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Southern University of Science and Technology (SUSTech)

Shenzhen, China

GPA: 3.85/4.00; Weighted Average: 92.45/100; Major Rank: 7/46

Selected coursework: Fundamentals of Optics (98/100); Engineering Electromagnetics (90/100); Solid-State Electronics (97/100); Introduction to Semiconductor Optics (92/100); Liquid Crystal Optoelectronics (95/100); Introduction to Wide Bandgap Semiconductors (96/100)

Nanyang Technological University (NTU)

Singapore

Nanophotonics and integrated photonic devices

Controlling optical modes and light–matter interactions in structured media and developing reconfigurable systems for optical information processing and sensing.

Experimental observation and routing of pseudospin-locked chiral edge states in a gyromagnetic photonic crystal

Chengle Fan^*, Kaizhou Shi^*, Xiang Xi^†, Zhen Gao^†

Manuscript in preparation. * Equal contribution (co-first authors); † Corresponding authors. · 2026

Cavity-Tunable Dirac Phases in a Microwave Metasurface

Shuxin Lin^*, Dong Zhao^*, Chengle Fan^*, Bei Yan, Yan Meng^†, Baile Zhang^†, Zhen Gao^†

Manuscript in preparation. * Equal contribution (co-first authors); † Corresponding authors. · 2026

Cavity-tunable Orbital Band Inversion and Helical Edge Transport

Minghui Niu^*, Yan Meng^*†, Chengle Fan, Xiaoyuan Jiao, Jidong Song, Gina Jinna Chen, Perry Ping Shum, Zhen Gao^†, Mengyao Li^†

Manuscript in preparation. * Equal contribution (co-first authors); † Corresponding authors. · 2026

Artificial Microstructure Physics Research Group, SUSTech

Shenzhen, China

Supervisor: Prof. Zhen Gao. Pseudospin-locked chiral edge states and photonic routing; cavity-controlled photonic systems; exploratory modeling of gauge-field photonic lattices.

• Led full-wave modeling and sample design of a gyromagnetic photonic crystal; characterized its topological phases using band inversion, pseudospin-resolved eigenfields, and spin Chern numbers.
• Designed measurement configurations and participated in most VNA transmission and near-field experiments, demonstrating approximately 20 dB directional transmission contrast and pseudospin-selective edge-mode excitation within the bandgap.
• Designed a pseudospin multiplexer/demultiplexer and a low-crosstalk waveguide crossing; wrote the first-authored manuscript and prepared its figures.
• Contributed to sublattice-resolved VNA measurements of cavity-tunable Dirac phases, supporting pseudospin-texture reconstruction and winding-number characterization; co-first author on the manuscript.
• Investigating cavity-controlled refraction through MATLAB analysis of simulated bands, isofrequency contours, and interface phase matching, identifying candidate operating conditions for reconfigurable beam routing.
• Developed tight-binding and full-wave models to explore gauge-field-induced duality and Hofstadter-type spectra in photonic lattices.
• Contributed to experiments on cavity-controlled helical edge transport and to revision measurements for a study of cavity-tunable exceptional points.

Nanyang Technological University (NTU)

Singapore

Supervisor: Prof. Baile Zhang. Terahertz chiral valley edge states.

• Developed 2D and 3D COMSOL models of terahertz Chern–valley interfaces to evaluate overlapping bulk bandgaps and interface-localized modes.
• Optimized a magneto-optic slab geometry while assessing magnetic bias, fabrication tolerances, and finite air-layer effects.

SUSTech Undergraduate Research Training Program

Shenzhen, China

Awarded a competitive university research grant of CNY 10,000 as project leader for Design of 3D Photonic Topological Insulators at Telecommunication Wavelengths.

Computational electromagnetics

COMSOL Multiphysics and FDTD in MATLAB

Band topology and numerical modeling

Tight-binding modeling and topological-invariant calculations

Time-varying and spatiotemporal photonics

MATLAB-based PWE/TMM band calculations, eigenfield reconstruction, and FDTD simulations for photonic time crystals and space–time-periodic media

Experimental characterization

VNA transmission and near-field mapping, optical alignment, CCD imaging, polarization microscopy, liquid-crystal cell assembly, electro-optic characterization

Programming and software

MATLAB and COMSOL LiveLink; basic experience with C and Meep FDTD; familiarity with Silvaco, Zemax, and TracePro

Mandarin Chinese

Native

English

TOEFL iBT 104

Southern University of Science and Technology

Southern University of Science and Technology

Southern University of Science and Technology

EEE Student Union, SUSTech

SUSTech Orienteering Club