BSc, MSc Ximamen University 

PhD National University of Singapore 

Dr. Zengbo Wang (James) received his BSc (1997), MSc (2001) degrees in physics from Xiamen University, P.R. China, and a PhD in Electrical and Computer Engineering from National University of Singapore (NUS), Singapore, in 2005. 

He was a senior research fellow and the recipient of the “most outstanding R&D Staff Award 2005” at Data Storage Institute, Singapore (2005-2006), a Postdoctoral research fellow at The University of Manchester (2006-2008) and The University of Southampton (2008-2009). In 2009, he was appointed as a lecturer in laser micro nano engineering at The University of Manchester. He then took the current post at the Bangor University as a senior lecturer in imaging and nanophotonics in the school of Electronic Engineering in 2012. 

His expertise lies in the fields of optical nanoscopy and imaging, nano-fabrication, nano-plasmonics/electronics, laser micro nano processing, laser cleaning and the applications. He has author/co-authored more than 90 publications (WOS H-index: 13), including high-impact papers in Nature and Physics Review Journals, and has delivered more than 20 invited talks in major international conferences.   

He is the main inventor of the world’s first 50-nm resolution white-light nanoscope that could be potentially used for virus imaging in real time. The work, published in Nature Communications, has attracted huge public interests and media coverage including BBC, New York Times, Daily Mail, etc. It was awarded a first prize in a Royal Academy of Engineering (RAEng) poster competition event in nano-engineering, invited as a feature article in Laser Focus World, and honored by the RCUK as one of ’50 big ideas for the future’ in year 2011. 

Teaching areas: engineering mathematics, photonics.