Group Members

Principal Investigator

Education

2006 - 2009

PhD, Electrical Engineering, MIT, US

2003 - 2006

MSc, Electrical Engineering, Tsinghua Univ., China

1999 - 2003

BSc, Electrical Engineering, Tsinghua Univ., China

 



Academic Career History 

2022 - present

Assistant Chair, School of Physical & Mathematical Sciences, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore

2021 - present

Professor, Division of Physics & Applied Physics, School of Physical & Mathematical Sciences, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore

2021 - 2022

Assistant Director, CN Yang Scholars Programme (CNYSP), Nanyang Technological University, Singapore

2017 - 2021

Associate Professor, Division of Physics & Applied Physics, School of Physical & Mathematical Sciences, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore

2011 - 2017

Assistant Professor, Division of Physics & Applied Physics, School of Physical & Mathematical Sciences, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore

2012 - 2013

Adjunct Professor, Institute of High Performance Computing (IHPC), Agency for Science, Technology and Research(A*Star), Singapore

2012 (3 months)

Invited Visiting Assistant Professor, Optoelectronics Research Centre (ORC), University of Southampton, UK

2009 - 2011

Postdoctoral Associate, Singapore-MIT Alliance for Research and Technology Centre, Singapore

2009 - 2011 (5 mon/year)

Visiting Scientist, MIT, US

 

Awards and Recognitions

Apr. 2021

Asian Scientist 100 list

Dec. 2020

President's Science Award (Team)

Dec. 2020

Nanyang Research Award (Team)

Mar. 2017

Nanyang Research Award (Young Investigator)

Mar. 2017

SPMS Young Researcher Award

Jan. 2017

SPMS Teaching Excellence Award

Mar. 2016

IPS World Scientific (Physics Research) Medal and Prize

Nov. 2014

Young Scientist Award of Singapore National Academy of Science

Apr. 2013

Nanyang Assistant Professor

Feb. 2013

TED Fellow

Aug. 2012

TR35 Global Young Innovators Award

Mar. 2012

Inaugural TR35@Singapore Young Innovators Award

Jul. 2006

Outstanding Master Graduate 2006 of Tsinghua University

Jul. 2003

Excellent Bachelor Graduate 2003 of Tsinghua University

Research Fellows

LONG Yang
PhD: Tongji Univ.

WEI Minggui
PhD: Tianjin Univ.

AO Yutian
PhD: Peking Univ.


PhD Students

CHENG Zheyu
BSc: Wuhan Univ.

YU Letian
BSc: NTU

TEO Hau Tian
BSc: NTU

YU Zixuan
BSc: Peking Univ.

WU Yanzhang
BSc: Nankai Univ.

SUN Hanxi
BSc: Sun Yat-sen Univ.

SUDHEER Manjima
BSc: Calicut Univ.

Candidates interested in pursuing PhD may contact Dr. Zhang directly.

Alumni

MANDAL Subhaska
Postdoc
Now: IIT faculty

LIU Guigeng
PhD&Postdoc
Now: Westlake Univ. faculty

WANG Zihao
PhD
Now:Huawei

XUE Haoran
PhD&Postdoc
Now: CUHK faculty

YANG Yihao
Postdoc
Now: Zhejiang Univ. faculty

LI Rujiang
Postdoc
Now: Shanghai Jiatong Univ.

LIN Xiao
Postdoc
Now: Zhejiang Univ. faculty

Dr. YANG Yahui
PhD student
Now: Bank in Shenzhen

Mr TAY Fu Yang
Project Officer
Now: PhD student at Rice

Dr. ZHANG Youming
PhD&Postdoc
Now: Huawei

Dr. JIANG Jing
PhD Student
Now: BISTU faculty

Dr. GAO Zhen
PhD&Postdoc
Now: SUSTech faculty

Dr. GAO Fei
PhD&Postdoc
Now: Zhejiang Univ. faculty

Dr. YANG Zhaoju
PhD Student
Now: Zhejiang Univ. faculty

Mr. Kunal Shastri
Project Officer
Now: PhD student at Cornell

Dr. XU Hongyi
Postdoc
Now: Founder of Linbou Tech in Shenzhen

Dr. SHI Xihang
PhD Student
Now: Postdoc at Technion

Dr. TIAN Xiaorui
Postdoc
Now: Shandong Normal Univ. faculty

Dr. SONG Zhengyong
Postdoc
Now: Xiamen Univ. faculty




Gathering in Hai Di Lao Hotpot (22/06/2022)
Clockwise from left: Letian, Zheyu, Haoran, Haoran's wife, Xiaozhe, Guigeng's wife, Guigeng, Baile, Hau Tian, Xiang, Yang, Zihao, Minggui, Subhaska.



Farewell dinner for Prof. Sun Hongxiang (29/11/2019)
From left to right: (front)He, Prof. Zhou, Haoran, Haoran's wife, (back)Zihao, Guigeng's wife, Guigeng, Baile, Prof. Sun, Yihao, Xiao, Rujiang.



Gathering in Hai Di Lao Hotpot (23/11/2018)
From left to right: Guoqiang, Youming, Jing, Fu Yang, Yahui, Haoran, Guigeng, Baile, Yihao, Prof. Zhou.



Celebrating Prof Zhang's Tenure (24/2/2017)
From left to right: (front)Zhen, Kunal, Baile, Youming, Jing, Xihang, (back)Yahui, Zhaoju, Haoran, Xiao, Fei.