Dr Qiang Wu

Associate Professor

School: Engineering, Physics and Mathematics

Dr. Qiang Wu is an Associate Professor at the School of Engineering, Physics & Mathematics, Northumbria University at Newcastle. Before joining Northumbria University, he was a Stokes Lecturer with the Photonics Research Centre, Dublin Institute of Technology, Ireland.
He was a Senior Research Associate with the Optoelectronics Research Centre, City University of Hong Kong, from 2004 to 2006, where he was involved in research on polymer optical waveguides. He was a Research Associate with the Applied Optics and Photonics Group, Heriot-Watt University, from 2006 to 2008, where he was involved in research on laser joining in micromanufacturing. He is an Editorial Board member of Scientific Reports and Topical Editor of IEEE Sensors Journal.
His current research interest lies in Photonics sensing including optical fibre interferometers for sensing applications in environmental monitoring and biomarkers' detection; hetero-core fibre structures for novel fibre optical couplers and sensors; microsphere, nanofibres, visible light communication and its application for sensing, and surface plasmon resonant for highly integrated nanophotonics devices and their applications for biosensing. He has authored or co-authored more than 300 articles in academic journals and international conferences and holds three patents. He has been highlighted and interviewed by the journal Electronics Letters with the objective of understanding the background and rationale for his research on singlemode-multimode-singlemode fibre structures. Since 2019, his research has been recognized as among the Top 2% of scientists worldwide (Stanford University & Elsevier).

Campus Address

Room E409
Ellison Building
Northumberland Road
NE1 8ST

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Key Publications

Please visit the Pure Research Information Portal for further information
A fiber optic temperature sensor based on parallel dual Fabry-Pérot interferometers with Vernier-effect, Wang, X., Zhang, Y., Long, R., Cheng, T., Fu, Y., Wu, Q., Su, L., Liu, Q. 23 Mar 2026, In: Optics Express
A Label-Free Microfiber Biosensor for Auxiliary Diagnosis of Pre-Eclampsia, Li, Z., Zeng, D., Li, Y., Huang, Y., Zhou, Y., Quan, H., Xie, Y., Chen, P., Xie, R., Rao, L., Sang, X., Farrell, G., Yuan, J., Sun, G., Wu, Q. 23 Jan 2026, In: ACS Sensors
An ultrasensitive microfiber biosensor for fast detection of alpha-fetoprotein in human serum samples, Zhang, J., Tian, Z., Yao, Y., Li, Z., Li, H., Qiu, S., Rao, L., Yan, B., Wang, K., Sang, X., Xi, J., Pu, S., Wu, Q., Yuan, J. 28 Feb 2026, In: Talanta
A U-shaped microfiber ring laser sensor for ultrasensitive detection of Ni2+ ions, Qiu, S., Chang, B., Chai, L., Nie, W., Zu, L., Liu, Y., Han, Y., Wang, W., Fu, X., Yuan, J., Wu, Q. 1 Jan 2026, In: Talanta
High finesse membrane-free plano-concave optical detector for photoacoustic sensing, Peng, J., Xu, W., Jiang, Y., Song, X., Chen, H., Wu, Q., Zhang, J., Lu, P. 23 Mar 2026, In: Optics Express
High-performance Wearable Respiratory Sensor Based on Graphene-Oxide-Functionalized Fiber Tip, Huang, S., Pu, S., Ji, Y., Zhang, C., Liu, W., Xu, T., Han, S., Shi, L., Wu, Q., Lahoubi, M. 1 Jan 2026, In: Sensors and Actuators B: Chemical
Human complex joint motion recognition based on plastic optical fiber wearable system, Chen, Z., Wang, S., Yang, H., Wu, Q., He, Z., Chen, M., Liu, J., Hu, Y., Zhang, Y., Fu, Y., Liu, B. 1 Jan 2026, In: Sensors and Actuators A: Physical
MXene/MWCNT/PDMS flexible piezoresistive sensor with biomimetic microstructures for high-sensitivity motion detection, Zou, C., Lou, X., Zhang, Y., Xie, J., Wu, Q., Liu, J., Yang, H., Hu, Y., Fu, Y., Liu, B. 26 Feb 2026, In: Sensors and Actuators A: Physical
Ni²⁺-Imprinted Chitosan Coated STMS Microfiber Sensor for High-Sensitivity Detection of Ni²⁺ Ions, Chang, B., Nie, W., Zuo, Z., Qiu, S., Zu, L., Liu, Y., Han, Y., Wang, W., Fu, X., Yuan, J., Wu, Q. 15 Jan 2026, In: IEEE Sensors Journal
Two-dimensional Force Sensing Whisker Based on a WGM Microbubble Resonator, Shen, Y., Wang, Z., R, A., Wang, Z., Jibon, R., Rout, A., Cai, B., Wu, Q., Semenova, Y. 1 Apr 2026, In: Journal of Lightwave Technology

PGR Supervision

Qingmin Liu Start Date: 01/11/2025
Julián Solís Torrejón Utilizing flexible and moveable solar cells as optical wireless sensors to provide indoor asset tracking within a synchronized PoE backbone network Start Date: 01/05/2025 End Date: 17/10/2025
Raul Enrique Zamorano-Illanes Design and development of optical sensors for WSN Start Date: 20/06/2025 End Date: 17/10/2025
Julián Solís Torrejón Utilizing flexible and moveable solar cells as optical wireless sensors to provide indoor asset tracking within a synchronized PoE backbone network Start Date: 01/05/2025
Yiming Shen Start Date: 01/09/2025 End Date: 17/10/2025
Raul Enrique Zamorano-Illanes Design and development of optical sensors for WSN Start Date: 20/06/2025
Adeel Faruq Skin Patch Based Optical Microfibre Interferometer Biosensor Start Date: 01/10/2023
Yiming Shen Start Date: 01/09/2025
Atiya Fatima Usmani Start Date: 01/11/2025
Haili Ma Molecular imprinting polymers based novel optical fibre biochemical sensor Start Date: 01/10/2023
Adeel Faruq Skin Patch Based Optical Microfibre Interferometer Biosensor Start Date: 01/10/2023 End Date: 17/10/2025
Haili Ma Molecular imprinting polymers based novel optical fibre biochemical sensor Start Date: 01/10/2023 End Date: 17/10/2025