应原子分子科学研究部杨上峰教授的邀请，7月23日，美国Center for Advanced Photovoltaics, South Dakota State University的Prof. Qiquan Qiao前来实验室进行学术交流与访问，并为师生们做“Development of Cost Effective Solar Cells”的学术报告。
　　Dr. Qiquan Qiao, assistant professor in Electrical Engineering, obtained his B.E. from Hefei University of Technology, M.S. from Shanghai Institute of Optics and Fine Mechanics at Chinese Academy of Sciences, and Ph.D. from Virginia Commonwealth University. In 2006, he joined the group of Prof. John Reynolds at University of Florida as a Postdoctoral Researcher. Then in 2007, he joined faculty in the Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences at South Dakota State University (SDSU), where he established the Organic Electronics Laboratory. Current research focuses on dye-sensitized solar cells and polymer photovoltaic materials and devices. He received 2009 Bergmann Memorial Research Award from US-Israel Binational Science Foundation and 2010 Early Career (CAREER) Award from US National Science Foundation. He is also a recipient of Excellence in Research Award in the Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences at SDSU. During his graduate study, he received 2006 ASME Solar Energy Division Graduate Student Research Award and 2006 Chinese Government Award for Outstanding Students Aboard.