Xi-Cheng Zhang
Xi-Cheng Zhang, is a Chinese-American Physicist. He was born in the People's Republic of China. Zhang is currently the Parker Givens Chair of Optics at the University of Rochester, and the director of the Institute of Optics.[1] He is also the Chairman of the Board and President of Zomega Terahertz Corporation.
Previously he was the J. Erik Jonsson ’22 Professor of Science at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, where he had joint appointments in the Department of Physics, Applied Physics and Astronomy, and the Department of Electrical Computer, and System Engineering. He also served as the director of the Center for Terahertz Research.
Biography
Zhang received his BS in physics from Peking University, Beijing, China in 1982. He subsequently earned his M.Sc and PhD in physics from Brown University, RI, USA in 1983 and 1986 respectively. He was a research physicist in Amoco Research Center and research scientist in Columbia University. He was appointed as Associate Professor in the department of physics at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in Jan, 1992. He was promoted to Professor and Distinguished Professor in Science on May, 1997 and Sep. 2001 respectively.[2] He was elected as the Fellow of Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers ins 2001 for "contributions to free-space terahertz optoelectronics".
He has been involved in research using Terahertz radiation, a part of the spectrum between microwaves and infrared, and the traditional bounds of electronics, and phonics. Terahertz radiation, or "T-Rays" have many potential applications for 3D scanning, non-destructive testing, and spectroscopy.
Dr. Zhang received 26 patents, published 23 books and book chapters, authored and co-authored over 300 refereed journal papers, delivered over 400 colloquium, seminars, invited conference presentations, and 250 contributed conference talks (since 1990). He is a Fellow of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, the Optical Society of America, and the American Physics Society. Most recently, he was awarded the OSA Meggers Award (2012) and the IEEE Photonics Society (IPS) 2011 William Streifer Scientific Achievement Award. Dr. Zhang has been active in pulsed THz research since 1988.
Memberships, awards and honorary degrees
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Memberships
- 2013-2014, Editor of Springer Science+Business Media Journal, Frontiers of Optoelectronics;
- 2012, Board of Director, Rochester Regional Photonics Cluster, Rochester NY;
- 2001, Fellow of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers;
- 2002, Fellow of the American Physical Society;[3]
- 2003, Fellow of the Optical Society of America;
Awards
- 1992, Research Initiation Award, from National Science Foundation;
- 2012, Williams F. Meggers Award from The Optical Society of America;
- 2012, Honorary Professor, Lomonosov Moscow State University, Moscow, Russia;
- 2011, IEEE Photonics Society William Streifer Scientific Achievement Award;
- 2010, Trustee Celebration of Faculty Achievement, December 10, 2010;
- 2010, Distinguished Professor, Wuhan National Laboratory for Optoelectronics, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, January 1, 2010,
- 2009, William H. Wiley 1866 Distinguished Faculty Award, RPI;
- 2006, Honorary Professor in the China Institute of Metrology, China, August 24, 2006;
- 2005, Distinguished Visiting Scientist, Jet Propulsion Lab, Caltech;
- 2004, Japan Society for the Promotion of Science Fellowship;
- 2004, NRC-CIAR Distinguished Visiting Scientist, National Research Council, Ottawa, Canada;
- 2004, Fellow, the World Innovation Foundation (F.W.I.F.);
- 2004, Elected as the commissioner of the Sixth Editorial Board for the Chinese Journal of Infrared and Millimeter Waves (JIRMW);
- 2003, Optical Society of America representative for LASEREXPO;
- 2003, First Heinrich Rudolf Hertz Lecturer, RWTH, Aachen,Germany;
- 2003, Traveling Lecturer Award, International Commission for Optics;
- 2002, Fellow and lifetime member, the American PhysicalSociety;
- 2002, Fellow Lecturer of Optical Society of America;
- 2002, K.C. Wong Fellow, K.C. Wong Foundation, Hong Kong;
- 2001, Outstanding Scientist Award, Natural National Science Foundation of China;
- 2001, Outstanding Overseas Chinese Scholar, the Chinese Academy of Sciences;
- 2001, J. Erik Jonsson ’22 Distinguished Professorship, RPI;
- 2001, Fellow and lifetime member, the Optical Society of America;
- 2001, Fellow, the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers;
- 1998-00, Distinguished Lecturer of IEEE/LEOS;
- 1996, Early Career Award, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute;
- 1995, Cottrell Scholar Award, Research Corporation;
- 1995, K.C. Wong Prize, K.C. Wong Foundation, Hong Kong;
- 1995, CAREER Award (previously NSF-NYI), National Science Foundation;
- 1993-94, AFOSR-SRPF Fellow, Hanscom Air Force Base
- 1992, Research Initiation Award, from National Science Foundation;
- 1991, Outstanding Young Scientist, Chinese Academy of Sciences;
- 1981, CUSPEA, Brown University;
- 1980, National Outstanding Student Award, Peking University;
Books
- L.-C. Zhao and X.-C. Zhang, Advanced Semiconductor Physics, University Textbook (Academy Sinica, China), HauDong Normal Univ. Publisher, ISBN 7-5617-0707-X (1992);
- “THz science, technology, and applications,” Jingzhou Xu and X.-C. Zhang, Peking University Press, ISBN 978-7-301-12503-8, 2007;
References
- ↑ "Hajim School Newsletter Home-Aug,26, 2011" (in (English)). Retrieved Aug 26, 2011.
- ↑ "Department of Physics, Applied Physics and Astronomy: Faculty" (in (English)). Retrieved Aug 26, 2011.
- ↑ "APS Fellowship" (in (English)). Retrieved Aug 26, 2011.