Danqing Wang, Young Research Fellow, Doctoral Supervisor, Department of Optical Science and Engineering, Fudan University. Selected for the National Overseas High-Level Youth Talent Programme and Fudan University New Engineering Talent Programme. B.Sc. from the School of Physics, Nanjing University. Ph.D. from Northwestern University (USA), supervised by Professor Teri Odom and Professor George Schatz (both members of the US National Academy of Sciences). Subsequently held Miller Research Fellowship at the University of California, Berkeley (host: Professor Junqiao Wu), and postdoctoral research fellowship at the Max Planck Institute for the Science of Light, Germany (host: Professor Vahid Sandoghdar).

Research focuses on micro-nano optics, integrated optoelectronic devices, and quantum optics. Published 29 SCI papers, including first/corresponding author papers in Nature Nanotechnology, Nature Materials, Nature Communications, Nano Letters, Chemical Reviews, Accounts of Chemical Research, and other high-impact journals. Total citations >2,900 (Google Scholar), H-index 23. Recipient of MIT Technology Review Innovators Under 35, Rising Star of Light, Miller Research Fellowship, MRS Graduate Student Award, Chinese Government Award for Outstanding Self-Financed Students Abroad, and other awards.

Personal Profiles:

Personal website: https://danqing-wang.github.io/

Google Scholar: https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=XbzEcqMAAAAJ&hl=en

ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7369-1944

Research directions include but are not limited to:

Optical peculiarities of structured nanomaterials

Photonic integration strategies based on micro-nano optical cavities

Novel laser feedback mechanisms

Optical quantum devices at room temperature

The group welcomes postdoctoral researchers year-round and plans to recruit several Master’s and PhD students annually. Applicants with backgrounds in physics, optics, materials, electronics, and related fields are welcome.

(For details: https://hr.fudan.edu.cn/c7/46/c4841a706374/page.htm)

Nov. 2023: Session Chair, International Workshop on Quantum Materials for 2D Photonics & Optoelectronics, Singapore

Jun. 2023: Co-Chair, Gordon Research Seminar (Lasers in Micro, Nano and Bio Systems), USA

Independent Reviewer for Nature Communications, Physical Review Letters, ACS Photonics, Optica, Optics Express, and other journals

MIT Technology Review Innovators Under 35 (Asia-Pacific), 2025

High-Level Young Talent Programme (Overseas), 2023

Fudan University New Engineering Talent Fund, 2023

Rising Stars of Light (3 awardees globally, before faculty track), 2023

Rising Stars in EECS, USA, 2022

Forbes 30 Under 30 in Science, USA, 2021

Miller Research Fellowship, University of California, Berkeley, 2019

Material Research Society Graduate Student Award, Silver Award, 2018

Excellent Poster Award, Gordon Research Conference on Lasers in Micro, Nano and Bio Systems, 2018

Honorable Mention, International Precious Metals Institute Student Award, 2018

Chinese Government Award for Outstanding Self-Financed Students Abroad, 2018

Outstanding Research Award, International Institute for Nanotechnology, Northwestern University, 2017

National Excellent Award, National Undergraduate Innovation and Experimentation Programme, China, 2013

2024 – present: Young Research Fellow, Department of Optical Science and Engineering, Fudan University

2023 – 2024: Postdoctoral Researcher, Max Planck Institute for the Science of Light, Germany

2019 – 2023: Miller Research Fellow, Department of Materials Science, University of California, Berkeley, USA

2013 – 2019: PhD student in Applied Physics, Northwestern University, USA

2009 – 2013: Undergraduate in Physics, Nanjing University

Graduate Course / Autumn 2025-2026 / Special Topics on Laser Research

Undergraduate Course / Autumn 2025-2026 / Quantum Optics

Undergraduate Course / Spring 2025-2026 / University Physics B (Part 2)

First and co-first author

12. Wang, D. *; Lu, Z.; Warkander, S.; Gupta, N.; Wang, Q.; Ci, P.; Guo, R.; Li, J.; Javey, A.; Yao, J.; Wang, F.; Wu, J.* “Long-range Optical Coupling with Epsilon-near-zero Materials,” Nature Communications 16, 9172 (2025) (*corresponding author)

11. Wang, D. * ; Yang, A. “Miniaturized optics from structured nanoscale cavities,” Progress in Quantum Electronics 94, 100507 (2024) ( * corresponding author)

10. Wang, D. ; Hu, J.; Schatz, G.C.; Odom, T.W. “Superlattice Surface Lattice Resonances in Plasmonic Nanoparticle Arrays with Patterned Dielectrics,” Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters 14, 38, 8525–8530 (2023)

9. Wang, D. * ; Dong, K.; Li, J.; Grigoropoulos, C.; Yao, J.; Hong, J.; Wu, J. * “Low-loss, Geometry-invariant Optical Waveguides with Near-zero-index Materials,” Nanophotonics 11, 21, 4747–4753 (2022) ( * corresponding author)

8. Wang, D. ; Bourgeois, M.R.; Guan, J.; Fumani, A.K.; Schatz, G.C.; Odom, T.W. “Lasing from Finite Plasmonic Nanoparticle Lattices,” ACS Photonics 7, 630-636 (2020)

7. Fernandez-Bravo, A.+; Wang, D. +; Barnard, E.S.; Teitelboim, A.; Tajon, C.; Guan, J.; Schatz, G.C.; Cohen, B.E.; Chan, E.; Schuck, P.J.; Odom, T.W. “Ultralow-threshold, Continuous-wave Upconverting Lasing from Subwavelength Plasmons,” Nature Materials 18, 1172–1176 (2019)

6. Wang, D. ; Guan, J.; Hu, J.; Bourgeois, M.R.; Odom, T.W. “Manipulating Light-matter Interactions in Plasmonic Nanoparticle Lattices,” Accounts of Chemical Research 52, 2997-3007 (2019)

5. Wang, D. ; Bourgeois, M.R.; Lee, W.; Li, R.; Trivedi, D.; Knudson, M.P.; Wang, W.; Schatz, G.C.; Odom, T.W. “Stretchable Nanolasing from Hybrid Quadrupole Plasmons,” Nano Letters 18, 4549–4555 (2018)

4. Wang, D. ; Yang, A.; Wang. W.; Hua, Y.; Schaller, R.D.; Schatz, G.C.; Odom, T.W. “Band-edge Engineering for Controlled Multi-modal Nanolasing in Plasmonic Superlattices,” Nature Nanotechnology 12, 889 (2017)

3. Wang, D. ; Wang. W.; Knudson, M.P.; Schatz, G.C.; Odom, T.W. “Structural Engineering in Plasmon Nanolasers,” Chemical Reviews 118, 2865–2881 (2017)

2 Tran, T.T. + ; Wang, D. + ; Xu, Z-Q. + ; Yang, A.; Toth, M.; Odom, T.W.; Aharonovich, I. “Deterministic Coupling of Quantum Emitters in 2D Materials to Plasmonic Nanocavity Arrays,” Nano Letters 17, 2634-2639 (2017) ( + equal contribution)

1. Wang, D. ; Yang, A.; Hryn, A.J.; Schatz, G.C.; Odom, T.W. “Superlattice Plasmons in Hierarchical Au Nanoparticle Arrays,” ACS Photonics 2, 1789 (2015)

Patent

1. Hong, J.; Wu, J.; Wang, D. "Method and Apparatus of Hybrid Integrated Photonics Devices" (US Patent no. 20240184039, June 6, 2024)

Co-author

17. Lin, Y.; Fan, L.; Jiang, M.; Wang, D. ; He J.; Fu, Y.; Wang, J.; Zhang, X. “Ultrafast Dynamics of Strong Near-Field Coupled Localized and Delocalized Surface Plasmons,” Advanced Optical Materials , 2400109 (2024)

16. Dong, K.; Zhang, T.; Li, J.; Wang, Q.; Yang, F.; Rho, Y.; Wang, D. ; Grigoropoulos, C.P.; Wu, J.; Yao J. “Flat bands in magic-angle bilayer photonic crystals at small twists,” Phys. Rev. Lett. 126, 223601 (2021)

15. Guan, J.; Sagar, L.K.; Li, R.; Wang, D. ; Bappi, G; Wang, W.; Watkins, N.; Bourgeois, M.R.; Levina, L.; Fan, F.; Hoogland, S.; Voznyy, O.; Martins, J.; Schaller, R.D.; Schatz, G.C.; Sargent, E.H.; Odom, T.W. “Quantum dot-plasmon lasing with controlled polarization patterns,” ACS Nano 14, 3426–3433 (2020)

14. Guan, J.; Sagar, L.K.; Li, R.; Wang, D. ; Bappi, G; Watkins, N.; Bourgeois, M.R.; Levina, L.; Fan, F.; Hoogland, S.; Voznyy, O.; Martins, J.; Schaller, R.D.; Schatz, G.C.; Sargent, E.H.; Odom, T.W. “Engineering Directionality in Quantum Dot Shell Lasing Using Plasmonic Lattices,” Nano Letters 20, 1468-1474 (2020)

13. Lin, Y.; Wang, D. ; Hu, J.; Liu, J.; Wang, W.; Schaller, R.D.; Odom, T.W. “Engineering Symmetry-breaking Nanocrescent Arrays for Nanolasing,” Adv. Funct. Mater. 1904157 (2019)

12. Hu, J.; Wang, D. ; Bhowmik, D.; Liu, T.; Deng, S.; Knudson, M.P.; Ao, X.; Odom, T.W. “Lattice-Resonance Metalenses for Fully Reconfigurable Imaging,” ACS Nano 13, 4613-4620 (2019)

11. Ao, X.; Wang, D. ; Odom, T.W. “Enhanced Fields in Mirror-backed Low-Index Dielectric Structures,” ACS Photonics 6, 2612-2617 (2019)

10. Li, R.; Wang, D. ; Guan, J.; Wang, W.; Ao, X.; Schatz, G.C.; Schaller, R.C.; Odom, T.W. “Plasmon nanolasing with aluminum nanoparticle arrays,” J. Opt. Soc. Am. B 36, 104-111 (2019)

9. Liu, J.; Wang, W.; Wang, D. ; Hu, J.; Ding, W.; Schaller, R.D.; Schatz, G.C.; Odom, T.W. “Spatially Defined Molecular Emitters Coupled to Plasmonic Nanoparticles,” Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. 116, 5925-5930 (2019)

8. Knudson, M.P.; Li, R.; Wang, D. ; Wang, W.; Schaller, R.D.; Odom, T.W. “Polarization-Dependent Lasing Behavior from Low-Symmetry Nanocavity Arrays,” ACS Nano 13, 7435-7441 (2019)

7. Cherqui, C.; Bourgeois, M.R.; Wang, D. ; Schatz, G.C. “Plasmonic Surface Lattice Resonances: Theory and Computation,” Accounts of Chemical Research 52, 2548-2558 (2019)

6. Li, R.; Bourgeois, M.R.; Cherqui, C.; Guan, J.; Wang, D. ; Hu, J.; Schaller, R.D.; Schatz, G.C.; Odom, T.W. “Hierarchical Hybridization in Plasmonic Honeycomb Lattices,” Nano Letters 19, 6435-6441 (2019)

5. Hooper, D. C.; Kuppe, C.; Wang, D. ; Wang, W.; Guan, J.; Odom, T.W.; Valev, V.K. “Second harmonic spectroscopy of surface lattice resonances,” Nano Letters 19, 165-172 (2018)

4. Wang, D. ; Wang, W.; Odom, T.W . et al. “Roadmap on Plasmonics: Nanoarray Lasing Spasers,” Journal of Optics 20 , 043001 (2018)

3. Trivedi, D.; Wang, D. ; Odom, T.W.; Schatz, G.C. “Model for Describing Plasmonic Nanolasers Using Maxwell-Liouville Equations with Finite-difference Time-domain Calculations,” Phys. Rev. A. 96 , 053825 (2017)

2. Yang, A.; Wang, D. ; Wang, W.; Odom, T. W. “Coherent Light Sources at the Nanoscale,” Annu. Rev. Phys. Chem. 68, 83-99 (2017)

1. Wang, S.; Wang, D. ; Hu, X.; Li, T.; Zhu, S. “Compact Surface Plasmon Amplifier in Nonlinear Hybrid Waveguide,” Chinese Physics B 25, 7 (2016)