Chao He BEng MEng MRes DPhil (Oxon)

Dr. Chao He is a Lecturer, Principal Investigator, and doctoral supervisor at the University of Oxford. He completed his DPhil degree in the Department of Engineering Science at the University of Oxford from 2018-2020 (within two years). 

He runs the Vectorial Optics and Photonics Group (VOP), which focuses on optical techniques for vectorial beam manipulation, including structured light, structured matter, adaptive optics, and polarization sensing.

He has published over 90 scientific papers, including first- and corresponding- authored papers in Nature Communications, Light: Science & Applications, Optica, Advanced Photonics, elight, etc., and serves as a reviewer of Nature Photonics, Light: Science & Applications, Optica, etc.

He independently led several research grants with a total value exceeding £3 million, followed by a commercialised investment valued at over £1.3 million.

Vectorial Optics; Structured Light; Structured Matter

• Polarisation sensing
• Structured light
• Structured matter
• Microscopy
• Adaptive optics
• Optical materials
• Tissue optics

1)  Chao He, Yijie Shen and Andrew Forbes, Light: Science & Applications, 11.1 (2022): 1-17.  (IF 20.3; Springer Nature)

2)  Chao He, Jianyu Lin, Jintao Chang, et al, Optica 9.10 (2022): 1109-1114.  (IF 10.64; OSA)

3)  Chao He, Jintao Chang, Patrick S. Salter, et al, Advanced Photonics 4.2 (2022): 026001.  (IF 13.58; SPIE; Cover Paper)

4)  Chao He, Honghui He, Jintao Chang, et al, Light: Science & Applications, 10.1 (2021): 1-20.  (IF 20.3; Springer Nature; Editors' Highlights)

5)  Chao He, Jintao Chang, Qi Hu, et al, Nature Communications, 10.1 (2019): 1-8.  (IF 17.69; Springer Nature; Highlighted by Nature Photonics, etc.)

I am interested to hear from potential students who have interests in research areas spanning from vectorial beam generation/analysing/correction techniques to various related applications.