Dr. Qing Li

Assistant Professor

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Biography

Qing Li received a Bachelor of Engineering from Tsinghua University in 2006 and a Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering from Georgia Institute of Technology in 2013. During his doctoral research, supervised by Ali Adibi, he focused on developing optical signal processing technologies on silicon and silicon nitride platforms. From 2013 to 2018, he worked as a postdoctoral researcher at the Center for Nanoscale Science and Technology (CNST) at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), where he collaborated with Kartik Srinivasan. His work includes developing techniques for chip-scale quantum frequency conversion and octave-spanning microresonator frequency combs for optical frequency synthesis, as well as photonic interfaces for interrogating rubidium atomic systems. Dr. Li has received several accolades, including the Outstanding Graduate Student (Colonel Oscar P. Cleaver) Award and the Sigma Xi Ph.D. Thesis Award from Georgia Institute of Technology, as well as the Sigma Xi Outstanding Poster Award in Modeling, Simulation, and Physics at NIST.

Research Interests

Experience

Postdoctoral Researcher

2013-01-01 — 2018-01-01

National Institute of Standards and Technology • Rockville, MD

Developed techniques for chip-scale quantum frequency conversion and octave-spanning microresonator frequency combs.

Awards

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Outstanding Graduate Student Award

2013-01-01
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Sigma Xi Ph.D. Thesis Award

2013-01-01
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Sigma Xi Outstanding Poster Award

2018-01-01

Requirements for Carnegie Mellon University

Doctorate Program
Requirements
GPA Requirement
Required:3.5
GRE General
Verbal
Required:158
Quantitative
Required:149
Analytical Writing
Required:4
Overall
Required:4
Prerequisites
Bachelor's degree in Psychology or related field Research experience/publications
Application Checklist
  • Online application
  • Statement of Purpose
  • Three letters of recommendation
  • Transcripts
  • GRE scores (optional but reported in profile)
  • English Proficiency (TOEFL/IELTS/Duolingo)
Specialization Notes

Admission is extremely competitive with no strict GPA cut-offs; holistic review is used.