• EDUCATION PhD in engineering, National University of Singapore (2005) (link) M.Sc in Physics, Xiamen University, PRC (2001) B.Sc in Physics, Xiamen University, PRC (1997)
• RESEARCH AND WORKING EXPERIENCE: Mar. 2009 — Now , Lecturer in laser micro/nano science and technology, Laser Processing Research Centre(LPRC), School of Mechanical, Aerospace and Civil Engineering, the University of Manchester, United Kingdom
Oct. 2008 — Feb, 2009 , Postdoctoral Research Fellow, EPSRC Nanophotonics Portfolio Centre, Optoelectronics Research Centre, the University of Southampton, United Kingdom, Supervisor: Prof. Nikolay I. Zheludev
Jun. 2006 — Sept. 2008 , Postdoctoral Research Associate, Laser Processing Research Centre(LPRC), School of Mechanical, Aerospace and Civil Engineering, and Photon Science Institute, the University of Manchester, United Kingdom
Nov. 2004 — Jun. 2006,Senior Research Fellow, Optical Materials & Systems(OMS) Division, Data Storage Institute, Singapore, Republic of Singapore
Sept. 1999 — Aug. 2001 , Software Development Manager, Xiamen Youthnet Co., LTD, Xiamen, People's Republic of China
• AWARDS, HORNORS, PRIZES, MEMBERSHIPS:
§ Nanoscopy work was selected by research councils UK (RCUK) in 2011 as one of the ’50 big ideas for the future’.
§ First prize in nano-engineering poster competition, Royal Academy of Engineering Regional Lecture and Early Career Researcher Engineering Showcase, UK, 2011
§ Most Outstanding R&D Staff Award (Merit), Data Storage Institute, Singapore, 2005
§ Invited feature article contributor for professional industrial magazine Laser Focus World 2011
§ Nominated for Philip Leverhulme Prizes, The Leverhulme Trust, 2011
§ Member of Institute of Physics, MInstP (IoP)
§ Member of Optical Society of America, MOSA (OSA)
• PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITES: § Organizing committee member of 36th (2010), and 37th (2012) international MATADOR conference, UK
§ Organizing committee member of Postgraduate Research Conference (2010, 2011), Manchester University, UKNational advisory committee member of eighth biennial Workshop on Application of Laser in Mechanical Industries (WALMI), India, 2010
§ NSF Grant Reviewer, USA, 2011
§ NFS Grant Reviewer: The National Foundation for Science, the Republic of Croatia, 2010
§ Referee of over 15 journals including AppliedPhysics Letters, Nanotechnology, Optics Express, OpticsCommunications, and as book proposal reviewer for Cambridge University Press (2011).
• GRANTS: 2011 - 2013 Philip Leverhulme Prizes, The Leverhulme Trust, £70,000 (submitted and awaiting outcome by end of Nov. 2011) 2011 - 2011 “Flat superlenses for optical nano-imaging at sub-50-nm resolution”,£9,500, Faculty of Engineering and Physical Science (EPS) strategic fund, The University of Manchester, Principal Investigator (PI) 2009 - 2012 “Knowledge Exchange in Laser Engineering”, £420,000 funded byNorth West Regional Development Agency (NWDA), UK (CO-PI) 2009 - 2013 “SAMULET (Strategic Affordable Manufacturing in the UK through Leading Environmental Technologies) Project 4 Novel and Transformed Processes”, £587,000 from Technology Strategy Board (TSB) and £385,000 from BAE systems, (CO-PI) 2005 - 2006
` “Multi-physics Modeling & Simulation Over Grid Computing Platform”,(S$15,000), Joint project of Data Storage Institute (DSI) and Institute of High Performance Computing (IHPC, Singapore, (PI) 2004 - 2007 “Plasmonics and Application in Data Storage”, (S$98,000), A-STAR'S Data Storage Institute (DSI), Singapore, (CO-PI) 2010 – 2011 Teaching grant for new robotics laboratory, £20,000 funded by School of Mechanical, Aerospace and Civil Engineering, The University of Manchester (PI) 2001 - 2005 Fully funded PhD Scholarship, National University of Singapore, Singapore
• TEACHING: Since 03/2009 School of Mechanical, Aerospace and Civil Engineering (MACE), University of Manchester
§ Robotics, Metrology and Modelling of Materials in Manufacture (PGR) – founder of a new robotics teaching laboratory Aug. 2003- Nov. 2003 Undergraduate laboratory - Advanced Control Systems, 4th year B.Eng. Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering, National University of Singapore • SUPERVISION: § PhD students since 2009 (5 in progress)
§ MPhil student since 2010 (1 in progress)
§ MSc student since 2009 (6 graduated)
§ 3rd year undergraduate students since 2009 (7 projects finished)
§ Foundation year students since 2009 (5 projects finished)
• MEDIA COVERAGE: I am possibly best known for the invention of “microsphere nanoscope” - the world's first 50-nm resolution white light nanoscope that could be potentially used for seeing tiny living virus in real time. This work, published in March 2011 in Nature Communications, has attracted wide public interests and media coverage, including BBC, New York Times, Daily Mail, Independent, Australian BC, China Xinhua and a large number of science and engineering websites. It was also feature in Laser focus world, and was selected by RCUK in 2011 as one of the ’50 big ideas for the future’.
