Haiping Du received the PhD degree from Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China, in 2002. He is a Senior Professor at the School of Electrical, Computer and Telecommunications Engineering, University of Wollongong, Australia. He was a Research Fellow with the University of Technology, Sydney, from 2005 to 2009, and was a Postdoctoral Research Associate with Imperial College London from 2004 to 2005 and the University of Hong Kong from 2002 to 2003.

He is a Subject Editor of the Journal of Franklin Institute, an Associate Editor of IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics, IEEE Transactions on Intelligent Vehicles, IMechE Journal of Systems and Control Engineering, Scientific Reports, SAE Intl Journal of Vehicle Dynamics, Stability and NVH, and IEEE Control Systems Society Conference, an Editorial Board Member of Journal of Sound and Vibration and Journal of Low Frequency Noise, Vibration and Active Control, and a Guest Editor of IEEE Transactions on Mechatronics, IET Control Theory and Application, IET Intelligent Transportation Systems, Mechatronics, Advances in Mechanical Engineering, etc.

His research interests include vibration control, vehicle dynamics and control systems, robust control theory and engineering applications, electric vehicles, robotics and automation, smart materials and structures.

He is a recipient of the Australian Endeavour Research Fellowship (2012).