Arthur is currently a PhD student in Electrical Engineering at University of Melbourne, advised by Prof. Christina Lim, Prof. Ampalavanapillai Nirmalathas and A/Prof. Jame Bullock. He holds a Bachelor of Engineering (Research and Development) with First Class Honours from the Australian National University (ANU). His research interests are AI-native optical communication and optoelectronic/ photonic devices for AI and 5G infrastructure. He is also an active secondary market investor with enthusiasm for the financial markets.

Feel free to contact via email: arthurzhao@student.unimelb.edu.au.

News

Dec 25: One paper accepted for OFC 2026 at Los Angeles.

Jul 25: I have officially enrolled and started my PhD journey at University of Melbourne.

Apr 25: I have received the Master program offers from Cornell University (ECE), Rice University (MSNE with fellowship), and University of Michigan (ECE) for Fall 2025!

Feb 25: I have received the PhD offer with full scholarship from University of Melbourne, commencing in S2 2025.

Research Experiences

Nano-Electro-Mechanical System (NEMS) Lab, ANU

[1] Design, simulation and fabrication of qBIC metasurface in telecom-band

[2] Fabrication of 2D heterostructures with precise twist angle alignment

Department of Material Science and Engineering, Monash University

[3] Correlative in-situ EBSD and DIC dataset with explainable machine learning for mechanical stability analysis of iron alloy

• Granted Monash Summer Research Scholarship

ANU-Optus Bushfire Research Centre of Excellence

[4] Bushfire detection using environmental monitoring sensing and deep anomaly detection approach.

• Accepted by ANU Student Research Conference and selected for poster highlight and oral presentation. [Certificate]

[5] Transferring bushfire gas wireless sensor networks (WSN) systems to volcano monitoring

Honors & Awards

• Australian Government Research Training Program Scholarship (RTP), University of Melbourne, starting from 07/2025
• Monash Summer Vacation Research Scholarship, Monash University, 11/2024
• HEX Singapore Summer Program Scholarship, ANU School of Computing, 09/2023

Educations

• Bachelor of Engineering (Research and Development) (Honours), Australian National Univerisity, Canberra, Australia, 02/2022 - 06/2025,

  Major: Electronic and Communication Systems

  Minor: Computer Science

  WAM: 83 (H1, First Class Honours)

  GPA: US Equivalent (WES/Scholaro): 3.97/4

  Highlight: Academic Highlights: Electronic Systems and Design (98), Signals and Systems (96), Information Theory (96), Introduction to Electronics/ Mechanics (Both 95), Digital Communication/ Mathematics 2 (94), Mechanical System (91), Digital Systems& Microprocesscors (88), Computer Systems & Organisation (87), Wireless Communication (86),

Teaching & Services

• 07/2023 - 06/2025, Academic Tutor, School of Engineering, Australian National Univerisity, Canberra, Australia.

  Academic tutor for 3 consecutive years:

  ENGN2218: Electronic Systems and Design (2024, 2025)

  ENGN1217: Introduction to Mechanics (2023)

• Get fully trained for TA position through ANU EXPLORING LEARNING AND TEACHING program. [Certificate]
• Course Representative for 12 courses across all semesters.
• Mentor of official SET4ANU program.
• Career Director of Australia-China Youth Association (ACYA), ANU for 2025

Experiences

• 02/2024 - 07/2025, Undergraduate Research Student, NEMS Lab, Australian National Univerisity, Canberra, Australia.

  Advisor: Prof. Yuerui Lu

• 11/2024 - 02/2025, Summer Research Student, Faculty of Engineering, Monash University, Melbourne, Australia.

  Advisor: Dr. Yuxiang Wu and Prof. Michael Preuss

• 06/2024 - 07/2024, Study Australia Industry Experience Program, Australian Government, Remote. [Certificate]

• 11/2023 - 02/2024, Network Department Internship, China Mobile Group Jiangsu Co. LTD Nanjing Branch, Nanjing, China.

  Experience accredited by ANU Engineering degree Practical Experience requirement.

• 02/2023 - 11/2023, Undergraduate Research Student, ANU-Optus Bushfire Research Centre of Excellence, Australian National Univerisity, Canberra, Australia.

  Advisor: A/Prof. Xiangyun Zhou and Prof. Salman Durrani

• 05/2023 - 07/2023, Summer Workshop, School of Computing, National University of Singapore, Singapore [Certificate]

  Track: Deep learning and robotics