Haifeng Hu is a Distinguished Professor and Ph.D. supervisor at the University of Shanghai for Science and Technology. He obtained a BS degree in Electronic Science and Technology from Jilin University in 2007 and earned a Ph.D. in Microelectronics and Solid-State Electronics from the Institute of Semiconductors, Chinese Academy of Sciences in 2013. He worked as a visiting scholar at the State University of New York at Buffalo from November 2011 to October 2012. In June 2013, he started his teaching career at Northeastern University and was promoted to the rank of Associate Professor in 2017. In 2020, he joined the School of Optical-Electrical and Computer Engineering at the University of Shanghai for Science and Technology.
His primary research area focuses on nanophotonics and optical field manipulation. He has worked on creating highly localized chiral "light needles" by focusing orbital angular momentum beams using strong focusing optical systems, which enhances circular dichroism signal intensity and spatial resolution simultaneously. He proposed the concept of "Rainbow Trapping" using hyperbolic metamaterials, analyzed the mechanism of anomalous mode conversion within, and designed and fabricated ultra-broadband absorption structures. He also developed a tunable mode converter for microstructured circular core optical fibers, enabling selective excitation of optical fiber orbital angular momentum modes.
Haifeng Hu has led or participated in more than 10 national and provincial research projects. He has served as a reviewer for journals such as Optics Letters, Optics Express, Scientific Reports, and IEEE Photonic Journal. He has published over 50 SCI-indexed papers in journals, including Physical Review Letters, Advanced Materials, Advanced Optical Materials, Journal of Materials Chemistry, Applied Physics Letters, and Scientific Reports. His work has been recognized with 2 provincial and ministerial-level science and technology awards, and he holds 8 granted invention patents.
Email: hfhu@usst.edu.cn

Haifeng Hu

Distinguished Professor

Qian Cao received a Ph.D. in Physics from the University of Hamburg in Germany in April 2020. In August of the same year, he joined the School of Optical-Electrical and Computer Engineering at the University of Shanghai for Science and Technology as a postdoctoral researcher in the field of optical engineering. His research focuses on ultrafast optics, spatiotemporal optical field control, and nonlinear optics.
Qian Cao has published over 40 papers in optical academic journals, including Nature Photonics, Science Bulletin, APL Photonics, Photonics Research, Optics Express, and Optics Letters. He is the principal investigator for Shanghai Rising Star project.
Email: cao.qian@usst.edu.cn

Qian Cao

Associate Professor

Xinrui Lei received a BS degree from the University of Science and Technology of China in 2013 and completed a Ph.D. in Science at the same university in 2018. From 2019 to 2021, he worked as a postdoctoral researcher at Shenzhen University and served as an Assistant Researcher at King's College London in the United Kingdom.
In January 2022, Xinrui Lei joined the faculty at the University of Shanghai for Science and Technology. His research areas include nanophotonics and spintronics. He has published over 40 papers in journals such as Physical Review Letters, Light: Science&Applications, and Communications Physics. He is approved for the Shanghai Leading Talent Program (Overseas).
Email: xrlei@usst.edu.cn

Xinrui Lei

Distinguished Professor

Yuanyuan Liu earned a BS degree in Engineering from Hunan University in 2015, a Master's degree in Engineering from Chongqing University in 2018, and a Ph.D. in Engineering with a specialization in Electronic Science and Technology from Shanghai Jiao Tong University in June 2022.
In August 2022, she joined the faculty at the University of Shanghai for Science and Technology. Her research focuses on topics such as coherent diffraction imaging, phase retrieval techniques, wavefront shaping, and optical field control. She has published over 10 papers in journals including Optica, Optics Express, Optics Letters, Optics and Lasers in Engineering, and Photonics Research.
Email: liuyuanyuan@usst.edu.cn

Yuanyuan Liu

Lecturer

Jiachen Liu received a BS degree in Engineering with a major in Electronic Science and Technology (Experimental Class) from Jilin University in 2017. In 2022, she completed her Ph.D. in Engineering with a major in Microelectronics and Solid-State Electronics at the Institute of Semiconductors, Chinese Academy of Sciences.
In September 2022, Jiachen Liu joined the faculty at the University of Shanghai for Science and Technology. Her research focuses on integrated optoelectronics and nanophotonics. She has published over 10 research papers in academic journals, including the Journal of Lightwave Technology, the Journal of the Optical Society of America A, and Science China Information Sciences.
Email: liujiachen@usst.edu.cn

Jiachen Liu

Lecturer

Ni Zhang received a BS degree in Science from Xinyang Normal University in 2016. In 2022, she completed her Ph.D. at Nankai University (successive postgraduate and doctoral programs of study).
In September 2022, Ni Zhang joined the faculty at the University of Shanghai for Science and Technology. Her research focuses on nanophotonics and two-dimensional material metasurfaces. She has published over 10 research papers in journals such as Nature Communications, Nano Letters, Advanced Materials, Optics Express, and Nanotechnology.
Email: zhangn@usst.edu.cn

Ni Zhang

Lecturer

In 2017, Jinzhan Zhong obtained a BS degree from Northwestern Polytechnical University. Subsequently, in 2022, he completed his Ph.D. in Engineering at the same university.
In September 2022, Jinzhan Zhong joined the faculty at the University of Shanghai for Science and Technology in the School of Optical-Electrical and Computer Engineering. His research focuses on singular optics and topological manipulation of optical fields. He has published over 10 papers in academic journals, including Nature Communications, Optics Letters, Applied Physics Letters, and Optics Express.
Email: jzzhong@usst.edu.cn

Jinzhan Zhong

Postdoctoral Fellow

Hend Sroor obtained a Ph.D. from the University of the Witwatersrand in South Africa in January 2019 under the guidance of Professor Andrew Forbes. In June of the same year, she joined the postdoctoral research program at the School of Optical-Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Shanghai for Science and Technology.
Her research is focused on structured light lasers, novel laser cavity theory, nonlinear optics, and related areas. She has published more than ten research papers in academic journals, including Nature Photonics, Physical Review Applied, and Optics Express. Additionally, she is currently leading one project funded by the China Postdoctoral Science Foundation.

Hend Sroor

Outbound Postdoctor

Xiaogang Chen graduated with a Bachelor's degree in Physics from the University of Science and Technology of China. He then pursued his Ph.D. and completed his postdoctoral research in Electrical Engineering at Columbia University in the United States. During his time at Columbia University, he collaborated with the IBM Watson Laboratory, focusing on research in silicon-based integrated optics and silicon-based nonlinear photonics.
Afterward, he joined the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (UIUC) as an Assistant Professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering and worked within the Micro and Nanotechnology Laboratory (MNTL). His primary research areas included 3D photonics integration technology, compound semiconductor micro-nanofabrication processes, and third-generation photovoltaic devices based on quantum dots.
Currently, Xiaogang Chen serves as the Chief Scientist at CreaLights, a photonic technology company located in Suzhou, China. His work primarily revolves around fundamental scientific research related to optoelectronic technologies. His research areas encompass 3D integrated optics, silicon-based nanophotonics, active semiconductor optoelectronic devices, optical fiber communication technology, near-field optics, and biophotonics.

Xiaogang Chen