Connecting Asia & Australia, Building the Future Together
Asia-Australia Network for Education and Enterprise (AANEE)
Dedicated to bridging education and innovation between Asia-Pacific and Australia, promoting cross-border training, technology transfer, and industry-academia collaboration.
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Mission & Vision
Our Core Values
Education Exchange
Promote exchange and cooperation in education and skills training between Asia and Australia, advancing bilateral and multilateral vocational education standards alignment
Technology Transfer
Build platforms for technology transfer and innovation application, promoting cross-border incubation and commercialization of research outcomes
Industry Collaboration
Advance university-industry collaboration and integration, cultivating talents with international perspectives and practical capabilities
Cooperation Network
Build a long-term, open, and sustainable cooperation network connecting universities, enterprises, governments, and industry associations
Core Services
Three Key Service Areas
Education & Training
- Healthcare & Life Sciences
- Information Technology & Digital Innovation
- Business Management & Financial Services
- Cross-border recognized training programs
- Workshops, faculty training, blended learning projects
Technology Transfer & Innovation
- Cross-border incubation and commercialization of research
- Pitch events, roadshows and investment
- Health big data, clean energy & sustainability
- International forums, tech showcases, investment matching
- Cross-border technology transfer platform
Academia-Industry Collaboration
- Bridge universities and enterprises
- Joint R&D, practical teaching, talent pipeline
- Joint training bases and research centers
- Co-developed courses, shared faculty, internships
- Scholarships, internship and employment pathways
Our Team
Our Leadership and Advisors
Dr Celina Ping Yu
Founding Chair
Dr Celina Ping Yu is the Founding Chair of the Asia-Australia Network for Education and Enterprise (AANEE), driving strategic partnerships that connect education, innovation, and industry across Australia and the Asia-Pacific region. She is also an Associate of Centre for Contemporary Chinese Studies (CCCS) at The University of Melbourne, an Adjunct Professor at Northeastern University in China and Vice President of the Australia China Business Council (Victoria). She was Vice President the China Chamber of Commerce in Australia (Melbourne) and a former member of Victoria’s International Education Advisory Council. With a career spanning academia, industry, and government engagement, she is widely recognised for her expertise in cross-cultural education, international program design, and industry-academia collaboration. Her leadership has been recognised with the 2024 Globee® Gold Award for Women in Business and the 2023 Asian-Australian Leadership Award in Education, Science, and Medicine, coordinated by Asialink at The University of Melbourne.
Prof Erjiang Fu
Honorary Chair
Dr Erjiang Fu is a strategic innovation leader with over twenty years of experience across scientific research, industry engagement, and international cooperation in Australia and China. He is the Founder and CEO of Innogrator, where he bridges cutting-edge research and industry by translating academic breakthroughs into practical solutions that drive growth and competitive advantage for diverse stakeholders. He has made significant contributions to the development of cross-border innovation systems, the commercialisation of research outcomes, and the incubation of international projects. As a committed promoter of Sino-Australian innovation cooperation, he has organised and led numerous government and university collaboration initiatives, supporting the establishment and scaling of startups in the technology and education sectors. Guided by scientific rigour and an international perspective, he continues to advance the integration of education, technology, and industry between Asia and Australia, contributing to an open and mutually beneficial innovation ecosystem.
Prof Dragan Gašević
Senior Advisor
Professor Dragan Gašević is Distinguished Professor of Learning Analytics in the Faculty of Information Technology at Monash University and Director of the Centre for Learning Analytics (CoLAM). His research focuses on learning analytics, artificial intelligence, and data-driven design methods to advance understanding of self-regulated and collaborative learning. Beyond Monash, he held senior academic leadership roles at the University of Edinburgh and Athabasca University. He is the founder and former President of the Society for Learning Analytics Research (SoLAR) and has held honorary professorships and industry fellowships across Asia, Australia, Europe, and North America. He has shaped the global field of learning analytics as a founding Program Chair of the International Conference on Learning Analytics and Knowledge (LAK), a founding Program Co-Chair of the Learning Analytics Summer Institute (LASI), and a founding editor of both the Journal of Learning Analytics and Computers & Education: Artificial Intelligence. His contributions have been widely recognised, including being named Australia’s national field leader in educational technology by The Australian’s Research Magazine (2019–2021), leading the EU-funded SHEILA project which received the Best Research Project of the Year Award (2019), and receiving SoLAR’s Lifetime Member Award (2022).
Professor Jennelle Kyd
Senior Advisor
Professor Jennelle Kyd is a senior executive, board director, and strategic advisor with extensive experience across public health, higher education, research, and innovation. An internationally recognised research scientist and Adjunct Professor at Griffith University, she is a leading expert in bacterial and viral respiratory infectious diseases, with a distinguished career spanning academia, the biotech R&D sector, and health research governance. Her contributions include holding patents for vaccine candidates, serving on national research funding panels, and undertaking editorial roles for international scientific journals. She also currently serves as a Director of the Central Coast Local Health District, contributing to the governance of public health services for communities across the Central Coast. She previously served as Senior Deputy Vice-Chancellor and Provost at Swinburne University of Technology, acting as Chief Academic Officer and standing deputy to the Vice-Chancellor and President, and as Deputy Vice-Chancellor of Academic and Research at CQUniversity Australia.
Prof Deli Chen
Senior Advisor
Professor Deli Chen, FAA, AO, is the Redmond Barry Distinguished Professor in the School of Agriculture, Food and Ecosystem Sciences at the University of Melbourne and an internationally recognised leader in soil and environmental research, with the focus on agricultural nitrogen use and its impacts on global food security, the environment, and climate change. He is the Director of the ARC Research Hub for Smart Fertilisers and former Director of the Australian–China Joint Research Centre for Healthy Soils. A global leader in nitrogen management, he has developed technologies that improve crop productivity while reducing emissions and environmental pollution. Over the past 24 years, he has published over 360 peer-reviewed articles and has been successful in securing competitive research grants totalling more than AUD 60 million from a wide range of funding sources to support his work. He is a Clarivate Highly Cited Researcher (2023–2025), and has received major honours including the IFA Norman Borlaug Plant Nutrition Award (2024), the Frontiers Planet Prize (2023), the Kingenta Agricultural Science Award (2019), and the Soil Science Australia J.A. Prescott Medal (2010).
Prof Gu Min
Senior Advisor
Professor Min Gu was appointed Executive Chancellor of the University Council and Distinguished Professor at the University of Shanghai for Science and Technology. He is an internationally renowned expert in nanophotonics, 3D optical imaging, biophotonics, and multidimensional optical data storage, with research impacting solar energy, information technology, and big data storage. Previously, He held senior academic and executive roles in Australia, including Distinguished Professor and Associate Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Research, Innovation and Entrepreneurship) at RMIT University, Laureate Fellow of the Australian Research Council, and Pro Vice-Chancellor (International Research Collaboration and Research Capacity) at Swinburne University of Technology. He led multiple ARC-funded centres and international research programs, including an Australian Laureate Fellowship, one of Australia’s most prestigious research honours, supporting AUD 2.5 million in high-impact nanotechnology and photonic innovation at Swinburne. He received numerous prestigious awards, including the Ian Wark Medal (2014), Victoria Prize for Science and Innovation (2016), SPIE Dennis Gabor Award (2019), Emmett N. Leith Medal (2022), and the IEEE Photonics Society William Streifer Scientific Achievement Award (2025), recognising his outstanding contributions to optics and nanophotonics.
Prof Mark Wang
Senior Advisor
Professor Mark Wang is Director of the Centre for Contemporary Chinese Studies, President of the Chinese Studies Association of Australia, and Professor in the School of Geography, Earth and Atmospheric Sciences at The University of Melbourne. A human geographer specialising in urbanisation and sustainable development in China, his research focuses on land acquisition and resettlement, large-scale water resource management, and low-carbon transition policies. He has held senior academic leadership roles at the University of Melbourne, including Associate Dean (Teaching and Learning) and Graduate School Director at the Melbourne School of Land and Environment. He has long advanced Australia–China academic collaboration through joint training programs such as “2+2” and “1+1”, and by establishing joint laboratories and field bases with partner institutions including Nanjing Agricultural University and Inner Mongolia University, supporting the development of high-level talent for sustainable development cooperation between the two countries. His academic contributions include over 160 SSCI-indexed journal articles and seven scholarly monographs, and he received the Australia–China International Medal (2018) and Wiley Publishers Prize (2016) in recognition of his outstanding contributions to international research collaboration.
Prof Baohua Jia
Senior Advisor
Professor Baohua Jia is a globally recognised photonics technology leader and innovator, currently serving as Distinguished Professor, ARC Future Fellow, and Inaugural Director of the Centre for Atomaterials and Nanomanufacturing (CAN) at RMIT University. Her research focuses on the fundamental light and nanomaterial interaction to develop conversion technologies for next-generation energy applications. Prior to joining RMIT, she was a Full Professor and Founding Director of the Centre for Translational Atomaterials at Swinburne University of Technology. Over the past decade, She has secured more than AUD 90 million in competitive research funding, developed 15 patents with over AUD 20 million in direct industry return, and led the commercialisation of nanoprinting technologies and graphene-based materials. She has published over 350 high-impact papers with an H-index of 83 and serves in senior editorial and advisory roles internationally. Her achievements have been recognised with numerous honours, including the Vice-Chancellor’s Research Excellence Award (2024), ARC Future Fellowship (2021), Vice-Chancellor’s Industry Engagement Award (2018), and being a Fellow of the Australian Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering and Optica (2010).
Prof Leon Sterling
Senior Advisor
Professor Leon Sterling is a Professor in the School of Computing and Information Systems at The University of Melbourne, serving as an Academic teaching Specialist in Software Engineering.
Leon Sterling’s research involved in groups including:
- Artificial Intelligence (AI) research group, Our diverse researchers address many different approaches to AI, encompassing deep learning, data mining, machine learning, natural language processing, and agent-based systems.
- Education Focused
Advancing digital learning through interdisciplinary research at the intersection of computing, education, and wellbeing to inform practice and design inclusive, future-ready learning environments. - Computer Science Research Group
Our diverse research group includes expertise in programming languages, algorithms, distributed computing, cybersecurity and cryptography.
Prof Hongjian Zhu
Senior Advisor
Dr. Hongjian Zhu is a leader of the Cancer Signalling Research Laboratory at The Royal Melbourne Hospital and a Senior Research Fellow in the Department of Surgery at the University of Melbourne. His research focuses on the molecular mechanisms of cancer, particularly growth factor and cytokine signalling and the role of transforming growth factor-β (TGF-β) in cancer development. He has published over 100 peer-reviewed articles in leading journals and has secured more than AUD 12 million in competitive research funding, including seven NHMRC grants. He was the first researcher from mainland China to serve on an NHMRC expert review panel. He is President of the Australia–China Association for Biomedical Sciences and founded the Australia–China Institute for Translational Biomedical Research in Nanjing in 2019. In recognition of his international standing, he received the Boerhaave Visiting Professorship from Leiden University Medical Center in 2017.
His research focuses on the molecular mechanisms of cancer, particularly growth factor and cytokine signalling and the role of transforming growth factor-β (TGF-β) in cancer development. He has published over 100 peer-reviewed papers in leading journals, with total citations exceeding 11,000 (h-index: 49).
Professor Zhu has secured more than AUD 12 million in competitive funding, including seven NHMRC grants. He was the first researcher from mainland China to serve on an NHMRC expert review panel, is President of the Australia–China Association for Biomedical Sciences, and founded the Australia–China Institute for Translational Biomedical Research in Nanjing in 2019.
Associate Professor Ming Li
Senior Advisor
Ming Li is an Associate Professor and NHMRC Emerging Leadership Fellow in the School of Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering at the University of New South Wales (UNSW), Australia. She leads an interdisciplinary research program focused on translating micro- and nano-engineering innovations into scalable, real-world technologies. Her expertise spans microfluidics, biosensors, lab-on-a-chip devices, and micro-electro-mechanical systems (MEMS), enabling applications in biotechnology, healthcare, disease diagnostics, and advanced manufacturing. She plays a leading role in major national initiatives, including ARC Discovery Projects, NHMRC Investigator Grants, and Cooperative Research Centre programs. With over 100 peer-reviewed publications, including papers in Cell and Nature family journals, she is recognised for both research excellence and translational impact. She also provides leadership as an Associate Editor, national grant reviewer, and award-winning educator, dedicated to developing the next generation of engineers, advancing equity, and supporting early-career talent.
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