Dr. Ziyang Zhang

Ziyang Zhang joined Westlake University as a Principal Investigator (PI) in the Laboratory of Photonic Integration in 2018. He graduated from Zhejiang University, majoring in Optical Engineering in 2003. He received his MSc and Ph.D. degrees in silicon-based photonic devices, both from the Royal Institute of Technology (KTH) in Sweden. Then, he joined the Fraunhofer Heinrich-Hertz-Institute (HHI) in Berlin, Germany in 2008 and worked 8 years on polymer photonics, InP-based optoelectronics, and hybrid photonic integration. In 2016, he accepted the position at the Leibniz Institute for Astrophysics (AIP) in Potsdam, Germany as the head of the Astro-Optics group to address pressing issues in astronomy with the development of “smart” fibers and integrated photonic modules. His research experience covers silicon-based photonic devices, InP-based active devices, polymer photonics and hybrid photonic integration, from optical circuit design, numerical simulations, nano-fabrication technology, to module assembly, packaging, and further to device characterizations.