The PDF version of Yi Zhao's CV can be found here. Yi Zhao
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of Physics Laboratories, Tel: +1 (626)395-1766; Fax: +1 (626)793-9506 Email: yizhao AT caltech DOT edu Current Position
NSERC Post-doc Scholar, Quantum Optics Group, California Institute of Technology. Supervised by Prof. H. Jeff Kimble. Immigration Status Permanent resident of the United States (green card holder). EducationSeptember 2005 – September 2009 Ph. D. in Physics, 2009
GPA: 3.96/4.00 Department of Physics, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada Thesis title: “Quantum cryptography in real-life applications: Assumptions and Security”, supervised by Prof. Hoi-Kwong Lo.
September 2004 – August 2005 M. Sc. in Physics, 2005 GPA: 3.79/4.00 Department of Physics, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada Thesis title: “Quantum key distribution with decoy states”, supervised by Prof. Hoi-Kwong Lo.
September 2000 – June 2004 B. Sc. in Physics, 2004 GPA: 3.88/4.00 Department of Physics, Peking University, Beijing, China Major
Awards and Honors
Newton International Fellowship, 26 August 2009 (Offered), for academic and research achievements. Newton International Fellowship is a very prestigious international fellowship sponsored by the Royal Society, the Royal Academy of Engineering, and the British Academy. It provides full financial support for two years of post-doc research, and another 10-year grant for future research expenses. National Science and Engineering Research Council of Canada Post Doctoral Fellowship, 20 March 2009, for graduate academic and research achievements. NSERC Post Doctoral Fellowship is a prestigious national fellowship that provides full financial support for two years of post-doc research.
Chinese government award for outstanding self-financed students abroad, 25 March 2007, for the achievements of graduate research. 302 out of over 340, 000 Chinese students studying abroad were awarded this honor in 2007. University of Toronto Fellowship, September 2004 – September 2009, for merits of graduate study. Outstanding graduate in the city of Beijing, 10 June 2004 for the achievements of undergraduate study. The awarding rate is lower than 1‰. May 4th Scholarship in Peking University, September 2001 and September 2002 for undergraduate academic excellence. Outstanding Freshman Scholarship in Peking University, September 2000. Silver Prize for Chinese Physics Olympiad, October 1999. Research
Experience
Teaching ExperienceTeaching Assistant, Department of Physics and Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Toronto, September 2004 – Present. Courses and Responsibilities: Tutorial leader (three tutorials per week), PHY138Y “Physics for Life Sciences”, September 2004 – May 2007. Marker, PHY1520F “Quantum Mechanics (Graduate Level)”, September 2007 – December 2007 and September 2008 – December 2008. Lab Demonstrator (one session per week), ECE298F “Communications and System Design”, September 2007 – December 2007. Lab Demonstrator (two sessions per week), ECE110S “Electrical Fundamentals”, January 2008 – May 2008 and January 2009 – May 2009. Professional ServiceSession Chair, Workshop on Cryptography from Storage Imperfections (an international workshop), 20 – 22 March 2010, Pasadena, California, US Organizer, Quantum Crypto North (a national conference in Canada), 18 March 2008, Toronto, Canada Reviewer, Physical Review Letters Reviewer, Applied Physics Letters Reviewer, Optics Letters Reviewer, Physical Review A Reviewer, IEEE Journal of Quantum Electronics Reviewer, Journal of Optical Society of America B Reviewer, Optics Communications Reviewer, Journal of Physics B Reviewer, Quantum Information Processing Publication List |
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