Zheng Gong
(龚政)

Education

• 2022-present: Direct-PhD. Student, Zhejiang University (advisors: Prof. Xiao Lin and Prof. Hongsheng Chen)
• 2018-2022: Undergraduate, Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications (graduate with the highest distinction)
• 2015-2018: Senior high school student, Jiangxi Linchuan No.1 Middle School

Research Interests

• Free-electron nanophotonics: Cherenkov radiation, transition radiation
• Photonics and plasmonics: light-matter interactions in photonic (time) crystals, random media, and other metamaterials
• Deep learning in electromagnetics: inverse design of metamaterials
• Integrated photonic devices: light sources, particle detectors, frequency combs

Selected first-authored publications

(#Contributed Equally; *Corresponding author)

News

• [Ongoing project, continuously updated] keV-free-electron light source (assembled and installed at iZJU [Oct. 2023], visible light observed with naked eyes [April 2025], X-ray background signal detected [Aug. 2025]; Team effort: Jialin [lead, 2021–2023], , Ruoxi [assistance, 2021–2024], Zheng [lead, July 2023–present; assistance, 2022–2023], Zun, Xiangfeng, and Bowen [assistance, March 2025–present], Prof. Lin [supervise, 2021–present])
• [Aug. 2025] Invited oral presentations on Zhejiang-Cambridge University Youth Scientist Forum
• [May 2025] Oral presentations on CMMC, Shenzhen (invited) and PIERS, Abu Dhabi
• [Feb. 2025] My paper on electron-light-random media interactions appeared on PNAS
• [Jan. 2025] Invited oral presentation on Wiley Mat.+Opt. workshop, Beijing
• [Nov. 2024] Invited oral presentation on IMWS-AMP, Nanjing
• [April 2024] Oral presentation on Piers, Chengdu
• [Aug. 2023] My paper on electron-light-ordered media interactions appeared on PNAS
• [Spring 2023] I served as a Teaching Assistant for the electromagnetic wave theory class for sophomore students
• [Jan. 2022] I joined Maxwell Running Group orginized by Prof. Xiao Lin

Awards & Scholarship

PhD

• Qiushi Flying Eagle Program, Zhejiang University, 2025
• Graduate with Merit A Performance, Zhejiang University, 2023
• Award of Honor for Graduate, Zhejiang University, 2023

Undergraduate

• Excellent bachelor's thesis of Beijing (Top 1% among all graduates of Beijing), 2022
• Outstanding graduates of Beijing (Top 1%), 2022
• Excellent graduates of Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications (Top 3%), 2022
• First-class scholarship of Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications (Top 3%), 2021
• First-class scholarship of Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications (Top 3%), 2020
• First-class scholarship of Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications (Top 3%), 2019

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