Distinguished Professor Baohua Jia is the inaugural Director of Centre for Atomaterials and Nanomanufacturing (CAN), a Key Chief Investigator (CI) of The Australian Research Council (ARC) Research Hub for Intelligent Energy Efficiency in Future Protected Cropping, a Key CI in ARC Industrial Transformation Training Centre in Surface Engineering for Advanced Materials (SEAM) and Node Director of ARC Centre of Excellence in Optical Microcombs for Breakthrough Science (COMBS). She is an elected Fellow of Australian Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering (FTSE), and an elected Fellow of OPTICA and Institute of Materials, Minerals and Mining. Her research focuses on the fundamental light and nanomaterial interaction, in particular, laser manipulation of two-dimensional materials for effective harnessing and storage of clean energy from sunlight; purifying water and air for clean environment; imaging and spectroscopy and nanofabrication using ultrafast laser towards fast-speed all-optical communications and intelligent manufacturing.