High-Level Talents
Zhu Yan
Date : 2025-12-15

Research Professor, Tianjin University of Technology

National Youth High-Level Talent | Jiangsu Innovation & Entrepreneurship Talent

Ph.D., Virginia Tech

R&D leader at Lumentum: world-first 4×200 G photonic-integrated chip, 50 W CW high-power laser, first face-recognition VCSEL, high-speed detectors.

Alta Devices: broke & held single-junction solar-cell efficiency world record.

Research: high-speed optical-communication chips, high-power lasers, sensor chips & systems.

40+ papers (Appl. Phys. Lett., ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces, IEEE TDMR, etc.); 6 CN + 2 US patents.

PI: Tianjin Major Projects, Tianjin NSF Key grants; industry contracts (Beijing Infrared, Jiangsu Tuowei).

Achievements commercialized; realized full-China supply chain, breaking overseas monopoly.