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Research Interests
Ultrafast
optics, electronics and optoelectronics; Nonlinear photonics; Semiconductor
characterization.
Professional Experience
07/02-present Director Center
for Terahertz Research, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
02/02-present Chair Professor Capital Normal University of Beijing,
09/01-present Chair Professor Endowed J. Erik Jonsson ’22 Distinguished Professor
Science, RPI
02/01-present Honorary
Professor Shanghai Institute of Metallurgy,
03/98-present Professor Department
of Electrical, Computer & System Engineering, RPI
08/97-present Honorary
Professor Institute Optics & Precision Mechanics, Chinese Academy
Sciences
05/97-present Professor Department
of Physics, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
05/96-01/00 Adjunct
Professor
01/94-present Adjunct
Professor Institute of Physics,
07/93-present Guest
Professor Institute of
Semiconductor,
01/92-05/97 Associate Professor Department of Physics, Rensselaer
Polytechnic Institute (RPI)
08/91-present Advisory Professor Shanghai University of Science and Technology
08/87-12/91 Research Scientist Department of Electrical Engineering,
05/85-07/87 Research Physicist
05/84-04/85 Guest Scientist Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Education
1986 Ph.D.,
Physics
1983 M.Sc.,
Physics
1982 B.S.,
Physics
Honors and Awards
2006 Honorary Professor in the China Institute of Metrology, China
2005 Distinguished Visiting Scientist, Jet Propulsion Lab, Caltech
2004
2004
NRC-CIAR Distinguished Visiting Scientist, National Research Council,
2004
Fellow, the World Innovation Foundation (F.W.I.F.)
2004 Elected
as the commissioner of the Sixth Editorial Board for the Chinese Journal of
Infrared and Millimeter Waves (JIRMW)
2003 Optical Society of America representative for
LASER EXPO
2003 First Heinrich Rudolf Hertz Lecturer, RWTH,
2003 Traveling Lecturer Award, International
Commission for Optics
2002 Lifetime
Fellow, the American Physical Society
2002 Fellow
Lecturer of Optical Society of
2002 K.C.
Wong Fellow, K.C. Wong Foundation,
2001 Outstanding Scientist Award, Natural National Science Foundation of
2001 Outstanding Overseas Chinese Scholar, the
2001 J. Erik Jonsson ’22 Distinguished Professor
Award, RPI
2001 Fellow,
the Optical Society of
2001 Fellow,
the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
1998-00 Distinguished
Lecturer of IEEE/LEOS
1996 Early
Career Award, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
1995 Cottrell
Scholar Award, Research Corporation
1995 K.C.
Wong Prize, K.C. Wong Foundation,
1995 CAREER
Award (previously NSF-NYI), National Science Foundation
1993-94 AFOSR-SRPF
Fellow, Hanscom Air Force Base
1992 Research
Initiation Award, National Science Foundation
1991 Outstanding
Young Scientist,
1981 CUSPEA,
1980 National
Outstanding Student Award,
Professional Activities
2006 Director, NATO Advanced Research Workshop on Terahertz Frequency Detection and Identification of Materials and Objects
2006 Chair of four sessions in NATO Advanced Workshop on Terahertz Frequency Detection and Identification of Materials and Objects
2006 Chair for 2nd NATO SET THz Exploratory Team Buisness Meeting, Paris, France
2006 Conference Co-Chair, 3rd International Symposium of Ultrafast Phenomena and THz Waves, Nanjing, China
2005 Session Chair, International School of Solid State Physics 35th Workshop: Physics and Technology of THz Photonics, Erice, Sicily, Italy
2005 Organizer and Chair of Symposium on THz Spectroscopy for Analytical Application, american Chemical Society Annual Meeting, Washington DC
2005 Board of Editors, Chinese Optoelectronics Letters
2005 Topical Editor, Journal of Optical Society of America, B
2004 Associated Editor-in-Chief, Chinese Optic Letters
2004 Conference co-chair, 2nd International Symposium on Ultrafast Phenomena and Terahertz Waves, Shanghai, China
2003 Session chair,
mini-symposium of THz imaging and sensing, Rank Prize Funds,
2003 Session chair: Terahertz
Generation and Sensing, CLEO 2003,
2003 Program committee member,
SPIE 5111: Fluctuations and Noise in Photonics and Quantum Optics
2003 Member, Technical Program
Committee for the 13th International Conference of Ultrafast Phenomena (UP)
2003 Member, sub-committee of
New Function and Ultimate Technology for Info-Communication Devices, Kansai
Advanced Research Center (KARC), Communication Research Laboratory,
Nishi-Akashi, Japan
2003 Member, Advisor Committee,
11th International Conference on Terahertz Electronics,
2003 Session chair, THz and
Ultrafast Measurements, 28th International Conference on Infrared and
Millimeter Wave Conference (IRMMW), Otsu, Shiga, Japan
2003 Session chair, THz Technology
and Application II, Frontiers in Optics/Laser Science XIX, Tucson, AZ
2003 Panel Chair, Applications
of Terahertz Technology to Homeland Security and Medical Imaging, Research and Industrial
Collaboration Conference, CenSSIS, Northeastern University
2003 Chair, THz Faculty Search Committee (Physics
Department), RPI
2003 Kodosky Faculty Search Committee (Physics
Department), RPI
2002 Committee
member, XIII Topical Meeting of Ultrafast Phenomena,
2002 Chair, Pulsed THz-Beam
Application, Conference of Laser and Electro-Optics (CLEO),
2002 Committee
member, Ultrafast Optics, Optoelectronics, and Applications, Conference of
Laser and Electro-Optics (CLEO), Long Beach, CA
2002 Grand
Opening Ceremony for a building at IMRA America, Inc.
2002 Conference
co-chair, International symposium on Ultrafast Phenomena and Terahertz
Radiation,
2002 Conference
Technical Committee member, Nonlinear Optics 2002,
2002 Co-chair,
DARPA THz Imaging Workshop,
2002 Panelist for the National
Science & Engineering Graduate Fellowship Program, American Society for
Engineering Education
2002 Panelist, National Science
Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship Program Review
2002 Chair,
Terahertz Faculty Search Committee, Physics Department, RPI
2001 Member, Terahertz Faculty Search Committee,
Physics Department, RPI
2001 Chairman of Round Table
Discussion, Symposium on Terahertz Sciences and Technology,
2001 Program committee member,
SPIE 4591 Electronics and Structures for MEMS II
2001 Advisor, the THz-BRIDGE
International Advisory Board, European THz Bridge program, the European Union
Commission
2001 Session Chair, Terahertz
Physics and Techniques, LEOS Annual Meeting
2001 Session Chair, Frequency
Conversion, LEOS Annual Meeting
2001 Honorable Chair, First
International Conference on Imaging and Sensing for Biomedical Application with
Terahertz Technology
2001 Session chair, THz
Generation and Photoconductive Switches, Conference of Laser and Electro-Optics
Pacific Rim
2001 Session chair, THz
Generation and Application, International Conference of Infrared and Millimeter
Waves
2000-present Assessor
of Overseas Exports of the Chinese Academy of Sciences
2000-present Associate Editor-in-Chief for Chinese Optics Letters
2000-03 Planning
Committee, Physics Department, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
2000-03 Graduate
Committee, Physics Department, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
2000-01 Executive
Committee, Physics Department, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
2000 Chair, Optical Faculty Search Committee (Physics
Department)
2000 Member,
International Photonic Conference, Program Subcommittee,
2000 Session chair, Terahertz
Physics and Applications, Ultrafast Electronics and Optics
2000 Session chair, Terahertz Optoelectronics I, LEOS
Annual Meeting
1999 Board
of Editorial Committee, Laser Society of Japan
1999 Co-Chair,
Conference on THz Spectroscopy and Application, SPIE
1999-present Member, CLEO Program Subcommittee on
Ultrafast Optics and Electronics
1999 Chair, Physics Panel,
National Defense Science and Engineering Graduate Fellow Program for Department
of Defense
1997-99 Chair,
Faculty Search Committee (Physics Department)
1997-98 Physics Panel, National Defense Science and
Engineering Graduate Fellow Program for Department of Defense
1997 Chair,
Ultrafast Optics & Electronics, LEOS Annual Meeting
1997 Chair,
Graduate Recruitment and Admission Committee (Physics Department)
1996-97 Optics
Faculty Search Committee (Physics Department)
1996 Senior
Member of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
1996 Guest
Editor, JSTQE on Ultrafast Electronics
1995 Chair,
Committee on Ultrafast Optics & Electronics, IEEE/LEOS
1995 Physics
Panel, National Defense Science and Engineering Graduate Fellow Program for
Department of Defense
1994 Chair,
Graduate Recruitment and Admission Committee (Physics Department)
1993 IEEE/LEOS;
Member of Physics Panel
1993 National
Defense Science and Engineering Graduate Fellow Program
1993 Co-Chair,
Conference on Ultrafast Laser and Technology, SPIE
1993 Member,
Committee on IEEE/LEOS Summer Topical Meeting
1993 Guest
editor, ’93-present, for WuLi (Chinese Physics Journal)
1992-95 Member, Committee on Ultrafast Optics &
Electronics, IEEE/LEOS
1992 Member
of the Photonics Society of China-America
1992-94 Member,
Graduate Recruitment and Admission Committee (Physics Department)
1992-95 Colloquium
Coordinator (Physics Department)
1991 Senior Member of the Laser
and Electro-Optics Society
1988-present Member
of the International Society for Optical Engineering
1988-present Member of the Optical Society of America
1981-present Member of the American Physical Society
Refereed articles in major
proceedings (32)
Non-refereed major
journal articles (69)
Colloquium Presentations (103)
Invited
Conference Presentations (158)
Contributed Papers and Talks (182)
Awarded Patents (19) and Patent Disclosures (13)
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