Dr Qiang Gao received the B.Eng degree from Chongqing University in 2016 and the M.Eng degree from the University of Melbourne in 2019, and the Ph.D. degree in electrical and electronic engineering from the University of Adelaide, Australia, in 2023.

He works as a Senior Consultant at Aurecon Group and a Research Fellow at the University of Adelaide. His research interests include offshore wind and wave energy conversion systems, ocean renewable energy assessment, energy storage, grid connection and techno-economic analysis.