Biography
Dangyuan Lei is a Professor at the Department of Materials Science and Engineering in the City University of Hong Kong. He received his BSc, MPhil and PhD degrees all in Physics from Northwest University, The Chinese University of Hong Kong and Imperial College London in 2005, 2007 and 2011, respectively. His research interest centres on nanophotonics, optoelectronics, low-dimensional quantum materials, and ultrafast nonlinear optical spectroscopy, with particular interest in cavity-enhanced light-matter interaction at the nanoscale and its applications in miniaturized optoelectronics, sensing, imaging, energy conversion and saving. He has published 185 journal papers, given 4 keynote speeches and 90 invited talks, and received 8300 citations and an h-index of 54 (Google Scholar as of July 2022). Three of his publications have been highlighted in “Editor’s Choice” of Science (2020) and “Research Highlights” of Nature Materials (2010 & 2011), respectively. Another five publications have been respectively selected into the RSC “Emerging Investigators” themed issue of Journal of Materials Chemistry A (2022), the Wiley “Young Investigator” special issue of EcoMat (2022), the Top 50 Most Read Nature Communications Articles of 2020 in Physics, the RSC “Emerging Investigators” themed issue of Journal of Materials Chemistry C (2016) and the IOP “Emerging Leaders” edition of Journal of Optics (2017).

He is an elected member of the Hong Kong Young Academy of Sciences, an OSA Senior Member and a member of SPIE and IOP. He is in charge of the editorial office of Light: Science & Applications (NPG) in Hong Kong, serves Frontiers in Photonics as an Associate Editor, and sits on the editorial board of Materials Today Energy (Elsevier), Journal of Applied Physics (AIP), Journal of Semiconductors (IOP), Journal of Physics Communications (IOP), Acta Physica Sinica (IOP and CPS), Chinese Physics B (IOP and CPS), Nano Materials Science (Science Direct), and The Journal of Light Scattering (CPS).

Honours and Awards
National Science and Technology Expert, Ministry of Science and Technology (MOST), 2022
Elected Member, The Hong Kong Young Academy of Sciences (53 members in total), 2022
Gold Medal, The International Exhibition of Inventions of Geneva, 2022
Outstanding Research Award for Junior Faculty, City University of Hong Kong, 2021
Rising Star Lectureship in Materials Science, Hong Kong Institute of Advanced Study, 2021
Finalist 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 (2nd-class), 2021
World’s Top 2% Most-cited Scientists by Stanford University (single-year-2019), 2020
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

Research Interests
Low-dimensional quantum materials
Quantum plasmonics and nonlinear nanophotonics
Polariton physics and optoelectronic devices
Plasmonics and metasurfaces for sensing and imaging
Solar energy conversion and saving