Dr Qiao currently spends most of her time teaching at master’s levels for the UNSW Canberra Space program. She is the course convenor for ZEIT8008 Space Systems Design, and she also co-teaches courses ZEIT8007 - Space Operation, and ZEIT8012 Space Systems Engineering and ZEIT8009 Global Navigation Satellite System(GNSS). Her research interests lie in space engineering, systems engineering, and applying Systems Engineering computer-based analysis methods on including, but not limited to, engineering systems. Her area covers a wide range of topics, including autonomous spacecraft navigation based on Global Navigation Satellites System (GNSS) and celestial navigation, spacecraft attitude determination and control, system modular analysis, data clustering, network analysis, etc. She has published over 50 articles in peer-reviewed conference and journals. She has two PhD student to complete and currently has three PhD students under supervision. You can view her Google Scholar profile here. She has served as a reviewer for journals, conference both locally and internationally. She is a member of the IEEE, where her current volunteer role is IEEE student counsellor at ACT chapter.