About Me

I am a research scientist working at Birck Nanotechnology Center, Purdue University. I am associated with the Purdue Quantum Science and Engineering Institute (PQSEI). My research focuses on engineering and characterizing solid-state spin defects for quantum sensing, which combines optics, quantum photonics, and materials engineering.

Education

Ph.D. in Materials Engineering, 2022

Purdue University, West Lafayette, USA

M.S. in Materials Engineering, 2018

Purdue University, West Lafayette, USA

B.Eng. in Materials Science and Engineering, 2016

Xiamen University, Xiamen, China

Professional Activities

Professional Leaderships

President of the IEEE Photonics Society Purdue University Student Chapter, 2021—2022.Treasurer of the SPIE Purdue University Student Chapter, 2020—2021.Leadership member of the Quantum Science Center Postdocs and Graduate Students Association, 2020—2021.President of the SPIE Purdue University Student Chapter, 2019—2020.

Professional memberships

Member of the Honor Society of Phi Kappa Phi, 2022—present.Student member of The International Society for Optics and Photonics (SPIE), 2019—present.Student member of Optica (formerly OSA), 2019—present.Student member of the American Physical Society (APS), 2021—present.Student member of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), 2020—present.Student member of IEEE Photonics Society, 2020—present.Student member of IEEE Young Professionals, 2020—present.

Awards and Honors

2023

Optica Corning Women Optical Communications Scholarship

2022

IEEE Photonics Society Graduate Student Scholarship

SPIE Optics and Photonics Education Scholarship

Phi Kappa Phi Love of Learning Award

First place in the Oral Presentation at the 9th Annual Graduate Industrial Research Symposium (GIRS), Purdue University.First place in the Poster Competition at the 9th Annual Graduate Industrial Research Symposium (GIRS), Purdue University.Purdue College of Engineering Travel Grant.

2021

Best Student Paper (third place), IEEE Photonics Conference.Director’s award, First DOE Quantum Science Center (QSC) poster competition.

2020

First place in the Sigma Xi Poster Competition at Purdue.SPIE Officer Travel Grant for Optics and Photonics.SVC Foundation College Scholarship.

2016

Outstanding graduate of the year at Xiamen University (1%).

2015

Tohoku University JYPE Student Scholarship.National Scholarship at Xiamen University (1%).

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