Wu Jiang

Professor

Email: wujiang@hnas.ac.cn

Prof. Jiang Wu received his Ph.D. degree in Electrical Engineering from the University of Arkansas-Fayetteville, USA, in 2011. From 2011 to 2015, he served as an Associate Professor and later as a Professor at UESTC, China. In 2012, he joined the Photonics Group at University College London (UCL), London, U.K. From 2015, he held the position of Lecturer/Assistant Professor at UCL. Since 2019, he has been a Full Professor at UESTC. He is currently the Vice Dean of the Institute of Fundamental and Frontier Sciences (IFFS) at UESTC and PI at Mozi Laboratory. His research interests include compound semiconductors, nanomaterials, and optoelectronics. He has published over 200 technical papers including publications in the highest impact journals (Nature Photonics, Nature Electronics, Light: Science and Applications, etc.) and obtained a total citation over 15000. He is an IET Fellow, a Fellow of the Higher Education Academy, and a Director of the Chinese Society for Optical Engineering.

Education Background

Ph.D., 2011    University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, AR  

M.S., 2011     University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, AR  

BS, 2006       University of Electronic Science and Technology of China

Work Experience

2025-present         PI, Mozi Laboratory

2023-present         Vice Dean, Institute of Frontiers and Fundamental Sciences, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China

2018-present         Professor, Institute of Frontiers and Fundamental Sciences, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China

2021-2022         Assistant Director, Office of Scientific Research and Development, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China

2018-2022            Professor, Institute of Frontiers and Fundamental Sciences, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China

2015-2018            Assistant Professor, Department of Electronic and Electrical Engineering, University College London

2012-2015     Research Associate, Department of Electronic and Electrical Engineering, University College London

2013-2015     Professor (on leave), School of Microelectronics and Solid-State Electronics, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China

2011-2013      Associate Professor, School of Microelectronics and Solid-State Electronics, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China

 Honors and Awards

2022\2023\2024 Elsevier Most Cited Chinese Researchers

China Invention and Entrepreneurship Innovation Award First Prize (2020)

 Research grant

2021-2026     Principal Investigator, “Nanosclae Light Sources Based on State of Matter Manipulation of Active Materials,” funded by the National Key Research and Development Program of China  (about ￡ 629,000.00)

2020-2023     Principal Investigator, “Metasurface enhanced quantum cascade infrared photodetectors,” funded by NSFC (about ￡ 64,000.00)

2019-2024      Co-Principal Investigator, “Non-Ergodic Quantum Manipulation,” funded by EPSRC (EP/R029075/1: ￡ 7,032,540)

2017-2021      Principal Investigator, “Intersubband Electro-Optic Modulators,” Funded by Huawei Technologies Research and Development UK Lt. (￡ 49,378.00)

2017-2018      Principal Investigator, “High performance III-V quantum dot photodetectors for low SWaP infrared devices,” funded by EPSRC (EP/R006172/1: ￡ 100,146.00)

2016-2017     Principal Investigator, “Hybrid 2-D Materials by MBE for Efficient Light Harvesting,” funded by Army Research Laboratory (USA) ($50,000.00)

2015-2016     Principal Investigator, UCL Startup fund (￡ 60,000.00)

2016-2023     Co-Investigator, “Future Compound Semiconductor Manufacturing Hub,” funded by EPSRC (EP/P006973/1: ￡ 10,330,423.00)

2014-2017     Principal Investigator, “Quantum Dot Intermediate Band Solar Cells,” funded by NSFC (about ￡100,000.00)

2013-2015     Principal Investigator, “Quantum Structured Infrared Photodetectors by Droplet Epitaxy,” funded by NSFC (about ￡ 30,000.00)

 Publications and patents in the past five years

1. K Cheng, K Shen, C Li, D Guo, H Wang, Jiang Wu*, "Design of long-wavelength infrared InAs/InAsSb type-II superlattice avalanche photodetector with stepped grading layer, " Electron 2, e73(2024) Selected as Front Cover

2. Aobo Ren, Hao Wang, Jiang Wu*, et al., "High-bandwidth perovskite photonic sources on silicon," Nature Photonics, 17, 798–805 (2023).

3. Feiyun Zhao, Yan Li, Zhiting Tang, Aobo Ren, Jiang Wu*, "High-Power Multi-Junction 905-nm Vertical Cavity Surface Emitting Laser with AlGaAsSb Electron Blocking Layer," Optics Letters 48 (8), 2142-2145(2023).

4. Aobo Ren, Hao Wang, Wei Zhang*, Jiang Wu*, Zhiming Wang, Richard Penty, Ian White, "Emerging light-emitting diodes for next-generation data communications", Nature Electronics 4, 559–572 (2021).

5. Qi Yuan, Chuang Li, Daqian Guo, Xinyue Cui, Xingyu Tang, Kai Shen, Jiang Wu*, Zhiming Wang, "High Performance Mid-Wave Type-II Superlattice Infrared Photodetectors with a Stepped InAs/GaSb Absorber," IEEE Transactions on Electron Devices 70, 2347 - 2351 (2023).