Researcher
Lu Ding is a Senior Scientist II in the Advanced Optical Technologies Department at the A*STAR Institute of Materials Research and Engineering (A*STAR IMRE). She earned her PhD degree in Physics from the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST), China. She was a research fellow at the Materials and Quantum Phenomena Laboratory (MPQ) in France before joining A*STAR in 2011. Her main research interests are in high-Q nanocavities / resonators to enhance light-matter interactions for lasing, sensing and other applications. She is also experienced in silicon photonic integration.
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