Professor Aimin Song obtained his PhD from the Chinese Academy of Sciences in 1995, and then held research fellowships from the Royal Society, Humboldt foundation, and Swedish Research Council.

His research is to explore new physical effects that arise on the nanometer scale, and to develop new types of nanoelectronic devices based on these effects. The device concepts have been applied to two main areas: ultra-high-speed (up to a few THz) nanoelectronics based on compound semiconductors and printable organic electronics.

He has presented about 50 invited conference talks/seminars. His research team won the House of Commons Rolls-Royce Prize, Best Conference Paper at three International Conferences, and a Royal Society Brain Mercer Feasibility award. He moved to the University of Manchester as a Lecturer in 2002 and became Professor of Nanoelectronics in 2006. He founded a university spin-out company Nano ePrint, Ltd. In 2006 he was awarded an EPSRC follow-on grant, fully funded by ERAF. Most recently, he was awarded a Distinguished Achievement Medal for Researcher of the Year 2007 of the University of Manchester.