Dr. Jiayan Liao is an early career researcher and an emerging leader in the field of photonics, nanomaterials, polymer-based surface engineering and analytical detection. She completed her Ph.D. program at IBMD at UTS under the supervisor of Prof. Dayong Jin in 2020. Then, based on her comprehensive research experience in nanomaterials, polymer-based surface engineering and analytical detection, she join the Hub and JRC project as a postdoc in 2020. She drove a project of the nanoprobes-assisted digital single-molecule assay and promoted a joint project between UTS and Alcolizer Technology Pty Ltd to develop a rapid POC testing strip cartridge for SARS-CoV2 detection (highly reported by 9News). Currently, she is working as a postdoctoral research associate at UTS. Since 2012, she has published over 50 peer-reviewed scientific articles, one book chapter, one patent in nanophotonics, optics, analytical detection, and biomedical engineering journals such as The Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters, Advanced Materials, Nano Letters, ACS Nano, Analytical chemistry, and Nature Photonics, et al.