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            EDUCATION AND RESEARCH EXPERIENCE 
            
                
                    
                        | Education  | 
                     
                    
                        | 1998-2003 | 
                        Ph.D  
                        Thesis: Fast electron impact study on noble gases 
                        Supervisor: Prof. Ke-Zun Xu,  
                        Department of Modern Physics  
                        University of Science and Technology of China | 
                     
                    
                        | 2000.7-2001.1 | 
                        Visiting Scholar at Tshinghua University 
                        Multi-Channel Quantum Defect Theory and R-Matrix Theory 
                        Supervisor: Prof. Jia-Ming Li 
                        Department of Physics, Tsinghua University | 
                     
                    
                        | 1994-1998 | 
                        B. Sc., Physics 
                        Department of Modern Physics 
                        University of Science and Technology of China | 
                     
                    
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                        | Experience  | 
                     
                    
                        | 2011-now | 
                        Professor of Physics, USTC, China    | 
                     
                    
                        | 2009-2011 | 
                        Senior Researcher, University of Heidelberg | 
                     
                    
                        | 2007-2009 | 
                        Alexander von Humboldt Fellow, University of Heidelberg | 
                     
                    
                        | 2006-2007 | 
                        Post-Doctoral Researcher, University of Heidelberg | 
                     
                    
                        | 2004.1-2004.2 | 
                        Visiting Scientist, University Electro-Communications, Tokyo | 
                     
                    
                        | 2003-2006 | 
                        Lecturer, USTC, China | 
                     
                
             
              
            RESEARCH INTERESTS 
            
                
                    
                        | 1) | 
                        Quantum manipulation of ultracold atoms | 
                     
                    
                        | 2) | 
                        Quantum optics | 
                     
                    
                        | 3) | 
                        Physics of atomic collision and many-body interaction | 
                     
                    
                        | 4) | 
                        Quantum information processing with photons and atoms | 
                     
                
             
              
            CURRENT RESEARCH PROJECTS 
            
                
                    
                        | 1) | 
                        Quantum memory and quantum repeaters, “973” project | 
                     
                    
                        | 2) | 
                        Quantum manipulation and information processing with cold atoms, CAS “Hundred talents program” | 
                     
                    
                        | 3) | 
                        Decoherence of collective states in atomic ensembles, NSFC project | 
                     
                
             
              
            REPRESENTATIVE PUBLICATIONS  
            
                
                    
                        | 1) | 
                        Han Zhang, Xian-Min Jin, Jian Yang, Han-Ning Dai, Sheng-Jun Yang, Tian-Ming Zhao, Jun Rui, Yu He, Xiao Jiang, Fan Yang, Ge-Sheng Pan, Zhen-Sheng Yuan, Youjin Deng, Zeng-Bing Chen, Xiao-Hui Bao, Shuai Chen, Bo Zhao and Jian-Wei Pan  
                        Preparation and storage of frequency-uncorrelated entangled photons from cavity-enhanced spontaneous parametric downconversion  
                        Nature Photonics 5, 628 (2011). | 
                     
                    
                        | 2) | 
                        F. Yang, T. Mandel, C. Lutz, Z.-S. Yuan, J.-W. Pan  
                        Transverse mode revival of a light-compensated quantum memory  
                        Phys. Rev. A. 83, 063420 (2011). | 
                     
                    
                        | 3) | 
                        Zhen-Sheng Yuan, Xiao-Hui Bao, Chao-Yang Lu, Jun Zhang, Cheng-Zhi Peng, Jian-Wei Pan  
                        Entangled photons and quantum communication  
                        Physics Reports 497, 1-40 (2010). | 
                     
                    
                        | 4) | 
                        Yu-Ao Chen, Xiao-Hui Bao, Zhen-Sheng Yuan, Shuai Chen, Bo Zhao, and Jian-Wei Pan  
                        Heralded Generation of an Atomic NOON State  
                        Phys. Rev. Lett. 104, 043601 (2010). | 
                     
                    
                        | 5) | 
                        Bo Zhao, Yu-Ao Chen, Xiao-Hui Bao, Thorsten Strassel, Chih-Sung Chuu, Xian-Min Jin, Jörg Schmiedmayer, Zhen-Sheng Yuan, Shuai Chen, and Jian-Wei Pan  
                        A millisecond quantum memory for scalable quantum networks  
                        Nature Physics 5, 95 (2009). | 
                     
                    
                        | 6) | 
                        Chih-Sung Chuu, Thorsten Strassel, Bo Zhao, Markus Koch, Yu-Ao Chen, Shuai Chen, Zhen-Sheng Yuan, Jörg Schmiedmayer, and Jian-Wei Pan  
                        Quantum Memory with Optically Trapped Atoms  
                        Phys. Rev. Lett. 101, 120501(2008). | 
                     
                    
                        | 7) | 
                        Zhen-Sheng Yuan, Yu-Ao Chen, Bo Zhao, Shuai Chen, Jörg Schmiedmayer, and Jian-Wei Pan  
                        Experimental demonstration of a BDCZ quantum repeater node  
                        Nature 454, 1098 (2008). | 
                     
                    
                        | 8) | 
                        Yu-Ao Chen, Shuai Chen, Zhen-Sheng Yuan, Bo Zhao, Chih-Sung Chuu, Jörg Schmiedmayer, and Jian-Wei Pan  
                        Memory-built-in Quantum Teleportation with photonic and atomic qubits  
                        Nature Physics 4, 103 (2008). | 
                     
                    
                        | 9) | 
                        Shuai Chen, Yu-Ao Chen, Bo Zhao, Zhen-Sheng Yuan, Jörg Schmiedmayer, and Jian-Wei Pan  
                        Demonstration of a Stable Atom-Photon Entanglement Source for Quantum Repeaters  
                        Phys. Rev. Lett. 99, 180505 (2007). | 
                     
                    
                        | 10) | 
                        Zhen-Sheng Yuan, Yu-Ao Chen, Shuai Chen, and Jian-Wei Pan  
                        Scalable Quantum Computing with Linear Optics and Quantum Memories  
                        Optics & Photonics News 18, 34 (2007). | 
                     
                    
                        | 11) | 
                        Zhen-Sheng Yuan, Yu-Ao Chen, Shuai Chen, Bo Zhao, Markus Koch, Thorsten Strassel, Yong Zhao, Gan-Jun Zhu, Jörg Schmiedmayer, and Jian-Wei Pan  
                        Synchronized Independent Narrow-Band Single Photons and Efficient Generation of Photonic Entanglement  
                        Phys. Rev. Lett. 98, 180503 (2007). | 
                     
                    
                        | 12) | 
                        Chao-Yang Lu, Xiao-Qi Zhou, Otfried Gühne, Wei-Bo Gao, Jin Zhang, Zhen-Sheng Yuan, Alexander Goebel, Tao Yang, and Jian-Wei Pan  
                        Experimental entanglement of six photons in graph states  
                        Nature Physics 3, 91 (2007). | 
                     
                
             
             
             
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