曹元，男，1988年出生，讲师，博士。
2011年毕业于大连理工大学物理与光电学院应用物理专业，2016年获得暨南大学理工学院生物医学物理与生物医学信息技术博士学位。2016年正式加入暨南大学光子技术研究院。
研究方向涉及微波光子学前沿与拓展应用的研究，包括微波光子信号处理系统的理论研究、微波光子滤波器与移相器，以及微波光子技术在生物医学传感中的应用，以第一作者在国际期刊上发表论文6篇，国际会议论文3篇。
1．国家自然科学基金项目, “基于光源设计的微波光子滤波器及应用研究”，2015-2019
2．广东省自然科学基金项目, “基于多波长光源的可重构微波光子滤波器研究”，2015-2019
1．Cao Y, Wang X., Guo T, et al.High-resolution and temperature-compensational HER2 antigen detection based on a microwave photonic interrogation. Sensors and Actuators B: Chemical, 2017, 245: 583-589.
2．Wang L, Cao Y, Wan M, et al.Tunable single-frequency fiber laser based on the spectral narrowing effect in a nonlinear semiconductor optical amplifier.Optics express, 2016, 24(26): 29705-29713.
3．Cao Y, Chan E H W, Wang X, et al.Photonic microwave quadrature filter with low phase imbalance and high signal-to-noise ratio performance. Optics letters, 2015, 40(20): 4663-4666.
4．Cao Y, Guo T, Wang X, et al.Resolution-improved in situ DNA hybridization detection based on microwave photonic interrogation.Optics express, 2015, 23(21): 27061-27070.
5．Cao Y, Li F, Feng X, et al.Investigation of microwave photonic filter based on multiple longitudinal modes fiber laser source. Optical Fiber Technology, 2015, 23: 122-128.
6．Cao Y, Shang H, Feng X, et al. Investigation of microwave photonic filter based on multiwavelength phase modulation and spectral shaping.Optical Engineering, 2012, 51(11): 115002-115002.
7．Cao Y, Chan E H W, Wang X, et al. Broadband photonic RF quadrifilar with reconfigurable power splitting ratio. Optics Communications, 2016, 371: 93-99.
8．Cao Y, Wang X, Feng X, et al.Microwave Photonic Interrogation of a High-resolution and Temperature-insensitive Refractive Index Sensor.CLEO: QELS_Fundamental Science. Optical Society of America, 2017: JW2A. 142.
9．Cao Y, Guo T, Wang X, et al. Resolution-improved refractive index sensing system based on microwave photonics filter and microfiber gratting. Optical Communications and Networks (ICOCN), 2015 14th International Conference on. IEEE, 2015: 1-3.
10．Cao Y, Chan E, Wang X, et al. All-Optical Single-Wavelength Photonic Microwave Quadrature Filter.Asia Communications and Photonics Conference (ACP). Optical Society of America, 2015: AM1G. 2.