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Xu Fang earned his bachelor's degree in Materials Science Engineering from Tsinghua University in 2004 and followed with a Ph.D. in Condensed Matter Physics from the Institute of Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences in 2009. He joined the University of Southampton in 2012 after holding a three-year institutional research fellowship at RIKEN, Japan’s largest national research institute, where he became fluent in Japanese. Dr. Fang's research specializes in nanophotonics, with a particular focus on metasurfaces. His team employs advanced numerical simulations and nanofabrication techniques to achieve extreme light manipulation, exploring applications in optical sensing for the automotive industry and healthcare. His early work in metasurface research includes notable demonstrations such as metamaterial thin-film logic gates and excitation-selective spectroscopy. Additionally, he has contributed to the development of multiple advanced light manipulation techniques and has been involved in various international research collaborations. Dr. Fang has received several grants and regularly reviews for leading journals.
University of Southampton • Southampton, England
Lecturer in electronics and computer science focusing on research in nanophotonics and metasurfaces.