"I am humbly absorbed in fundamental research because it gives us full freedom and challenges our creativity."

Assoc Prof GONG Jiangbin

PhD (University of Toronto); BSc (Nanjing University)
Department of Physics

RESEARCH INTERESTS

• 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

RESEARCH ACHIEVEMENTS

• 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

RESEARCH STRENGTHS

• Focuses on research originality and fundamental understanding
• Keen to explore by crossing boundaries between different research areas

PUBLICATION CREDITS

• Published over 70 papers, with over 500 citations
• Current Hirsch index of 13

INTERNATIONAL STANDING

• 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)

AWARDS AND ACCOLADES

• 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)

RESEARCH ASPIRATION
"To make fundamental contributions to our understanding of complex quantum systems and their control."