Dayong Jin is a Distinguished Professor at the University of Technology Sydney since 2017 and a Chair Professor at Southern University of Science and Technology since 2019. Professor Jin is the recipient of Australian Museum Eureka Prize 2015, 2017 Australian Academy of Science engineering science medal, and Australian Prime Minister Prize for Science – Physical Scientist of the Year 2017.
His research has been in the physical, engineering and interdisciplinary sciences. He is a technology developer with expertise covering optics, luminescent materials, sensing, automation devices, microscopy imaging, and analytical chemistry to enable rapid detection of cells and molecules and engineering of sensors and photonics devices.