Nicholas Fang

Nicholas Xuanlai Fang is an assistant professor of Mechanical Science and Engineering at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. He received his PhD of Mechanical Engineering in February 2004, majoring MEMS/Nanotechnology from the University of California-Los Angeles(UCLA), under Professor Xiang Zhang. He also holds MS (1998) and BS (1996) degrees in Physics from Nanjing University, China. Dr. Fang is very active in the field of nanophotonics and nanofabrication, with several key publications in Science, Nature Materials and Nano Letters. His research highlight includes first demonstration of optical superlensing (listed by SCI as a fast breaking paper of physics in April 2006), invention of far IR magnetic/plasmonic metamaterials, and development of 3D micro/nanolithography systems. He is also interested in the design and manufacturing of photonic bandgap structures and devices and energy and mass transport phenomena in micro- and nanoscale systems. Dr Fang is the recipient of the ASME Pi Tau Sigma Gold Medal of 2006, in recognition of his outstanding achievement in mechanical engineering. He served as a symposium co-organizer of MRS spring 2006 meeting, with focus on optical negative index materials.