Integrated Quantum Photonics Lab
Dr. Di Zhu | National University of Singapore
People
We always look for talented and motivated people to join the crew.
We have multiple open positions. Please contact Di for more information.
Di Zhu
Assistant Professor (Presidential Young Professor & NRF Fellow)
Department of Materials Science & Engineering
National University of Singapore (NUS)
Senior Scientist, Quantum Technologies for Engineering Department
Institute of Materials Research and Engineering, A*STAR
Di Zhu received his Ph.D. (2019) and M.Sc. (2017) from Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and B.Eng. (2013) from Nanyang Technological University, all in Electrical Engineering. From 2019 to 2021, he was a postdoctoral fellow at Harvard University. His Ph.D. thesis with Prof. Karl Berggren focused on superconducting nanowire single-photon detectors, and postdoc work with Prof. Marko Lončar centered around thin-film lithium niobate photonics. In 2021, he returned to Singapore and joined the Institute of Materials Research & Engineering at A*STAR as a research scientist and principal investigator. In September 2023, he joined the National University of Singapore as a Presidential Young Professor while keeping a joint appointment with A*STAR. He is also a Fellow of Centre for Quantum Technologies (CQT).
Di was a recipient of the NRF Fellowship (Class 2023), Harvard Quantum Initiative Postdoctoral Fellowship, A*STAR National Science Scholarship, and MIT Jin-Au Kong thesis award. His current research interests include integrated quantum photonics, applied superconductivity, and nanoscale electromagnetics.
Outside of research, Di enjoys reading and hiking.
A*STAR Team Members & Collaborators
Veerendra Dhyani
Research Scientist
Quantum Technologies for Engineering Department
Institute of Materials Research and Engineering, A*STAR
Veerendra Dhyani has received his Ph,D degree from Centre for Applied Research in Electronics (CARE), IIT Delhi, India. His Ph.D. thesis (2020) with Dr. Samaresh Das was focused on the use of nanostructured materials (Si/Ge nanowire, porous silicon and TMDCs) to develop high-efficiency photodetectors. During this time, he has also worked on nanofabrication and characterization of Junction-less Nanowire Trigate MOSFET for THz detector. Later He moved to Trinity College Dublin (2020-2021) as a postdoc with Dr. Richard Hobbs, where he has worked on development of solid-state mask for near-field atom-beam lithography (metastable helium atoms) in collaboration with Prof. Bodil Holst (University of Bergen, Norway).
His current research interests include nanofabrication, nano-electronics, and integrated photonics. Currently, he is working as research scientist at IMRE, A*STAR with Dr. Zhu Di on the advancement of integrated photonic devices for quantum communication. His hobbies include music, movies, and hiking.
Xiaodong Shi
Research Scientist
Quantum Technologies for Engineering Department
Institute of Materials Research and Engineering, A*STAR
Xiaodong Shi joins the QTE department at IMRE, A*STAR, Singapore in 2023. He received his Bachelor's degree in Information Engineering from Beihang University, China, in 2016, followed by a Master's degree and Ph.D. in Photonic Engineering from Technical University of Denmark in 2018 and 2022, respectively. During his Ph.D., he focused on silicon carbide integrated photonics, with a particular emphasis on material preparation, device design, nanofabrication, and characterization, under the supervision of Prof. Haiyan Ou, Prof. Karsten Rottwitt, and Prof. Paul Michael Petersen. He then got the Villum Experiment grant from VELUX FOUNDATIONS and worked on silicon carbide quantum chips as a Postdoctoral Researcher at Technical University of Denmark. His research interests include integrated photonics, nonlinear optics, quantum optics, and nanofabrication.
Sihao Wang
Research Scientist
Quantum Technologies for Engineering Department
Institute of Materials Research and Engineering, A*STAR
Sihao Wang received his Ph.D (2023), M.Sc (2019) and M.Phil (2019) from Yale University in Electrical Engineering after obtaining his B.Sc (2014) from National University of Singapore in Physics. He completed his Ph.D. thesis under the supervision of Prof. Hong Tang, on developing hybrid quantum systems interfacing photons with spins. A particular focus is to dope rare earth spins in thin film lithium niobate for efficient spin control with light. Sihao is a A*STAR National Science Scholarship recipient. His current research interests include spin-mediated hybrid system, integrated photonics, and superconducting electronics. In his leisure time, Sihao enjoys hiking, playing soccer and cycling.
Sakthi Sanjeev Mohanraj
Research Specialist
Quantum Technologies for Engineering Department
Institute of Materials Research and Engineering, A*STAR
I graduated from Vellore Institute of Technology, India, with an M.Sc. in Physics. I did my master’s thesis under the supervision of Dr. Balakrishnan focusing on optimizing quantum protocols for implementing non-local gates in distributed quantum computing. Currently, I am working as a specialist at IMRE, A*STAR with Dr. Zhu Di in integrated photonics.
My hobbies include graphic designing and traveling.