Biography
Dr. Aonan Zhang is an Oxford Quantum Institute (OQI) Early Career Fellow. Previously, Dr. Zhang earned his Bachelor's degree and Ph.D. from Nanjing University. He then worked as a Research Associate at Imperial College London (2022-2024) and a UKRI Guarantee Marie Curie Fellow in the Department of Physics at University of Oxford (2024-2026). His research lies at the intersection of quantum physics, optics and information science, spanning photonic quantum information, quantum sensing and imaging. He also serves as an Associate Editor of Physical Review A and was an Editorial Board Member of New Journal of Physics (2024-2026).
He has received a variety of honors and awards, including the UKRI Guarantee Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions Postdoctoral Fellowship, the Best Poster Award of the 69th Lindau Nobel Laureate Meeting, Optica Jean Bennett Memorial Scholarship, the SPIE Optics and Photonics Education Scholarship, the Wang Daheng Optics Award etc. He is also a Tutor in Physics at University College, an active Early Career Member of Optica and APS in disseminating knowledge of optics and quantum physics, organizing public engagements and hosting visiting lecturers.