2009年本科毕业于浙江大学竺可桢学院混合班，2016年博士毕业于浙江大学光电科学与工程学院，2016年-2018年在浙江大学光电科学与工程学院开展博士后研究工作，2019年至今在华中科技大学物理学院任副教授、教授

研究方向为微纳光学和量子光学，近年来主要围绕“固态量子系统的微纳光学调控”开展研究：研发纳米组装与微纳转移键合等异质集成技术，将单分子、单量子点、稀土离子纳米晶等典型固态量子系统与等离激元纳腔、片上光波导、光子晶体微腔等微纳光子结构混合集成，实现具有高亮度、高稳定性、高可控性等优异性能的量子光源，应用于光量子信息处理和传感成像等。

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