I am humbly absorbed in fundamental research because it gives us full freedom and challenges our creativity.
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Assoc Prof GONG Jiangbin
PhD (University of Toronto); BSc (Nanjing University)
Department of Physics
- Control of quantum dynamics in atomic and molecular systems
- Complex quantum dynamics in classically chaotic systems
- Aspects of open quantum systems and quantum-classical correspondence
- Constructed and analysed a number of original models for understanding, exploring and manipulating quantum evolution, such as models of quantum ratchet accelerator and many-body coherent destruction of tunnelling
- Discovered a remarkable connection between two important paradigms of quantum chaos and proposed a technique for synthesising fractal quasi-energy spectrum in periodically driven quantum systems
- Proposed powerful strategies to protect bipartite quantum entanglement against decoherence effects, which have motivated one successful experimental demonstration of entanglement protection with control fields
- Focuses on research originality and fundamental understanding
- Keen to explore by crossing boundaries between different research areas
- Published over 70 papers, with over 500 citations
- Current Hirsch index of 13
- Reviewer for over 10 international physics journals
- Reviewer, Austria Science Fund (2008, 2010)
- Editorial Board Member, Interdisciplinary Sciences: Computational Life Sciences (since 2009)
- Guest editor for a special section "Chaos and Transport at the Nanoscale", Journal of Computational and Theoretical Nanoscience (2011)
- Annual Teaching Excellence Award, NUS (2008/2009)
- Faculty Teaching Excellence Award, Faculty of Science (2009)
- Young Scientist Award, Faculty of Science (2008))
- Young Investigator Award, NUS (2006)
- Postdoctoral Research Associate Fellowship, University of Chicago (2003 - 2005)
- Henry Croft Postdoctoral Fellowship, University of Toronto (2001 - 2003)
"To make fundamental contributions to our understanding of complex quantum systems and their control."