Zheng Gong<Br>(龚政) | State Key Laboratory of Extreme Photonics and Instrumentation, Zhejiang University

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

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

(#Contributed Equally; *Corresponding author)

[Ongoing project, continuously updated] keV-free-electron beam 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

Qiushi Rising Star Scholarship, Zhejiang University, Jan. 1, 2026 - June 30, 2027
Qiushi Flying Eagle Scholarship, Zhejiang University, Mar. 1, 2026 - Feb. 28, 2027
Award of Honor for Graduate, Zhejiang University, 2025
Graduate with Merit A Performance, Zhejiang University, 2023
Award of Honor for Graduate, Zhejiang University, 2023

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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