Zongfu Yu is an American physicist and an academic. He is a professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.[1]
Zongfu Yu | |
|---|---|
| Academic background | |
| Education | B.S., Physics M.S., Management Science PhD., Applied Physics |
| Alma mater | University of Science and Technology of China Stanford University |
| Academic work | |
| Institutions | University of Wisconsin–Madison |
Yu is most known for his work on nonreciprocal optics,[2] solar cells,[3] and machine learning,[4][5] with his research published in academic journals such as Science and Nature.[6]
Education
editYu completed his B.S. in Physics from the University of Science and Technology of China in 2004. Later, he earned an M.S. in Management Science and Engineering from Stanford University in 2008 and a PhD in Applied Physics from Stanford University in 2009.[1]
Career
editYu began his academic career as a postdoctoral scholar at Stanford University from 2009 to 2012. In 2013, he joined the department of electrical and computer engineering at the University of Wisconsin – Madison.[1] In 2015, he co-founded Flexcompute to develop GPU-based physics simulations.[7]
Research
editYu has authored research papers on a range of topics, including optics and photonics, computational electrodynamics, and the application of machine learning in physics simulation. He is a Highly Cited Researcher by Clarivate, ranked in the top 1% by citations for his field(s) and publication year in the Web of Science.[8]
Awards and honors
edit- 2017 – Young Faculty Award, Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency
- 2018 – CAREER Award, National Science Foundation[9]
- 2020 – Fellow, The Optical Society[10]
- 2021 – H.I. Romnes Faculty Fellowship, University of Wisconsin–Madison[11]
Selected articles
edit- Kinkhabwala, A., Yu, Z., Fan, S., Avlasevich, Y., Müllen, K., & Moerner, W. E. (2009). Large single-molecule fluorescence enhancements produced by a bowtie nanoantenna. Nature Photonics, 3(11), 654–657.
- Zhu, J., Yu, Z., Burkhard, G. F., Hsu, C. M., Connor, S. T., Xu, Y., ... & Cui, Y. (2009). Optical absorption enhancement in amorphous silicon nanowire and nanocone arrays. Nano Letters, 9(1), 279–282.
- Yu, Z., & Fan, S. (2009). Complete optical isolation created by indirect interband photonic transitions. Nature Photonics, 3(2), 91–94.
- Fang, K., Yu, Z., & Fan, S. (2012). Realizing effective magnetic field for photons by controlling the phase of dynamic modulation. Nature Photonics, 6(11), 782–787.
- Zhou, L., Tan, Y., Ji, D., Zhu, B., Zhang, P., Xu, J., ... & Zhu, J. (2016). Self-assembly of highly efficient, broadband plasmonic absorbers for solar steam generation. Science Advances, 2(4), e1501227.
References
edit- ^ a b c "Zongfu Yu – University of Wisconsin-Madison".
- ^ "On-chip optical isolation".
- ^ "Fundamental limit of nanophotonic light trapping in solar cells".
- ^ "Simple 'smart' glass reveals the future of artificial vision".
- ^ "Training Deep Neural Networks for the Inverse Design of Nanophotonic Structures".
- ^ "Zongfu Yu – Google Scholar".
- ^ "GPU-Accelerated Photonic Simulations".
- ^ "Two UW-Madison ECE faculty in photonics among the most 'Highly Cited Researchers' in the world".
- ^ "Zongfu Yu receives NSF CAREER award for envisioning cameras of the future".
- ^ "2020 Fellows".
- ^ "Faculty receive WARF Named Professorships, Kellett Fellowships, and Romnes Awards".