Linran Fan

Linran Fan is an Assistant Professor and Fellow of the Silicon Laboratories Endowed Chair in Electrical Engineering in the Chandra Family Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the University of Texas at Austin, within the Cockrell School of Engineering. He joined the UT Austin faculty in August 2023, where he leads the Quantum and Nonlinear Photonics Group. Previously, Fan was an assistant professor at the James C. Wyant College of Optical Sciences at the University of Arizona starting in August 2018, following a postdoctoral appointment at the California Institute of Technology in 2018. His academic background includes a Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering from Yale University in 2017 and a B.S. in Physics from Peking University in 2011.

Fan specializes in quantum and nonlinear photonics, focusing on nonlinear interactions between optical photons, superconducting circuits, electron spins, and acoustic waves at the quantum level within hybrid systems of novel integrated devices and materials. His research targets applications in photonic information processing, communication, and precision measurement enhanced by quantum information science, encompassing areas such as integrated photonics, quantum information, nonlinear optics, and hybrid quantum systems. Key publications include "Superconducting cavity electro-optics: a platform for coherent photon conversion between superconducting and photonic circuits" in Science Advances (2018), "Integrated optomechanical single-photon frequency shifter" in Nature Photonics (2016), "Cascaded optical transparency in multimode-cavity optomechanical systems" in Nature Communications (2015), "Adapted poling to break the nonlinear efficiency limit in nanophotonic lithium niobate waveguides" in Nature Nanotechnology (2024), and "Bidirectional interconversion of microwave and light with thin-film lithium niobate" in Nature Communications (2021). Fan has earned the Alfred P. Sloan Research Fellowship in 2025, one of the most prestigious awards for early-career researchers, providing a two-year $75,000 grant, as well as the Google Research Scholar Award in 2024. These honors underscore his impact on advancing quantum technologies in engineering through innovative hybrid quantum systems.

Professional Email: linran.fan@utexas.edu