Professor Christina Lim’s research has generated major breakthroughs in how wireless and fibre-optic networks can work together, shaping communication infrastructure. She led advances in radio-over-fibre technology, making these hybrid networks faster, more reliable and more practical. She also developed an optical wireless network for indoor use that can send data 100 times faster than ordinary Wi-Fi. These transformative technologies will shape future wireless communications, such as 6G and beyond.

Lim and her team have spun out a start-up to commercialise their invention of a low-cost waveguide for augmented reality, that can seamlessly overlay computer-generated virtual images with the real world. This new product overcomes many of the technical challenges hindering current AR technology.

A visionary leader in photonics and a dedicated role model, Lim is a Fellow of both the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, and Optica. 

Christina Lim is a Professor at the Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering at the University of Melbourne and Associate Dean of Research of the Faculty of Engineering and Information Technology (FEIT). Her research spans radio-over-fibre, fibre-wireless access technology, microwave photonics, optical network architectures, optical wireless and free-space optics communications. Having authored over 300 publications, she also serves as the Deputy Editor for IEEE/Optica Journal of Lightwave Technology. Christina was an ARC Australian Research Fellow, ARC Future Fellow and served on the ARC College of Expert (2014-2016) and the New Zealand Mardens Fund Engineering and Interdisciplinary Sciences panel (2013-2015).