Zhiyong FAN

Research interest

Prof. Fan’s research interests are on quantum material design, fabrication and device applications. When the dimensions of materials shrink down below critical size, quantum confinement alters electrical and optoelectronic properties of materials. He is interested in exploring rational design guidelines for nanostructured materials and quantum materials, developing scalable fabrication of quantum confined optoelectronic materials for high performance light-emitting, energy conversion and sensing devices. These devices can be used in quantum information systems.

Biography

Prof. Fan received Bachelor (1998) and Master (2001) degrees on Physical Electronics from Fudan University, China, before moving on to University of California (UC), Irvine and obtaining PhD in 2006. He worked as a postdoctoral fellow in the Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences at the UC, Berkeley, with a joint appointment at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory during 2007-2010. He then became a member of the Department of Electronic and Computer Engineering, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST) in 2010 and now is a Chair Professor. Currently he serves as the Director of HKUST Center on Smart Sensors and Environmental Technologies and the Associate Director of Material Characterization and Preparation Facility. He is a member of the State Key Laboratory of Advanced Display and Optoelectronics Technologies at HKUST, Fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry, Senior Member of IEEE, and Founding Member of the Young Academy of Sciences of Hong Kong.