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.

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.

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.

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 research assistant at CQT, and will become a PhD student in 2024, 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.

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.

Shen Yucheng is currently an undergraduate at the Xi’an Jiaotong University majoring in physics honorable program.  He receives funding and support from Qian Xuesen College to study at the National University of Singapore for one semester. During his exchange at NUS, he conducts research training related to nonlinear optics and quantum optics under the guidance of professor Di Zhu. He has received university third-class scholarship and participated in mathematical modeling competition CUMCM getting provincial first prize. In his spare time, he likes reading, playing badminton, swimming, running, playing the piano and guitar. He also enjoys music, movies and traveling.