Resume

Experience

LIGHTELLIGENCE

Principal Packaging Engineer (2025/01 - now)

- Led the packaging development roadmap in Photonic computing / AI accelerator products.

Principal Lead Project Engineer (2023/07 - 2025/01)

Lead Project Engineer (2021/10 - 2023/07)

- Led the optical interconnect project in Photonic computing / AI accelerator product.

Staff Silicon Photonics Optical Packaging Engineer (2019/08 - 2021/10)

- Led the effort of developing the optimized optical packaging strategies for optical AI accelerator Si photonics chip. 

GLOBALFOUNDRIES

Member of Technical Staff (2017/10 - 2019/08)

- Developed and evaluated novel fiber attachment materials & processes to drive improvements in both the optical performance and module assembly of Silicon Photonics components. 

NATIONAL ENERGY AND TECHNOLOGY LABORATORY

ORISE Postdoctoral Research Fellow (2015/07 - 2017/10)

- Established fiber-optics-coupled reactor for high temperature Raman/SERS sensing.

Education

Ph.D. in Materials Science and Engineering, Stevens Institute of Technology, USA (2010 - 2016)

M.S. in Applied Physics, University of South Florida, USA (2008 - 2010)

B.S. in Physics, Nankai University, China (2004 - 2008)

Honors and Awards

- Morton M. Traum Award for Outstanding Doctoral Research of Stevens Institute of Technology (2017)

- Oak Ridge Institute for Science and Education (ORISE) Fellowship (2015-2017)

- Stevens Ph.D. Conference Fund (2015)

- Frontiers in Optics (FiO) Emil Wolf Outstanding Student Paper Competition Award Finalist (top 2%) (2015) 

- SPIE Optics and Photonics Education Scholarship (2015)

- New Jersey Inventors Hall of Fame - Graduate Student Award (2014)

- Innovation & Entrepreneurship Doctoral Fellowship of Stevens Institute of Technology (2010-2013)

- First prize in “100 Project” of Creative Research for the Undergraduates of Nankai University (2008)

- Scholarship of Nankai University (top 15%) (2007)

- Honor of Excellent Student Leader of Nankai University (2005, 2007)

- Individual Event Scholarship of Nankai University (2007)

Professional Affiliations

- Member of The Optical Society for America (OSA)

- Member of The International Society for Optics and Photonics (SPIE)

- Member of Materials Research Society (MRS)

- Member of The New York Academy of Sciences (NYAS)

- Member of The Society of Plastics Engineers (SPE)

Patents and Inventions

2. Henry Du, Paul R. Ohodnichi, Hui Chen, Fei Tian. Fiber Gratings in Nanostructured Sapphire Optical Fiber (NSOF): Device Architectures and Fabrication Methods. US 62/115,895 Filed: 2/13/2015.

1. Henry Du, Hui Chen, Fei Tian. Nanostructured Sapphire Optical Fiber (NSOF) Sensing Platform. US 9797060 B2. Issued: 10/24/2017.

Journal Publications

9. Hui Chen, Michael Buric, Paul R. Ohodnicki, Jinichiro Nakano, Bo Liu, Benjamin Chorpening, Henry Du. Review and Perspective: Sapphire Optical Fiber Cladding Development for Harsh Environment Sensing. Applied Physics Reviews. 5, 011102 (2018). (Review article)

8. Hui Chen, Paul R. Ohodnicki, John Baltrus, Gordon Holcomb, Joseph Tylczak, Henry Du. High-Temperature Stability of Silver Nanoparticles Geometrically Confined in Nanoscale Pore Channels of Anodized Aluminum Oxide for SERS in Harsh Environments. RSC Advances. 6, 86930 (2016).

7. Hui Chen, Fei Tian, Kai Liu, Jiri Kanka, Henry Du. Strategy and Method for Nanoporous Cladding Formation on Silica Optical Fiber. Optics Letters. 41, 2831 (2016).

6. Tao Chen, Amrita Pal, Jie Gao, Yun Han, Hui Chen, Svetlana Sukhishvili, Henry Du, Simon Podkolzin. Identification of Vertical and Horizontal Configurations for BPE Adsorption on Silver Surfaces. The Journal of Physical Chemistry C. 119, 24475 (2015).

5. Hui Chen, Fei Tian, Jiri Kanka, Henry Du. A Scalable Pathway to Nanostructured Sapphire Optical Fiber for Evanescent-Field Sensing and Beyond. Applied Physics Letters. 106, 111102 (2015).

4. Polina Pinkhasova, Hui Chen, Jiri Kanka, Pawel Mergo, Henry Du. Nanotag-enabled photonic crystal fiber as quantitative SERS optofluidic platform. Applied Physics Letters. 106, 071106 (2015).

3. Hui Chen, Fei Tian, Jingmao Chi, Jiri Kanka, Henry Du. Advantage of multi-mode sapphire optical fiber for evanescent-field SERS sensing. Optics Letters. 39, 5822 (2014). (selected for publication in the Virtual Journal of Biomedical Optics (VJBO), a special feature of OSA's Optics Infobase)

2. Polina Pinkhasova, Hui Chen, M.W.G.M (Tiny) Verhoeven, Svetlana Sukhishvili, Henry Du. Thermally annealed Ag nanoparticles on anodized aluminium oxide for SERS sensing. RSC Advances. 3, 17954 (2013).

1. Gan Zong-Song, Yu Hua, Li Yan-Ming, Wang Ya-Nan, Chen Hui, Zhao Li-Juan, “Investigation on up-conversion luminescence of Tm3+ and Yb3+codoped in oxy-fluorosilicate glass ceramics” Acta Physica Sinica. 57, 5699 (2008).

Conference Publications and Presentations

21. B. Peng, Y. Bian, M. Rakowski, A. Jacob, A. Sahin, T. Houghton, B. Hedrick, S. Hu, J. Ayala, C. Meagher, Z. Sowinski, K. Nummy, A. Stricker, J. Lubguban, H. Chen, B. Fasano, I. Melville, Z. Wu, J.K. Cho, D. Riggs, D. Berger, T. Letavic, A. Yu, J. Pellerin, K. Giewont. A CMOS Compatible Monolithic Fiber Attach Solution with Reliable Performance and Self-alignment. OFC 2020, Mar 8-12, San Diego, California.

20. Kai Liu, Hui Chen, Paul Ohodnicki, Henry Du. Chemical Sensing in Harsh Environments with Nanostructured Sapphire Optical Fiber. SPIE DCS 2018, April 17-19, Orlando, Florida 

19. Hui Chen, Jiri Kanka, Zsolt L. Poole, Paul Ohodnicki, Henry Du. An Innovative Pathway to Nanostructured Sapphire Optical Fiber for Sensing in Harsh Environments. 2017 Materials Science & Technology (MS&T), Pittsburgh, PA (2017).

18. Hui Chen, Kai Liu, Yiwei Ma, Fei Tian, Henry Du. Nanostructured Sapphire Optical Fiber for Sensing in Harsh Environments. Proc. SPIE, Micro- and Nanotechnology Sensors, Systems, and Applications IX, 10194, 101941P (2017). (invited review paper)

17. Kai Liu, Hui Chen, Yiwei Ma, Henry Du. Tailoring of Cladding Nanostructure of Sapphire Optical Fiber. 2017 SPIE DSC, April 9-13, Anaheim, California.

16. Hui Chen, Zsolt L. Poole, Paul Ohodnicki, Henry Du. Improvement of Light Confinement in Nanostructured Sapphire Optical Fiber. Proc. SPIE, Fiber Optic Sensors and Applications XIV, 10208, 102080A (2017).

15. Shuyue He, Hui Chen, Kai Liu, Fei Tian. In-Situ SERS Study of Propene Adsorption over Au Nanoparticles. 2017 SPIE DSC, April 9-13, Anaheim, California.

14. Hui Chen, Fei Tian, Kai Liu, Jiri Kanka, Henry Du. Strategy and Method for Nanoporous Cladding Formation on Silica Optical Fiber. 2016 SPIE DSC, April 17-21, Baltimore, Maryland.

13. Kai Liu, Padmalatha Kakanuru, Hui Chen, Fei Tian, Kishore Pochiraju, Henry Du. Numerical analysis of mechanical properties of nanostructured sapphire optical fiber. 2016 SPIE DSC, April 17-21, Baltimore, Maryland.

12. Kai Liu, Hui Chen, Fei Tian. In-situ SERS study of Au-catalyzed hydrogen peroxide decomposition using nanostructured optical fiber. 2016 SPIE DSC, April 17-21, Baltimore, Maryland.

11. Hui Chen, Paul Ohodnicki, John Baltrus, Henry Du. Anodized Aluminum Oxide as Host of Nobel Metal Nanoparticles for SERS at Elevated Temperatures. 2015 Materials Research Society (MRS) Fall Meeting, November 30 - December 4, Boston, Massachusetts.

10. Hui Chen, Fei Tian, Jiri Kanka, Henry Du. Nanostructured sapphire optical fiber for evanescent-field sensing. Frontiers in Optics (FiOs), FTh3E.2 (2015). (selected as a finalist for the Emil Wolf Outstanding Student Paper Competition Award)

9. Hui Chen, Fei Tian, Jiri Kanka, Henry Du. Nanostructured anodized aluminum oxide (AAO) silica and sapphire optical fiber. 2015 SPIE DSS, April 20-24, Baltimore, Maryland.

8. Hui Chen, Polina Pinkhasova, Xiangzhi Li, Henry Du. Towards thermally robust chemical sensors for harsh environments. 2014 Materials Research Society (MRS) Fall Meeting, November 30 - December 5, Boston, Massachusetts.

7. Hui Chen, Fei Tian, Henry Du. Nanostructured Sapphire Fiber Chemical Sensors. 2014 Joint PIWG and EVI-GTI Fall Conference. October 20. Hasbrouck Heights, NJ. (invited talk)

6. Jingmao Chi, Hui Chen, Peter Tolias, Henry Du. Fiber-optic probe enabled by surface-enhanced Raman scattering for early diagnosis of potential acute rejection of kidney transplant. 2014 Workshop on Nanomedicine and Tumor Engineering for Cancer Diagnosis and Therapy. September 29, Hoboken, NJ.

5. Hui Chen, Fei Tian, Jiri Kanka, Jingmao Chi, Henry Du. Sapphire fiber optic-based surface-enhanced Raman scattering by direct and evanescent-field excitaion. Proc. SPIE, Fiber Optic Sensors and Applications XI, 9098, 90980T (2014).

4. Jingmao Chi, Hui Chen, Peter Tolias, Henry Du. Fiber optic probe enabled by surface-enhanced Raman scattering for early diagnosis of potential acute rejection of kidney transplant. Proc. SPIE, Fiber Optic Sensors and Applications XI, 9098, 90980P (2014).

3. Jiri Kanka, Polina Pinkhasova, Pawel Mergo, Hui Chen, Henry Du. Effect of the coverage density of noble metal nanoparticles on the performance of SERS-active microstructured fibers. SPIE Photonics Europe 2014, April 14-17, Brussels, Belgium.

2. Polina Pinkhasova, Hui Chen, Svetlana Sukhishvili, Henry Du. Towards thermally robust SERS substrates for high temperature sensing. 2013 Spring 245th ACS National Meeting, April 7-11, New Orleans, LA.

1. Hui Chen, Polina Pinkhasova, Keith Sheppard, Henry Du. Novel microstructured anodic aluminum oxide (AAO)-coated sapphire fiber sensors for harsh environments. Stevens Innovation Expo, April 23, 2013.