CfAI welcomes Yuan Ren

I began my work in terahertz instrumentation during my PhD at Delft University of Technology, developing a high-resolution super-terahertz heterodyne spectrometer with quantum cascade lasers and a superconducting hot electron bolometer mixer, which was later applied in NASA’s GUSTO telescope. Later, as a Research Associate at the Cavendish Laboratory, University of Cambridge, I contributed to the development of terahertz quantum cascade laser-based devices, achieving the first quantum cascade amplifier and a fast terahertz imaging scheme. Subsequently, I became a Professor at the Purple Mountain Observatory Chinese Academy of Sciences, focusing on development of terahertz superconducting receivers and participating in the Chinese Antarctic Expedition to demonstrate terahertz astronomical observations at Dome A. More recently, I joined Centre for Advanced Instrumentation, Department of Physics in Durham University as an Associate Professor, where my research explores terahertz superconducting detectors, photonics, and advanced instrumentations.