Dr. Linran Fan

Biography

Linran Fan is an Assistant Professor and Early Career Fellow at the Chandra Family Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at The University of Texas at Austin. He received his Bachelor of Science degree in Physics from Peking University in 2011 and earned his Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering from Yale University in 2017. Following his doctoral studies, Dr. Fan worked as a postdoctoral researcher at the California Institute of Technology in 2018. He joined the faculty at the Wyant College of Optical Sciences at the University of Arizona in August 2018 before moving to his current position at UT Austin in August 2023. Dr. Fan's research centers on nonlinear interactions involving optical photons, superconducting circuits, electron spins, and acoustic waves at the quantum level, leading to the development of novel integrated devices and materials. His work has implications for a range of applications including photonic information processing, communication, precision measurement, and enhanced quantum information science. Research areas led by Dr. Fan include Electromagnetics & Acoustics, Integrated Photonics, Quantum Information, and Nonlinear Optics. He is associated with the Microelectronics Research Center and the Quantum Nonlinear Photonics Group.

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