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.

Xiaojie Wang received his Ph.D. degree in 2024 from the Department of Precision Instrument, Tsinghua University. His Ph.D. thesis focused on ultrafast laser-matter interactions for applications in quantum optics and semiconductor devices. His current research involves nonlinear optics and integrated photonics.

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 am Aakif I have completed my bachelor's in Engineering Physics (2023) from Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati. My bachelor's thesis was to study the dynamics of different superconducting qubit architecture in ultra-strong coupling regime for fast gate operations. I am currently a PhD student at Integrated Photonic Group at National University Singapore under Di Zhu.  My current research interests are in engineering quantum photonics for coherent microwave-optical transducers, quantum memories and optical quantum photonics. Apart from this, I love watching anime, running, cycling and visiting quite places in nature. Also, I am fascinated by how I can think of life in terms of mathematical facts, and I regularly try to find new ways to define life my favorite one being “optimism in the face of uncertainty”.

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.

Yue Li is a PhD student in the group of Prof. Shouhuan Zhou at the School of Electronic Information, Sichuan University. Her research focuses on femtosecond laser micromachining, nonlinear optics, and measurements, design, and fabrication of nanophotonic devices on thin film lithium niobate. Currently, she is a visiting PhD Student in Prof. Zhu's group at NUS, and her research interests include integrated photonics, nonlinear optics, and quantum optics based on thin-film lithium niobate platforms.

Chen Xu received his Bachelor's degree in Measurement and Control Technology and Instruments from Beihang University in 2021. He is currently pursuing a PhD at Beihang University under the supervision of Prof. Xia Yu, focusing on high-performance lasers for quantum precision measurement and laser stabilization. He is currently a visiting student in Prof. Zhu’s group at the National University of Singapore. In his spare time, he enjoys swimming and watching movies.

Ran Yang received his Bachelor's degree in Theoretical Physics from Southeast University, China, in 2018 and his Master's degree in Optics from Nanjing University, China, in 2021. Currently, he is pursuing his Ph. D. at the Dielectric Superlattice Laboratory, Nanjing University. Under the guidance of Prof. Yanxiao Gong, his Ph. D. focus on quantum photonic state generation, manipulation and application based on integrated micro-resonators. Now, he is conducting an exchange program in NUS with the guidance of Prof. Di Zhu, aiming to develop advanced integrated photonics quantum information processing platforms.

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.

​I am currently still studying EEE at NTU and I am in my third year. I would be doing my intern here for a semester and I hope I could learn something from this experience. The project I have been assigned to is TFLN fiber chip coupling and electro-optic modulator. 

My hobbies are photography, music production and travelling.