Prof. Nan Chi is currently a dean of the School of Information, a member of the Academic Committee of the School of Information, and a member of the Professor Committee of the School of Information at Fudan University. She earned, from the Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications, a BS in Wireless Engineering (1996) and a PhD in Telecommunications Engineering (2000). She was awarded the Ministry of Education New Century Excellent Talents, Outstanding Youth of Hubei Province (2007), and Shanghai Shuguang Scholar (2008). Her research topics mainly include optical packet label switching, advanced modulation methods, all-optical information processing, and the integration of optical and wireless networks.