ORCID iD: 0000-0002-8963-0193
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BSc Northwest University
MPhil Chinese University of Hong Kong
PhD Imperial College London

Dangyuan LEI is a Professor in the Department of Materials Science and Engineering and Deputy Director of the Centre for Functional Photonics at the City University of Hong Kong, and was the Provost's Visiting Professor of Physics at Imperial College London. He received his BSc, MPhil and PhD degrees all in Physics from Northwest University (National Physics Talent Training Base), The Chinese University of Hong Kong and Imperial College London in 2005, 2007 and 2011, respectively.

His research interest centers on the nanoscale and quantum photonics and ultrafast nonlinear optical spectroscopy of low-dimensional quantum photonic materials, with particular interest in the nanoscale cavity-enhanced light-matter interaction physics and applications in miniaturized optoelectronics, sensing, imaging, energy conversion and saving. He has published 270 journal papers, given 1 plenary talk, 10 keynote speeches and 130 invited talks, and received 16000 citations and an h-index of 73. His work on multiphoton-pumped, ultralow-threshold perovskite lasing was selected as one of the Top 50 Most Read Nature Communications Articles of 2020 in Physics, and his co-invention of a smart radiative cooling coating was highlighted as “Editor’s Choice” of Science (2020) and its applications in the thermal management of green buildings and skin electronics received two Gold Medals from the International Exhibition of Inventions of Geneva (2022 & 2023).

He is the recipient of many honors and awards, including:

• World’s Top 0.5% Highly Cited Scholar (All Fields) by ScholarGPS, 2025
• Finalist for the Hong Kong Engineering Science and Technology (HKEST) Award, 2024
• Joseph Needham Foundation for Science and Civilisation Public Lectureship on STEAM Education, 2024
• Provost's Visiting Professor of Physics, Imperial College London, 2023/24
• World’s Top 2% Most-cited Scientists by Stanford University (single-year-impact), 2023, 2022, 2020
• Gold Medal, The International Exhibition of Inventions of Geneva, 2023, 2022
• World's Top 100,000 Scientists by GlobalAuthorID, 2022
• National Science and Technology Expert, Ministry of Science and Technology (MOST), 2022
• Elected Member, The Hong Kong Young Academy of Sciences (YASHK, 53 members in total), 2022
• Outstanding Research Award for Junior Faculty, City University of Hong Kong, 2021
• Rising Star Lectureship in Materials Science, The Hong Kong Institute of Advanced Study, 2021
• Representative of Hong Kong for the APEC Science Prize for Innovation, Research & Education (ASPIRE), 2021
• Finalist of Hong Kong for the iCANX Young Scientists Award, 2021
• Shanxi Science and Technology Award (2^nd-class), 2021
• Excellent Young Scientists Fund for Hong Kong & Macau (25 recipients), National Natural Science Foundation of China, 2020
• Nano Research Young Innovators Award in 2D Materials (35 awardees worldwide), 2020
• Distinguished Visitor Award, Scottish University Physics Alliance, 2019
• Key Technology Partner Visiting Fellow, University of Technology Sydney, 2017
• International Exchange award, Royal Society, 2016
• Shenzhen Municipal Science and Technology Project Award, Shenzhen Science and Technology Innovation Commission, 2013 & 2014
• Early Career Grants award, Research Grants Council of Hong Kong, 2013
• Anne Thorne PhD Thesis Prize, Imperial College London, 2012
• Deputy Rector’s Award, Imperial College London, 2008-2011
• Madam Wong Siew Khoon Scholarship, Chinese University of Hong Kong, 2005
• Excellent Graduate of ShaanXi Province and Northwest University, 2005
• First-class Scholarship of Northwest University, 2004
• First-class National Scholarship and First-class Scholarship of Northwest University, 2003
• Second-class National Scholarship and First-class Scholarship of Northwest University, 2002

He is an elected member of the Hong Kong Young Academy of Sciences, an Optica Senior Member and a member of SPIE and IOP. Currently, he is in charge of the Hong Kong Office of Light: Science & Applications and serves Nanophotonics, Advanced Photonics Nexus and Frontiers in Photonics as Associate Editor.

雷黨願，香港城市大學材料科學及工程學系教授，香港青年科學院院士，國家自然科學基金委“優秀青年科學基金（港澳）”獲得者，倫敦帝國理工學院教務長訪問教授。2005年從西北大學物理學系獲得學士學位，2007年在香港中文大學物理學系獲得碩士學位，2011年從倫敦帝國理工學院物理學系獲得博士學位，隨後留校從事博士後研究工作。2012年9月加入香港理工大學應用物理學系任助理教授，2019年1月加入香港城市大學任副教授，獲終身教職，隨後於2023年7月晉升為教授。

他長期從事納米尺度量子光子學及低維量子材料的超快非線性光譜研究，特別關注納腔增強的光與物質相互作用物理及在能量轉換、光電子器件以及生物光子學方面的器件應用。迄今共發表學術論文260篇，其中130多篇文章影響因子大於10，谷歌學術總引用16000次，h-index是73。他的多光子泵浦、超低閾值量子點激光研究入選自然•通訊雜志2020年物理領域閱讀量最高的50篇文章；他與合作者共同發明的智能輻射制冷塗層被科學雜志作為編輯精選進行報道，其在綠色建築和電子器件熱管理方面的應用獲得兩項日內瓦國際發明展金獎。

雷教授曾獲得國家港澳優秀青年科學基金、山西省科學與技術二等獎，香港城市大學青年學者傑出研究獎、香港高等研究院材料科學明日之星稱號、亞太經合組織創新、研究和教育科學獎香港唯一被提名人、倫敦帝國理工學院校長獎學金和安妮•索恩博士論文獎，納米研究雜誌青年創新獎、英國皇家學會國際交流獎和深圳市科技創新委員會國家級科技項目先進個人，三次入選斯坦福大學發布的全球前2%頂尖科學家榜單，並入選ScholarGPS2025年世界前0.5%高被引學者。

他是美國光學學會高級會員，英國物理學會和國際光電工程學會終身會員，擔任Light: Science & Applications雜誌香港辦公室負責人和Nanophotonics, Advanced Photonics Nexus及Frontiers in Photonics雜誌副主編。

Content Manager of the Editorial Office in Hong Kong, Light: Science & Applications, NPG

Managing Editor, Nanophotonics, De Gruyter

Editorial Board Member (Associate Editor), Advanced Photonics Nexus, SPIE

Associate Editor, Frontiers in Photonics, Frontiers

Editorial Board Member, The Journal of Light Scattering, CPS

Early Career Research Editorial Board Member, Materials Today Energy, Elsevier

Early Career Member of the Editorial Advisory Board, Journal of Applied Physics, AIP

Young Editorial Board Member, Journal of Semiconductors, IOP

Editorial Board Member, Nano Materials Science, ScienceDirect

International Editorial Board Member, Journal of Physics Communications, IOP

Guest Editor, Light: Science & Applications, NPG

Topic Editor, Frontiers in Chemistry, Frontiers

Review Editor, Frontiers in Optics and Photonics, Frontiers

PhD student positions:

CityU admits PhD students centrally through the School of Graduate Studies and the admission evaluation is highly based on an applicant's GPA and publication record. Exceptional candidates may be admitted through the Hong Kong PhD Fellowship Scheme (HKPFS) that offers a more competitive scholarship package. HKPFS applications are open for one round per year (deadline: December 1st).

Financial support for PhD students:
CityU PhD studentship offers a stipend of $HKD 18,000 per month (12 months per year) to all successful PhD applicants. Outstanding academic performance can qualify for additional tuition scholarship and travel fund to attend interantional conferences.

English proficiency requirements:

• a minimum TOEFL score of 79 (internet-based); or
• a minimum overall band score of 6.5 in IELTS;

CityU PhD admission handbook: http://www.cityu.edu.hk/sgs/download/rpg/prospective/handbook.pdf
Hong Kong PhD Fellowship Scheme: https://cerg1.ugc.edu.hk/hkpfs/index.html

Postdoc fellow positions:

• The Nanophotonics Research Group at CityU has a couple of Postdoc Fellow openings for candidates with exceptional academic background and strong self-motivation in research. Preference will be given to applicants with a PhD degree in Physics or Optics obtained from either UCAS, C9 League or Double First-Class universities. Information about our research can be found at our group webpage, http://staffweb1.cityu.edu.hk/dangylei/.
  
• Candidates with outstanding research achievements are encouraged to apply for the RGC Postdoctoral Fellowship Scheme, https://www.ugc.edu.hk/eng/rgc/funding_opport/pdfs/.

Quantum plasmonics and nonlinear nanophotonics

Polariton physics and devices of low-dimensional quantum materials

Plasmonics and metasurfaces for sensing, imaging, energy conversion and saving

Deputy Director, Centre for Functional Photonics

Member, College Board of Engineering

Member, The Senate

Senate Ad-hoc Committee on Review of Teaching & Learning Questionnaire

University-level Ambassador for Mainland Collaboration Scheme

College-level Member of Task Force on Online Teaching

College-level Member of Sub-Committee on Taught Postgraduate Programmes

Program Leader, MSc in Materials Engineering & Nanotechnology

Departmental Task Force Member for Research Assessment Exercise

Departmental Staffing Committee Member

Departmental Laser Officer

Departmental Library Liaison Officer

Departmental Joint PhD Programme Coordinator

Departmental PhD Program and Qualifying Examination Committee Member