Christina Lim is an Australian expert on optical wireless communications, radio over fiber, and hybrid "fiber-wireless" networks combining fiber connections to base stations with wireless connections to individual devices.
[1] Beyond optical communications, she has also developed transparent displays for augmented reality.
[3] Lim studied electrical and electronic engineering at the University of Melbourne, obtaining a bachelor's degree in 1995 and completing her Ph.D. in 2000.
[3] Lim was named as an Optica Fellow, in the 2019 class of fellows, "for outstanding and sustained pioneering contributions to the research, development, and applications of fiber-wireless technology in the field of microwave photonics".
[5] She was elected as an IEEE Fellow in 2023, "for contributions in hybrid fiber-wireless communications technology".