Curriculum Vitae

Sep 2013 - Jan 2018 City University of Hong Kong, Kowloon, Hong Kong

Ph.D. in Electronic Engineering, GPA 3.98/4.00

Advisor: Prof. Quan Xue

Coursework include: RF Circuit Engineering, Topics in Microwave Techniques, Antenna Design for Wireless Communication.

Dissertation: planar circularly polarized antennas for millimeter wave applications

Sep 2011 - Jun 2012 University College London, London, UK

Visiting undergraduate student in Electronic and Electrical Engineering, First Honors 85/100

Advisor: Prof. Kenneth Tong

Coursework include: Fields & Waves in Electronic Systems, Communication Systems, Semiconductor Devices, Optoelectronics.

Sep 2009 - May 2013 Washington and Lee University, Lexington VA, USA

B.Sc. in Physics-Engineering, Major GPA 3.86/4.00, Mathematics, Minor GPA 4.00/4.00

Advisor: Prof. Irina Mazilu

Coursework include: Modern Physics, Fluid Mechanics, Thermodynamics, Intro. Robotics, Real Analysis.

2017

Harold A. Wheeler Applications Prize Paper Award

IEEE (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers)

2016-2017

Overseas Research Activities Fund

University of California San Diego, fund provided by City University of Hong Kong

2015

Best Paper at AP/MTT Postgraduate Conference

IEEE (Hong Kong Chapter)

2013-2017

The Hong Kong PhD Fellowship Scheme

Hong Kong Research Grants Council

2013-2014

The Chow Yei Ching SGS Entrance Scholarship

City University of Hong Kong

2013

Sigma Pi Sigma Member, National (US) Physics Honor Society

American Institute of Physics

2012

Johnson Opportunity Grant for Independent Research

University College London, funded by Washington and Lee University

2010-2013

Dean’s List, Honor Roll and Cum Laude

Washington and Lee University

2009-2013

Full-Ride Scholarship for Undergraduate Studies

Washington and Lee University

2009-2013

Davis United World College Scholar

Shelby M.C. Davis Foundation

2020 – Present Advanced Science Research Center, City University of New York

Postdoctoral Fellow, PI: Prof. Andrea Alù

• Develop new nonlinearity, plasma and disorder-enhanced topological metasurfaces for on-chip photonics, acoustics and radiation applications

• Oversee RF and millimeter-wave measurement and anechoic chamber antenna measurement laboratories

2018 – 2020 University of California, San Diego

Postdoctoral Researcher, PI: Prof. Dan Sievenpiper

• Lead researcher on the group’s $300k DARPA program to develop photonic topological insulators on an SOI platform for integrated optics applications

• Designed amorphous (non-periodic) topological plasmonic metasurfaces

• Investigated alternative approaches for achieving backscattering-immunity for guided modes beyond topology

• Developed antennas needless of impedance matching, fully planar magic-T, and efficient transitions between topological and standard waveguides

2013 – 2018 City University of Hong Kong

Graduate Research Assistant, PI: Prof. Quan Xue

• Theorized and validated a new type of electromagnetic waves (line waves), a 1D version of surface waves, and designed a gate-reconfigurable THz platform on graphene for their manipulation

• Designed 60 GHz planar-aperture antenna arrays as low-cost Antenna-in-Package (AiP) solution for wireless personal area network application

• Designed differential dual-polarized magneto-electric antenna for 5G application, and miniaturized dual-band patch antennas for CubeSat and Wi-Fi booster applications

Summer 2012 University College London

Research Assistant, PI: Prof. Anthony Kenyon

• Identified photoluminescence from Silicon nanoclusters attributed to cluster-cluster interactions and quantum confinement effects, and analyzed TCSPC and FT-IR spectroscopic data to investigate radiative recombination mechanisms

Summer 2010 Washington and Lee University

Research Assistant, PI: Prof. Irina Mazilu

• Formulated stochastic SEIR model for epidemic disease, and deduced correlations between infected and recovered species of the model using a quantum mechanical mathematical approach and computer simulations in C++ and Maple

2018-2020 University of California San Diego

Project Lead: 5 PhD and 3 MSc students

2014 – 2015 City University of Hong Kong

Teaching Assistant: Introduction to Electromagnetics, Engineers in Society

Mentor: 2 Research Assistants and 1 Final-Year-Project student

2010 – 2011 Washington and Lee University

Teaching Assistant: General Physics Laboratory I and II

Peer Tutor: Micro-economic, Macro-economics, Calculus I, II and multivariable

Optical: Lasers, detectors, photolithography, sputtering, PECVD, etching, SEM, etc.

Microwave: VNA, spectrum analyzer, anechoic chamber, near-field scanner, etc.

Software: HFSS, CST, COMSOL, Lumerical, AutoCAD, MATLAB, Mathematica

Peer-Reviewed Articles for:

• Optics Express

• Optics Letters

• J. of Optical Society of America B

• Annalen der Physik

• J. of Physics D: Applied Physics

• Sensors

• IEEE Access

• IEEE Transactions on Antenna and Propagation

• IEEE Antenna and Wireless Propagation Letters

• IET Microwaves, Antennas and Propagation