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
Air-coupled micro-disk resonator for robust reproducible sensing of trace phosphate ions in the tap water and biological samples, Li, H., Liu, B., Liu, J., Li, Z., Gao, Y., Ma, H., Pu, S., Rao, L., Zhou, X., Yuan, J., Farrell, G., Wu, Q. 7 May 2026, In: Sensors and Actuators B: Chemical
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
A molecularly imprinted micro-nano fiber optic sensing platform for ultrasensitive detection of perfluorooctane sulfonate, Luo, D., Liu, J., Chen, Q., Liu, B., Hu, Y., Yang, H., Zhang, Y., Wu, Q. 3 Jun 2026, In: Sensors and Actuators B: Chemical
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. 1 Aug 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
Combination of off-axis integrated cavity absorption spectroscopy with a neural network model for precise multi-component gas detection, Song, D., Wu, T., Zhang, K., Shen, L., Wu, Q., Chen, W., Ye, C., He, X. 1 Jun 2026, In: Sensors and Actuators B: Chemical
Dual-parameter simultaneous measurement sensor based on antiresonance mechanism, Chen, L., Wang, M., Zhang, L., Tian, Z., Zhang, F., Wu, Q. 1 May 2026, In: Optical Fiber Technology
Envelope-Free Optical Vernier Method: Enabling Simultaneous Optimization of Sensitivity and Detection Limit for Fiber Interferometric Sensors, Shi, C., Ma, H., Pang, Q., Shi, Q., Tang, W., Zhang, J., Zhang, L., Tian, Z., Wang, M., Yao, Y., Wu, Q. 1 Sep 2026, In: Journal of Lightwave Technology
Fiber-optic SPR sensor based on molecularly imprinted polymers for detection of perfluorooctane sulfonate in water, Wu, H., Liu, B., Hu, Y., Liu, J., Yang, H., Fu, Y., Zhang, Y., Wu, T., Tao, R., Qiu, S., Yuan, J., Wu, Q. 1 Sep 2026, In: Chemical Engineering Journal

PGR Supervision

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
Yiming Shen Start Date: 01/09/2025 End Date: 17/10/2025
Adeel Faruq Skin Patch Based Optical Microfibre Interferometer Biosensor Start Date: 01/10/2023
Haili Ma Molecular imprinting polymers based novel optical fibre biochemical sensor Start Date: 01/10/2023
Yiming Shen Start Date: 01/09/2025 End Date: 22/05/2026
Atiya Fatima Usmani Start Date: 01/11/2025 End Date: 15/05/2026
Qingmin Liu Start Date: 01/11/2025
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
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
Raul Enrique Zamorano-Illanes Design and development of optical sensors for WSN Start Date: 20/06/2025