Prof. Cheng Wang received his B.S. degree in Microelectronics from Tsinghua University in 2012, and his S.M. (2015) and Ph.D. (2017) degrees, both in Electrical Engineering from Harvard University, supervised by Prof. Marko Lončar. After conducting research as a postdoctoral fellow at Harvard, he joined City University of Hong Kong as an Assistant Professor in 2018, and was promoted to Associate Professor in 2023. Prof. Wang's research focuses on the design and nanofabrication technology of integrated photonic devices and circuits. His current research effort focuses on realizing integrated lithium niobate photonic circuits for applications in optical communications, millimeter-wave/terahertz technologies, nonlinear optics, and quantum photonics. Since joining CityU, Prof. Wang has led major research grants from RGC HK (STG & YCRG) and NSFC (Cat. A&B). He has also received a number of awards in both research and teaching, including the Croucher Innovation Award (2020), The President's Award, CityU (2020), 35 Innovators Under 35 (China), MIT Technology Review (2021), Alibaba DAMO Academic Young Fellow (2024), as well as EE Outstanding Teaching Award (2019/20&2020/21) and College Outstanding Teaching Award (2020/21).
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Awards and Achievements
- 2020 “Croucher Innovation Award” Croucher Foundation.
- 2021 “35 Innovators under 35 (China)” MIT Technology Review.
- 2024 “DAMO Academy Young Fellow” Alibaba DAMO Academy.
Journal
- Zhu, S. , Zhang, Y. , Feng, J. , Wang, Y. , Zhai, K. , Feng, H. , Pun, E. , Zhu, N. & Wang, C. (2025). Integrated lithium niobate photonic millimetre-wave radar. Nature Photonics. 19. 204 - 211. doi:10.1038/s41566-024-01608-7
- Tao, Z. , Wang, H. , Feng, H. , Guo, Y. , Shen, B. , Sun, D. , Tao, Y. , Han, C. , He, Y. , Bowers, J. , Shu, H. , Wang, C. & Wang, X. (2025). Ultrabroadband on-chip photonics for full-spectrum wireless communications. Nature. 645. 80 - 87. doi:10.1038/s41586-025-09451-8
- Feng, H. , Ge, T. , Guo, X. , Wang, B. , Zhang, Y. , Chen, Z. , Zhu, S. , Zhang, K. , Sun, W. , Huang, C. , Yuan, Y. & Wang, C. (2024). Integrated lithium niobate microwave photonic processing engine. Nature. 627. 80 - 87. doi:10.1038/s41586-024-07078-9
- Zhang, M. , Buscaino, B. , Wang, C. , Shams-Ansari, A. , Reimer, C. , Zhu, R. , Kahn, J. M. & Loncar, M. (2019). Broadband electro-optic frequency comb generation in a lithium niobate microring resonator. Nature. 568. 373 - 377. doi:10.1038/s41586-019-1008-7
- Zhang, M. , Wang, C. , Hu, Y. , Shams-Ansari, A. , Ren, T. , Fan, S. & Loncar, M. (2019). Electronically programmable photonic molecule. Nature Photonics. 13. 36 - 40. doi:doi.org/10.1038/s41566-018-0317-y
- Wang, C. , Zhang, M. , Chen, X. , Bertrand, M. , Shams-Ansari, A. , Chandrasekhar, S. , Winzer, P. & Loncar, M. (2018). Integrated lithium niobate electro-optic modulators operating at CMOS-compatible voltages. Nature. 562. 101 - 104. doi:10.1038/s41586-018-0551-y
Service in CityUHK
Administrative Assignment
- 2022 - Now, EE Laboratories, Lead.
Teaching Service
- 2024 - Now, EE2800 Semiconductor Physics for Engineers.
- 2019 - Now, EE5436, Fundamentals and Applications of Photonics.
- 2019 - 2023, EE6615, Nanotechnology for Devices and Microsystems.
Last update date :
18 Sep 2025
