Presenter

Nanfang Yu is an Associate Professor of Applied Physics at the Department of Applied Physics and Applied Mathematics, Columbia University. His lab conducts experimental research on “flat optics”, which are nanostructured low-dimensional materials that can control light in previously unimaginable ways. The vision of Yu’s research is to replace conventional bulky optical devices and systems with their “flat” counterparts. Yu received the Ph.D. degree in Engineering Sciences from Harvard University in 2009, and the B.S. degree in Electronics from the Department of Electronics at Peking University, Beijing, China, in 2004. Yu is the recipient of 2022 Moore Experimental Physics Investigators Award, 2022 OPTICA (formerly Optical Society of America) Fellow, 2017 Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) Director’s Fellowship, 2016 Office of Naval Research (ONR) Young Investigator Program Award, and 2015 DARPA Young Faculty Award.