First name: Chen    Family name: Zhang    Date of Birth: 06/1984

EDUCATION

Northwest University, Xian/China      Ph.D. candidate        optics          09/2009-12/2013

University of South Carolina, Columbia/USA   Joint Training Ph. D. candidate   10/2010-08-2012

Northwest University, Xian/China         M. S               optics          09/2006-07/2009

Xian Institute of Technology, Xian/China   B. S               optics          09/2002-07/2006                                                         

BACKGROUND

Have extensive background of optics, especially in the far-field super resolution imaging (STED microscope), optical nano fabrication, nano fluidics and nonlinear laser technology. Act as project leader of a project from National Nature Science Council (NNSC) of China, and two projects respectively from Science and Education Department of Shaanxi province government since 2015. Acted as the key member of many national and provincial projects from 2010 to 2018. Experienced in constructing different optical setups, such as, STED and confocal microscope, direct writing laser system, laser resonators, and optical parameter oscillator. Familiar with numerical simulation of optical field in high NA microscope system by diffraction integral theory.

INTERESTS  

Optical nano imaging by STED technology, Nano fabrication, micro/nano fluidic measurement

LANGUAGE

Chinese, English

WORKING EXPERIENCE  

04/2014-present working in the Institute of Photonics and Photon technology, Northwest University, Xi’an, China, associate professor

10/2014-08/2012 working in the Nanofluidic and Lab on a Chip team in Mechanical Engineering Department, University of South Carolina, Columbia, USA, lab assistant

Undertaken 1 national project from National Natural Science Foundation of China, 2 provincial scientific research projects. Participated in 1 Major Instrument Project of the National Natural Science Foundation of China. Published more than 20 high-level academic papers. Authorized 6 national invention patents.