Haoran Ren

Haoran Ren is a DECRA Fellow and Research Fellow at the School of Physics and Astronomy, Monash University, leading the Structured Nanophotonics Group. His research focuses on nanophotonics, exploring light-matter interactions at the nanoscale, with applications in structured light, metasurfaces, and quantum photonics. Ren holds a PhD in Optics from Swinburne University of Technology (2017).

• External roles include Secretary of the Australia and New Zealand Optical Society (2025-2026), Chair of Optica's Photonic Metamaterials Technical Group (2024-2026), and Honorary Research Fellow at Macquarie University.
• Research emphasizes optical physics and applications in areas like integrated photonics, holographic displays, and fiber optics.

Key awards include the Humboldt Research Fellowship (2019), Macquarie University Research Fellowship (2020), and the Geoff Opat Early Career Prize (2022). He has secured grants for projects such as 'All-on-chip twisted light modulator' and '3D metafibre optics for advanced imaging.'

His work contributes to UN Sustainable Development Goals, particularly in advancing optical technologies for societal impact.