
Visiting Scholar Asturian Biomedical Research Institute (2019-2020) MS Khady LO, B.Eng. MR Harris Kolawolé GOUNOUKPEROU, B.Eng. International Internship, Polytech Paris-Saclay , University of Paris-Saclay, Engineering School (2023-2023) |
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DR XIANGJUN DI, B.Sc., MS., PhD.
Co-supervision with Prof Dayong JIN, A/Prof Jiajia ZHOU (2018-2022) Project: Functional Imaging of Mitochondrial Morphological and Thermal Dynamics Using UCNPs Project: Spatiotemporally mapping temperature dynamics of lysosomes and mitochondria using cascade organelle-targeting UCNPs Current Role: Postdoc at Yale University, US |
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DR DEJIANG WANG, B.Sc., MS., PhD.
Co-supervision with Prof Dayong JIN, Dr Martin Stewarts, Prof Peter GUNNING (2018-2022) Project: Cortical tension drug screen links mitotic spindle integrity to Rho pathway Current Role: Postdoc at Yale University, US |
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MS Nibitha NANDA KUMAR SHOBHA, B.Tech., M.Tech.
Principle-Supervisor, University of Technology Sydney (UTS) (2021-2022) Project: Exploring risk factors at molecular level for Thrombotic Disease |
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MR Jingze ZHI, B.Eng.,
MR Tegh BIR SINGH, B.Eng., MS Sai Pranitha PEDAGANDHAM, B.Eng., MS Gayathre ARULGNANASUNTHARAM, B.Eng., Capstone Project Students, University of Technology Sydney (UTS) (2022-2022) |
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MS Emily Conick, B.Eng.,
MR Yuekai (Jack) SUN, B.Eng., MS Wen (Wendy) ZHENG, B.Eng., MR Xuanyuan (Will) HUANG, B.Eng., Engineering Internship Students, University of Technology Sydney (UTS) (2021-2022) |
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MS Jinghan (Coco) LIU, B.Eng.,
MR Yuekai (Jack) SUN, B.Eng., MR Zachary FRANCIS, B.Eng., MS Angela PIERIDES, B.Eng., MR Luke KYRIAZIS, B.Eng. Capstone Project Students, University of Technology Sydney (UTS) (2021-2021) |
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MS FATEMA E ISMATI, B.Eng.
Capstone Project Student, University of Technology Sydney (UTS) (2020-2021) MS Devanshi MIRCHANDANI Working Experience Student, the Heart Research Institute (HRI) and Unviersity of Sydney (USYD) (2020-2020) |
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MS YUZHEN YI, B.Eng.
Capstone Project Student, University of Technology Sydney (UTS) (2019-2020) |
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MR HAOZHI WANG, B.Sc.
Master Student, Co-supervised with Prof Dayong JIN and Prof Qiangbin WANG (2019-2020) |
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DR LE (LEO) ZHANG, B.Sc. MS.
PhD Student, co-supervised with Prof Dayong JIN, Prof Antoine VAN OIJEN, Prof Liz HARRY and Dr YY Cheng (2017-2020) Current Postdoctoral Associate working in IBMD at UTS. https://scholar.google.com/citations?hl=en&user=iTNSLZAAAAAJ |
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DR CHAOHAO CHEN, B.Sc. MS.
PhD Student, co-supervised with Prof Dayong JIN, Dr Fan WANG and Dr Peter REECE (UNSW) (2017-2020) Research Associated working at UTS Postdoc reseacher working at ANU VC Postdoc Fellow working at UTS https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=G6QaD6MAAAAJ&hl=en |