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Curriculum Vitae Name: Shengwang Du Department of Physics Tel: +1 ??? The University of Texas at Dallas (UTD) Fax: +1 ??? 800 West Campbell Rd. Email: [email protected] Richardson, TX 75080 Web: https://personal.utdallas.edu/~dusw/ USA Experimental Research Interests: Quantum Optics, Atomic Physics, Quantum Information Processing, Nonlinear Optics, Laser Cooling and Trapping, Optical Neural Network and Artificial Intelligence, Optical Microscopy, and Bioimaging. Appointments: • 01/01/2021–Present, Professor, Department of Physics, The University of Texas at Dallas • 07/01/2017–12/31/2020, Professor, Department of Physics & Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST). • 01/01/2013–06/30/2017, Associate Professor, Department of Physics, HKUST. • 04/01/2015–06/30/2017, Associate Professor, Division of Biomedical Engineering, HKUST. • 07/30/2008–12/31/2012, Assistant Professor, Department of Physics, HKUST. • 02/20//2020-12/31/2020, Director; 07/2017–02/19/2020, Associate Director, Super- Resolution Imaging Center (SRIC), HKUST. • 06/27/2016–Present, Cofounder & Chairman of the Board, Light Innovation Technology (LiT) Ltd, Hong Kong. • 12/04/2013–Present, Cofounder, NanoBioImaging (NBI) Ltd, Hong Kong. • 10/01/2018–09/30/2020, Visiting Professor, South China Normal University. • 01/01/2017–05/29/2017, Visiting Fellow, JILA, University of Colorado Boulder. • 2004-2008, Chief Technical Advisor, LedUp Enterprise Inc, Agoura Hills, California, USA. • 06/20/2005–07/2008, Postdoctoral Scholar, S. E. Harris’s group, Edward L. Ginzton Laboratory, Stanford University, USA. • 05/06/2005–06/19/2005, Postdoctoral Research Associate, D. Z. Anderson’s group, JILA, University of Colorado at Boulder, USA. Entrepreneurship & Technology Transfer • Cofounder & Chairman of the Board, Light Innovation Technology (LiT) Ltd, Hong Kong, (for commercializing light-sheet microscopy and 5D live cell imaging), 06/27/2016 – Present. • Cofounder, NanoBioImaging (NBI) Ltd, Hong Kong (for commercializing super-resolution microscopy and bioimaging service), 12/04/2013 – Present. Education: • 08/1999–05/2005, Ph.D., Physics (Atomic, Molecular and Optical Physics), JILA and Department of Physics, University of Colorado at Boulder, USA. Thesis: Atom-Chip Bose-Einstein Condensation in a Portable Vacuum Cell Shengwang Du page 1 of 23 Advisor: Prof. Dana Z. Anderson • 01/2002–12/2002, M.S., Electrical Engineering, Department of Electrical Engineering, University of Colorado at Boulder, USA. Advisor: Prof. Frank Barnes • 09/1996–07/1999, M.S., Physics (Condensed Matter Physics: Superconducting Electronics), Department of Physics, Peking University, China. Thesis: Paring Symmetry of Order Parameter in High Temperature Superconductors and Its Phase Measurement Advisor: Prof. Yuandong Dai • 09/1992–07/1996, B.S., Electrical Engineering (Electronics & Information Systems), Department of Electronic Science and Engineering, Nanjing University, China. Thesis: 1. A Low-Power 80C31 Micro-controller System: A complete Development of Portable Device in Measuring Diamond Hardness. (Advisor: Prof. Min Fan) 2. The Monte-Carlo Simulation for Si Micro-Strip Detectors & e+e− Electron Pair Scattering. (Advisor: Prof. Ming Qi) • 02/1994–07/1995, Minor (secondary) degree in Computer Science, Department of Computer Science and Technology, Nanjing University, China. Honors & Awards: • 2020, Elected Member, The Hong Kong Young Academy of Sciences (YASHK). • 2019, Fellow, The American Physical Society (APS). • 2019, Fellow, The Optical Society (OSA). • 2019, Light Innovation Technology Ltd: Innovative Startup Gold Award, HSBC Commercial Banking and Hong Kong Economic Times. • 2019, Light Innovation Technology Ltd: Champion, Hong Kong Chapter, International Property Innovation and Entrepreneurship Contest (IPIEC). • 2019, The Mentors I like (nominated by the Outstanding Students of 2018-19), HKUST • 2019, UROP Faculty Research Award, HKUST. • 2018, UROP Faculty Research Award, HKUST. • 2018 The Teachers I Like (nominated by the Outstanding Students of 2017-18), HKUST. • 2016-17 Faculty Recognition, HKUST. • 08/2017, 3rd Prize in the Grand Final of GZ Nansha HKUST One Million Dollar International Entrepreneurship Competition. • 07/2017, Innovation Award and GF Securities Award, HKUST One Million Dollar Entrepreneurship Competition. • 10/2016, 2nd-Class Prize, the China Innovation and Entrepreneurship Competition of Hong Kong, Macau and Taiwan. • 2016, UROP Faculty Research Award, HKUST. • 2015, UROP Faculty Research Award, HKUST. • 2011, School of Science Research Award, HKUST. Shengwang Du page 2 of 23 • 04/2005, Equity and Excellence Award (for outstanding service to the university community and commitment to promoting the principles of academic excellence, cultural pluralism and diversity in higher education), Office of Diversity, Equity & Community Engagement, University of Colorado Boulder. Books & Book Chapters: 1. Chih-Sung Chuu* and Shengwang Du*, “Narrowband Biphotons: Generation, Manipulation, and Applications,” Book Chapter in Engineering the Atom-Photon Interaction, edited by Ana Predojevic and Morgan W. Mitchell, Springer (2015): eBook ISBN 978-3-319-19231-4, Hardcover ISBN 978-3-319-19230-7. 2. J. F. Chen, Heejeong Jeong, M. M. T. Loy, and Shengwang Du, Optical Precursors: From Classical Waves to Single Photons, Springer Briefs in Physics, Springer (2013): ISBN 978- 981-4451-94-9. 3. Shengwang Du, Atom-chip Bose-Einstein condensation in a portable vacuum cell, PhD Thesis, JILA & Department of Physics, University of Colorado Boulder (2005). Journal Publications: [*corresponding author(s)] 1. Zhuihui Zeng, Hoi-Chun Chiu, Luwei Zhao, Teng Zhao, Chenbo Zhang, Mostafa Karami, Hongyu Yu, Shengwang Du, and Xian Chen*, “Dual beam-shear differential interference microscopy for full-field surface deformation gradient characterization,” J. Mech. Phys. Solids 145, 104162 (2020). 2. Bojeong Seo, Peng Chen, Ziting Chen, Weijun Yuan, Mingchen Huang, Shengwang Du, and Gyu-Boong Jo*, “Efficient production of a narrow-line erbium magneto-optical trap with two- state slowing, ” Phys. Rev. A 102, 013319 (2020). 3. Yefeng Mei, Yiru Zhou, Shanchao Zhang, Jianfeng Li, Kaiyu Liao, Hui Yan, Shi-Liang Zhu, and Shengwang Du*, “Einstein-Podolsky-Rosen energy-time entanglement of narrow-band biphotons,” Phys. Rev. Lett. 124, 010509 (2020). 4. Yue Jiang, Yefeng Mei, Ying Zuo, Yanhua Zhai, Jensen Li, Jianming Wen*, and Shengwang Du*, “Anti-parity-time symmetric optical four-wave mixing in cold atoms,” Phys. Rev. Lett. 123, 193604 (2019). 5. Shanchao Zhang, Yiru Zhou, Yefeng Mei, Kaiyu Liao, Yongli Wen, Jianfeng Li, Xin-Ding Zhang, Shengwang Du*, Hui Yan* and Shi-Liang Zhu*, “δ-Quench measurement of a pure quantum-state wave function,” Phys. Rev. Lett. 123, 190402 (2019). 6. Ying Zuo, Bohan Li, Yujun Zhao, Yue Jiang, You-Chiuan Chen, Peng Chen, Gyu-Boong Jo, Junwei Liu*, and Shengwang Du*, “All-optical neural network with nonlinear activation functions,” Optica 6, 1132 (2019); arXiv:1904.10819 [physics.optics]. [OSA News Release on 29/08/2019: “Researchers Demonstrate All-Optical Neural Network for Deep Learning”; HKUST Press Release on 11/09/2019: “HKUST Researchers Build the World’s First All- Optical Multilayer Neural Network Paving Way for Next Generation of AI Hardware”.] 7. Shengwang Du*, Teng Zhao, and Luwei Zhao, “Light sheets with extended length,” Opt. Commun. 450, 166 (2019). 8. Yunfei Wang, Jianfeng Li, Shanchao Zhang, Keyu Su, Yiru Zhou, Kaiyu Liao, Shengwang Du, Hui Yan*, and Shi-Liang Zhu*, “Efficient quantum memory for single-photon polarization qubits,” Nat. Photon. 13, 346 (2019). [Cover story of Volume 13 Issue 5, May 2019; HKUST Shengwang Du page 3 of 23 Press Release on 28/04/2019: “HKUST Physicist Contributes to New Record of Quantum Memory Efficiency Bringing Quantum Computers Closer to Reality”.] 9. Heejeong Jeong*, Shengwang Du, and Na Young Kim, “Proposed narrowband biphoton generation from an ensemble of solid-state quantum emitters,” J. Opt. Soc. Am. B 36, 646 (2019). 10. Yan Huang, Tianjin Ma, Pik Ki Lau, Jinhui Wang, Teng Zhao, Shengwang Du, Michael M.T. Loy, and Yusong Guo*, “Visualization of protein sorting at the trans-Golgi network and endosomes through super-resolution imaging,” Front. Cell Dev. Biol. 7, 181 (2019). 11. Xiandeng Wu, Qixu Cai, Zeyu Shen, Xudong Chen, Menglong Zeng, Shengwang Du, and Mingjie Zhang*, “RIM and RIM-BP form presynaptic active-zone-like condensates via phase separation,” Molecular Cell 73, 971 (2019). 12. Yue Jiang, Yefeng Mei, Yueyang Zou, Ying Zuo, and Shengwang Du*, “Intracavity cold atomic ensemble with high optical depth,” Rev. Sci. Instrum. 90, 013105 (2019). 13. Hoi Chun Chiu, Zhuohui Zeng, Luwei Zhao, Teng Zhao, Shengwang Du*, and Xian Chen*, “Measuring optical beam shear angle of polarizing prisms beyond the diffraction limit with localization method,” Opt. Commun. 435, 227 (2019). 14. Zhuohui Zeng, Chenbo Zhang, Shengwang Du, and Xian Chen*, “Quantitative surface topography of martensitic microstructure by differential interference contrast microscopy,” J. Mech. Phys. Solids 124, 102 (2019). 15. Hongwu Yu, Cheng Xue, Mengping Long, Huiqiang Jia, Guosheng Xue, Shengwang Du, Yves Coello, and Toyotaka Ishibashi*, “TEFM enhances transcription elongation by modifying mtRNAP pausing dynamics,” Biophysical Journal 115, 2295 (2018). 16. Shichang Liu, Fengchao Yu, Qin Hu, Tingliang Wang, Lujia Yu, Shengwang Du, Weichuan Yu, and Ning Li*, “Development of in planta chemical cross-linking-based