Semiconductor Physics and Devices

Optoelectronic Materials and Devices

Ferroelectric Materials and Devices

Vice President, Shanghai Laser Society, 1996–2009

Vice President, Shanghai Physical Society, 1996–2012

President, Shanghai Infrared Remote Sensing Society, 2006–2014

President, Shanghai Science Writers Association, 2007–2015

Executive President, SPIE-China Committee, 2008–present

Board of Directors, SPIE, 2010–2012

Vice Chairman, Shanghai Association for Science and Technology, 2012–2018

Director, Academic Committee, State Key Laboratory of Silicon Materials, 2008–present

Director, Academic Committee, State Key Laboratory of Infrared Physics, 2013–present

Editor-in-Chief, Journal of Infrared and Millimeter Waves, 1999–present

Editor-in-Chief, Materials Today Electronics, 2022–present

Three State Natural Science Awards; twelve provincial-/ministerial-level Natural Science and Science-and-Technology Progress Awards; one first-class State Education Achievement Award. Has supervised over 100 doctoral students. Named a National 973 Programme Outstanding Individual in 2004.

1966: Graduated from Department of Physics, Shanghai Normal College

1978–1984: Graduate student, Shanghai Institute of Technical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences (SITP, CAS): Master’s in Condensed Matter Physics; PhD in Semiconductor Physics and Device Physics

1986–1988: Humboldt Research Fellow, Department of Physics, Technical University of Munich, Germany

1989–1992: Associate Research Fellow, Shanghai Institute of Technical Physics, CAS; Deputy Director, State Key Laboratory of Infrared Physics

Oct. 1992: Promoted to Research Professor

1993–2003: Director, State Key Laboratory of Infrared Physics, CAS

1999–present: Deputy Director of Science and Technology Committee, and Deputy Director of Academic Committee, Shanghai Institute of Technical Physics, CAS

2005: Elected Academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences

2006: Concurrent Professor at East China Normal University; Sept. 2007–Aug. 2019 served as Dean of the School of Information Science and Technology

2008–present: Concurrent Director of Shanghai Solar Cell R&D Centre; Chief Scientist of CAS Solar Energy Action Plan

1998–2002: Deputy of the 11th Shanghai Municipal People’s Congress

2003–2013: Deputy of the 10th and 11th National People’s Congress

2003–2008: Vice Chairman, Jiu San Society Shanghai Committee

2013–2018: Director, Science Popularisation Committee, Jiu San Society China

2009–2015: Counsellor, Shanghai Municipal People’s Government

2020–2025: Professor, Department of Materials Science, Fudan University

2025–present: Professor, College of Future Information Technology, Fudan University

2021–present: Dean, Institute of Optoelectronics, Fudan University