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Tian Zhong's research focuses on developing enabling nanophotonic molecular technologies to build an efficient, global-scale Quantum Internet. Over the past decade, his work has contributed significant progress toward nanoscale quantum network nodes and high-throughput quantum communication links interconnecting distant nodes. His efforts in atomic-molecular physics and photonics converge on a vision to advance state-of-the-art quantum information technologies, bringing the Quantum Internet one step closer to reality. Zhong pioneered the field of rare-earth quantum nanophotonics, leveraging modern photonic technologies to develop a versatile rare-earth nanophotonic platform enabling scalable quantum optical networks. He completed his PhD in Electrical Engineering from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 2013, and holds a Master of Science from MIT in 2009, as well as completing his undergraduate studies at Nanyang Technological University in Singapore in 2007. He was a postdoctoral fellow at the Institute of Quantum Information and Matter and the Department of Applied Physics and Material Science at the California Institute of Technology.
Pritzker School of Molecular Engineering, University of Chicago • Chicago, IL
Teaching and conducting research in nanophotonic molecular technologies and quantum information.
Department of Philosophy