Current Research Interests and Capability

• Electromagnetic numerical modelling using conformal and dispersive FDTD methods
• Microwave metamaterials and their applications
• Antennas and Radio Propagation for Body-Centric Wireless Communications
• Millimeter wave and THz Antennas
• Photonic Antennas for Radio Fibre Technologies
• Applications of carbon nanotubes and graphene

Research Funding

Current studies are funded by EPSRC, TSB, Leverhulme Trust, Royal Society, and industries including BAE Systems, Office of Navel Research Global and DSTL etc.

Awards and Recognitions

• Royal Society Wolfson Research Merit Award (2013-2017)
• Shortlisted for the IET Harvey Research Prize
• Queen Mary Science and Engineering Faculty Distinguish Achievement Award for Research
• CRUCIBLE award, NESTA, National Endowment for Science, Technology and the Arts

Membership of Professional Bodies

• Editor in Chief, IEEE Antennas and Wireless Propagation Letters, USA
• Vice Chair of The Executive Team of Professional Network on Antenna and Propagations, IET, UK (2010-2013)
• Elected Fellow of the IET, UK
• Elected Fellow of IEEE, USA
• Member of EPSRC Reviewers College, UK
• Elected Fellow of the ERA Foundation, UK
• Member of EPSRC ICT Strategic Advisory Team, UK
  
• Associate Editor (2008-2013), IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation, USA
• Associate Editor (2008-2013), IEEE Antennas and Wireless Propagation Letters, USA
• Guest Editor (2009) for IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation, USA
• Member of the Virtual Institute for Artificial Electromagnetic Materials and Metamaterials, “Metamorphose VI AISBL”
• Board member of European School of Antennas, European Antenna Centre of Excellence
• Member of EU ASSIST Cost Action: Antenna Applications: Sensors and Systems

National and International Outstanding

Professor Hao has delivered many invited and keynote talks at conferences, IEEE chapters, governmental and industrial premises.

Professional Activities

Professor Hao has organised and chaired international conferences, workshops, short courses and special sessions.

Group Members

Currently the Group has over 20 Postdoc RAs and PhD students working on various projects.