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Yao-Wei Huang 黃耀緯

PI, Assistant Professor

Department of Photonics

National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University

 

office: TKP Photonics 312

phone: +886 (3) 571-2121 ext. 56384

email: ywh@nycu.edu.tw

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Bio 

Dr. Yao-Wei Huang is an Assistant Professor of Photonics and Yushan Young Scholar at National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University (NYCU). He is also a Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (HEA). He has extensive research experience from prestigious institutions such as Harvard, Caltech, and NUS. Dr. Huang earned his Ph.D. with the Dean's Award in Applied Physics from National Taiwan University, with expertise spanning nanophotonics, materials science, nanofabrication, and nanotechnology.

 

Dr. Huang’s research focuses on cutting-edge topics such as nanophotonics, metasurfaces, meta-optics, inverse design, nonlocal effects, structured light, dispersion engineering, and computational visual sensing, with innovative applications in extended reality (AR/VR/MR) and depth perception. Dr. Huang has authored and co-authored over 60 publications, including articles in Nature Photonics, Nature Communications, Proceedings of the IEEE, Science Advances, and Nano Letters. His groundbreaking contributions have earned him prestigious accolades, including the 2024 Future Tech Award, the 2024 Google Grant, and recognition among the World’s Top 2% Scientists (2022-2024). Dr. Huang’s work aims to advance metasurface technologies to benefit human well-being.

Experience

  • Assistant Professor, Photonics, NYCU (present)

  • Research Associate & Postdoctoral Fellow, SEAS, Harvard University

  • Research Fellow, ECE, National University of Singapore

  • Postdoctoral Fellow, RCAS, Academia Sinica

  • Visiting Research Student, AP, Caltech

Education

  • PhD & MS in Applied Physics, National Taiwan University

  • BS in Optics and Photonics, National Central University

Lecture
Service in Conferences

  • Subcommittee, AR/VR/MR, SID Display Week (San Jose, May 11-16, 2025)

  • Symposium Organizer, EL08, MRS Spring Meeting (Seattle, April 22-26, 2024)

  • Symposium Organizer, EL16, MRS Spring Meeting (San Francisco, April 10-14, 2023)

Peer Reviewer

​Dr. Huang has reviewer experiences for Nature Communications, Science advances, Light: Science & Applications, Laser & Photonics Reviews, Advanced Optical Materials, Opto-Electronic Advances, ACS Photonics, Photonics Research, Optics Express, etc.

Membership

  • Fellow HEA 

  • Lifetime member of SPIE, OPTICA, The Physical Society of Taiwan (TPS, 台灣物理學會), & the Taiwan Photonics Society (TPS, 中華民國光電學會)

  • Member of IEEE, IEEE Photonics Society, MRS, & SID

Awards & Honors

  • 2024, 未來科技獎，「全砷化鎵超穎介面全像術於結構光與立體視覺之應用」，國家科學及技術委員會

  • 2024, Future Tech Award, for "Structured Light Generation and Stereo Vision with All-GaAs Metasurface Holograms," National Science and Technology Council (NSTC), Taiwan

  • 2024, Google 獎助金，表揚學術上的傑出研究，Google 大學交流計畫

  • 2024, Google Grant, for excellent research in academia, Google University Interchange Program

  • 2022-2024, 全球前 2% 頂尖科學家, 2021-2023 年的年度科學影響力排行榜, Elsevier Scopus

  • 2022-2024, World’s Top 2% Scientists, for single year 2021-2023 respectively, Elsevier Scopus

  • 2023, 英國高等教育學會會士 (HEA Fellow)，英國高等教育學會

  • 2023, Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (HEA Fellow), Advance HE, UK

  • 2021, 玉山青年學者，教育部

  • 2021, Yushan Young Scholar, Ministry of Education, Taiwan

  • 2016, 中央研究院博士後研究學者獎學金，中央研究院

  • 2016, Academia Sinica Postdoctoral Scholarship, Academia Sinica, Taiwan

  • 2015, 院長獎，博士論文，國立臺灣大學

  • 2015, Dean's Award, PhD dissertation, National Taiwan University, Taiwan

  • 2014, 訪學生研究員獎學金，訪問加州理工學院，科技部

  • 2014, Visiting Student Researcher Scholarship, for visiting to Caltech, Ministry of Science and Technology (MOST), Taiwan

  • 2012, 碩士學生論文獎，中華民國光電學會

  • 2012, Best Master Thesis Award, Taiwan Photonics Society, Taiwan

  • 2012, 院長獎，碩士論文，國立臺灣大學

  • 2012, Dean's Award, MS thesis, National Taiwan University, Taiwan

  • 2011, 國際光電工程學會學生旅行獎助金，參與國際會議 SPIE Optics + Photonics

  • 2011, SPIE Student Travel Grant, to attend SPIE Optics + Photonics

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