Education
B. Sc., University of Science and Technology of China (2003)
Ph. D, National University of Singapore & Ecole Superieure d’Electricite (2007)        

Work Experience

2008-2009 Postdoc, Massachusetts Institute of Technology  
2010-Present Professor, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, National University of Singapore

Research Interests

1. Beam physics, tractor beams, and force between beam and particle
2. Silicon nanophotonics, optomechanics, Fano resonance in silicons
3. Graphene Metamaterials/Electronics, metamarerial antennas and waveguides chiral and birefringent materials
4. Light-matter interaction, plasmonic resonance and light scattering of material
5. Optics in two-dimensional materials

Honor & Awards

2011 NUS Young Investigator Award
2012 MIT TR35@Singapore Award
2013 Young Scientist Award, Singapore National Academy of Science
2013 Faculty Young Research Award, NUS 
2021 World Scientific Medal, Institute of Physics Singapore
2023 Achievement in Asia Award (Robert T. Poe Prize), International Organization of Chinese Physicists and Astronomers
2023 IEEE Photonics Society Distinguished Lecturer
2023 President’s Science Award, Singapore
Fellow of APS, Optica, SPIE and The Electromagnetics Academy, US

Representative Publications

[1] A. Novitsky, C.-W. Qiu*, and H. Wang, "A single gradientless light beam drags particles as tractor beam", Phys. Rev. Lett. 107, 203601 (2011). 
[2] A. Novitsky, C.-W. Qiu*, and A. Lavrinenko, "Material-independent and size-independent tractor beams for dipole objects", Phys. Rev. Lett. 109, 023902 (2012).
[3] X. Chen, L.L. Huang, H. Muhlenbernd, G. Li, B. Bai, Q. Tan, G. Jin, C.-W. Qiu, S. Zhang, and T. Zentgraf, "Dual-polarity plasmonic metaLens for visible light", Nature Communications 3, 1198 (2012).
[4] W. Jiang*, C.-W. Qiu*#, T.C. Han, S. Zhang, and T.J. Cui#, "Creation of Ghost Illusions Using Wave Dynamics in Metamaterials", Adv. Funct. Mater. 23, 4028 (2013). 
[5] T. Han, J. Zhao, T. Yuan, D.Y. Lei, B. Li, and C.-W. Qiu*, "Theoretical realization of an ultra-efficient thermal-energy harvesting cell made of natural materials", Energy Environ. Sci. 6, 3537 (2013).
[6] W.X. Jiang*, C.-W. Qiu*#, T.C. Han*, Q. Cheng, H.F. Ma, S. Zhang, and T.J. Cui#, "Broadband all-dielectric magnifying lens for far-field high-resolution imaging", Advanced Materials 25, 6963 (2013).
[7] P.-H. Tichit, S. N. Burokur, C.-W. Qiu, and A. de Lustrac, "Experimental verification of isotropic radiation from a coherent dipole sorce via electric-field-driven LC resonator metamaterials", Phys. Rev. Lett. 111, 133901 (2013).  
[8] V. Kajorndejnuku, W. Ding, S. Sukhov, C.-W. Qiu* and A. Dogariu*, "Linear momentum increase and negative optical forces at dielectric interface", Nature Photonics 7, 787 (2013). 
[9] L.L. Huang, X. Chen, H. Muhlenbernd, H. Zhang, S. Chen, B. Bai, Q. Tan, G. Jin, K.-W. Cheah, C.-W. Qiu, J. Li, T. Zentgraf, and S. Zhang, "Three-dimensional optical holography using a plasmonic metasurface", Nature Communications 4, 2808 (2013). 
[10] T. Han, X. Bai, D. Gao, J.T.L. Thong, B. Li, and C.-W. Qiu*, "Experimental Demonstration of a Bilayer thermal cloak", Phys. Rev. Lett. 112, 054302 (2014).

NUS Webpage

https://cde.nus.edu.sg/ece/staff/qiu-cheng-wei/