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Dr Shubo Wang is currently an Associate Professor in the Department of Physics at City University of Hong Kong. He is interested in general wave physics including angular momentum, ​singular optics, non-Hermitian optics, metamaterials, ​photonic crystals, and optical forces. He has published ~60 papers in peer reviewed journals including Nature Communications, Science Advances, PNAS, Physical Review Letters, and Physical Review X, among which some are selected as "Editors' Suggestion", highlighted in Nature Photonics, and received media coverage by EurekAlert, Phys.org, Science Daily, CityU News, etc. He serves as a reviewer for many journals including Nature, Nature Communications, Science Advances, Physical Review Letters, etc. He has delivered 24 invited/keynote talks at international conferences such as META, PIERS, and CLEO. He received NSFC Excellent Young Scientists Fund (Hong Kong & Macau), Excellent Young Scholar Award (C-MRS Metamaterials Division), William Mong Outstanding Paper Award, and ACS Photonics "Rising Star in Photonics" honor. 

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2025    Excellent Young Scholar Award (C-MRS Metamaterials Division)

2024    Rising Star in Photonics (ACS Photonics)

2023    Excellent Young Scientists Fund (NSFC), PI

2023    General Research Fund (RGC), PI

2022    Areas of Excellence (RGC), Co-PI

2020    General Research Fund (RGC), PI

2020    Faculty Service Award (CityU PHY)

2019    General Research Fund (RGC), PI

2019    Young Scientists Fund (NSFC), PI

2019    Collaborative Research Fund (RGC), Co-PI

2018    Early Career Scheme (RGC), PI

2012    William Mong Outstanding Paper Award (HKUST)

两江科技评论 “实空间拓扑近场零点”

两江科技评论 “实空间自旋陈数”

两江科技评论 “定向偶极骰”

两江科技评论 "拓扑结构产生的拓扑光场"

Phys.org "Topological near fields generated by topological structures"

Phys.org "Physicists discover special transverse sound wave"

EurekAlert “CityU physicists discovered special transverse sound wave”

ScienceDaily "Physicists discover special transverse sound wave"

两江科技评论 “声横波的自旋轨道相互作用”

CityU News “CityU physicists discovered special transverse sound wave​”.

两江科技评论 “任意阶非厄米奇异点在光学系统中的实现”

CityU News “Exceptional point” achieved with photonic resonators paves way for development of ultrasensitive optical sensors.

CityU News “Discovery of spin-redirection phase of sound wave”

Nature Photonics News & Views "Momentum in metamaterials"

PhD Student

We are recruiting PhD students with the requirements:

• BSc/MSc degree with relevant academic background
• TOEFL >=79, or IELTS >=6.5, or CET6 >=490
• highly motivated in research and study

Studentship: Basic Rate is HK$19,100 per month (~US$2,433) and Advanced Rate is HK$19,600 per month (~US$2,497)

Outstanding applicants may apply for Hong Kong PhD Fellowship Scheme. The fellowship provides annual stipend of HK$340,800 (approximately US$43,690) and a conference and research-related travel allowance of HK$14,200 (approximately US$1,820) per year].

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To apply for the above position(s), please contact Prof. Wang ([email protected]) and attach your CV and supporting materials.

Applications will be considered until the position(s) is/are filled. Only shortlisted applicants will be contacted.

Photonics, Metamaterials, Singular Optics, Angular momentum, Non-Hermitian optics, Optical forces

Representative publications

• W. Xiao, S. Jia, T. Fu, and S. Wang*, Water‐wave Pancharatnam‐Berry phase induced by 4D spin‐orbit state evolution, Advanced Science 13, e15337 (2026).
• T. Fu, Q. Tong, S. Jia, and S. Wang*, Topological dark spots of the electric near field in metal structures, ACS Photonics 11, 4342 (2024), in special issue “Rising Stars in Photonics”.
• T. Fu, R.-Y. Zhang, S. Jia, C. T. Chan, and S. Wang*, Near-field spin Chern number quantized by real-space topology of optical structures, Physical Review Letters 132, 233801 (2024).
• Y. Cheng, K. A. Oyesina, B. Xue, D. Lei, A. M. H. Wong*,and S. Wang*, Directional dipole dice enabled by anisotropic chirality, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 120, e2301620120 (2023)
• J. Peng, R.-Y. Zhang, S. Jia, W. Liu, and S. Wang*, Topological near fields generated by topological structures, Science Advances 8, eabq0910 (2022)
• S. Wang*, G. Zhang, X. Wang, Q. Tong, J. Li, and G. Ma*, Spin-orbit interactions of transverse sound, Nature Communications 12, 6125 (2021)
• S. Wang*, B. Hou, W. Lu, Y. Chen, Z. Q. Zhang, and C. T. Chan*, Arbitrary order exceptional point induced by photonic spin-orbit interaction in coupled resonators, Nature Communications 10, 832 (2019)           ​
• S. Wang, G. Ma, and C. T. Chan*, Topological transport of sound mediated by spin-redirection geometric phase, Science Advances 4, eaaq1475 (2018)
• S. Wang, J. Ng, M. Xiao, and C. T. Chan*, Electromagnetic stress at the boundary: Photon pressure or tension? Science Advances 2, e1501485 (2016)
• S. Wang and C. T. Chan*, Lateral optical force on chiral particles near a surface, Nature Communications 5, 3307 (2014)