Guangxing Wu received his Bachelor’s degree in Optoelectronic Materials and Devices from Harbin Engineering University, China, in 2016 and his Master’s degree in Optical Engineering from Nanjing University, China, in 2019. Following that, he received his Ph.D. degree in Electronic Engineering from National University of Singapore, Singapore, in 2024. After graduation, Guangxing Wu joined the Department of Materials Science & Engineering of NUS as a postdoctoral research fellow. During his master’s studies, his research focused on second harmonic generation in optical fiber nanowires and optical multimode fiber endoscopes. During his Ph.D., he turned to developing advanced optical microsphere nanoscopes and driving applications of this technology. His current research interests include integrated photonics, nonlinear optics, and quantum optics in the thin-film lithium niobate platform.

Hao Hao obtained his Bachelor's degree in Electrical Science and Technology from Central South University in 2019. Currently, he is pursuing his Ph.D. at the Research Institute of Superconductor Electronics, Nanjing University. Under the guidance of Prof. Qingyuan Zhao, his Ph.D. research focuses on photon number resolving superconducting nanowire single photon detector and its application in single photon communication. Hao is now serving as a visiting scholar in Prof. Di Zhu's group.

Angela is currently a PhD candidate at the National University of Technology Singapore, supported by the SINGA scholarship from ASTAR. She received her master’s degree in Quantum Technology from the Australian National University, where she conducted research on characterizing single photon sources of perovskite nanocrystal and briefly worked on producing Bose-Fermi mixture of metastable He atoms. Angela obtained her Bachelor’s degree in Engineering Physics from the National Institute of Technology Calicut. Her current research revolves around the production, measurement, and technical applications of non-classical light sources such as squeezed light, utilizing a non-linear integrated optics platform. Outside of academia, she likes reading sci-fi and mystery books, as well as exploring new places.

Lin Zhou received his Master's degree (2023) in optical engineering and his Bachelor's degree (2020) in materials physics from Nanjing University, China. His Master's thesis focused on the implementation of quantum-inspired imaging techniques, under the supervision of Prof. Lijian Zhang. He is currently a PhD student under the supervision of Di Zhu. His current research interests include integrated quantum photonics and quantum computing on the thin-film lithium niobate platform. During his leisure time, he enjoys reading, music and multilingual learning.

Zhuoyang Yu got his Master’s degree in Electronic Engineering from ETH Zurich in 2024, following his Bachelor’s degree in the same field from Tsinghua University, in 2021. For his Master’s thesis, he developed a plasmonic modulator using artificial nonlinear materials under the guidance of Prof. Juerg Leuthold. His Bachelor’s thesis, supervised by Prof. Maokun Li and Prof. Chia-Wei Hsu, focused on creating discrete perfectly matched layers (DPML). Currently, Zhuoyang is pursuing a PhD under the supervision of Di Zhu, with research interests in microresonator-based frequency combs and integrated quantum photonics. In his free time, he enjoys reading, listening to music, boxing, skiing and so on.

Mengyao Zhao received both her Master’s degree (2024) in Optical Engineering and her Bachelor’s degree (2021) in a similar field from Huazhong University of Science and Technology, China. Her Master’s research primarily focused on passive integrated photonic devices and systems based on lithium niobate-on-insulator and silicon-on-insulator platforms, under the supervision of Prof. Jianji Dong. She is currently a PhD student under the supervision of Di Zhu. In her spare time, she enjoys playing badminton, reading, and watching movies.

I completed my integrated MSc. from UM-DAE Center for Excellence in Basic Sciences. For my master's thesis project I worked on developing a control system for atomic tweezer arrays, under Dr. Takeshi Fukuhara, RQC, Riken. Currently I am a research assistant in Dr. Zhu Di's group. My hobbies include basketball, reading philosophy, electronics and automation projects.

Ming Lu received his Bachelor’s degree in Electronic Science and Applied Physics from Hefei University of Technology, China. He is currently a Ph. D. candidate at Zhejiang University, and his research focuses on photodetector based on Si/Graphene heterojunction, with an emphasis on device design, Micro-Nano fabrication, characterization, and mechanism exploration, under the supervision of Prof. Chaofeng Lu. Now, he is conducting an exchange program in National University of Singapore with the guidance of Prof. Di Zhu. He enjoys swimming and playing badminton during his leisure time.

Sun Jiapeng is a graduate student at the Harbin Engineering University, where he obtained a master's degree in optics and is now pursuing doctoral degree. His research focuses on phase change materials, laser propulsion, and biochemical detection of liquid crystals. He is working on building an all-photon non-volatile programmable platform and achieving logic computing. He is currently conducting exchange research in Prof. Zhu Di's group at the National University of Singapore.

Lixiang Wang is currently pursuing her Ph.D. at the State Key Laboratory of Silicon and Advanced Semiconductor Materials, Zhejiang University (ZJU). Her research focuses on preparation of perovskite single crystals, array integration as well as applications in the field of detection. Through Ph.D. New Star Program, she embarked on a year-long research project in Di Zhu’s group at the National University of Singapore (NUS), exploring the intersection of perovskite materials and quantum communication. During her leisure time, she frequents museums, historical and scenic landmarks.

Junyong Yan is a PhD student at College of Information Science and Electronic Engineering, Zhejiang University. His PhD research focuses on III-V quantum dot-based quantum optics, including single-photon sources, entangled-photon sources, and solid-state stationary qubits.

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Currently, he is a visiting PhD Student in Prof. Zhu's group at NUS, aiming to develop high-performance near-infrared lithium niobate photonic circuits. His research interests include integrated photonics, quantum information processing, quantum emitters, and nanofabrication.

Boyang Deng is an undergraduate student from the School of Physical Sciences, University of Science and Technology of China. Now, she is doing summer internship in Asst. Prof. Zhu Di's group at the National University of Singapore. Her current research interests include integrated photonics, nonlinear optics, and quantum optics in the thin-film lithium niobate platform. Her hobbies include digital art design and cycling.