Heping Zeng#
| Membership Number: | 7541 |
| Membership type: | FOREIGN |
| Section: | PHYSICS |
| Elected: | 2026 |
| Main Country of Residence: | CHINA |
| Homepage(s): | https://faculty.ecnu.edu.cn/_s29/chp2/main.psp |
| ORCID: | 0000-0002-2357-4440 |
| Publication Link: | https://www.scopus.com/authid/detail.uri?authorId=7401472015 |
Present and Previous Positions
- 2019 - present Dean, Chongqing Institute of East China Normal University, Chongqing, China
- 2007 - 2015 Director, State Key Laboratory of Precision Spectroscopy, East China Normal University, Shanghai, China
- 2004 - 2007 Director of Key laboratory of Optical & Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy, East China Normal University, China
- 2000 - present Professor, Cheungkong Scholar, East China Normal University, China; Chair Professor, East China Normal University, China
- 2001 - 2003 U2000 Fellow, collaboration with the University Sydney, Australia
- 2000 - 2001 Visiting Professor, collaboration with Graduate University for Advanced Studies, Japan
- 1998 - 2000 Science and Technology Agency (STA) researcher, The Institute of Physical and Chemical Research (RIKEN), Japan - 1997 - 1998 Japan Society for Promotion of Science (JSPS) Fellow, Department of Physics, Kyoto University, Japan
- 1996 - 1997 Guest visitor, Max-Planck Institute of Quantum Optics, Germany
- 1995 - 1996 Research Assistant, Shanghai Institute of Optics and Fine Mechanics, Chinese Academy of Science, Shanghai, China
Fields of Scholarship
- Ultrafast laser and nonlinear optics
- Precision laser spectroscopy
- Spatiotemporal solitons and breathers
- Optical frequency comb
- Single-photon detection and imaging
- Optical frequency comb spectroscopy
Honours and Awards
- 2025 Shanghai Municipal Technology Invention Award, First Prize (“High-Stability, High-Precision, High-Efficiency Femtosecond Lasers - Key Techniques and Equipment Development”), Shanghai Municipal Government
- 2025 Chongqing Municipal Science and Technology Progress Award, First Prize (“Ultraviolet High-Power Ultrafast Laser Equipment and Applications in Precision Manufacturing”), Chongqing Municipal Government
- 2024 China Electronics Society Technology Invention Award, Second Prize (“Precision Processing by Ultrafast Lasers Based on High-Precision Temporal-Frequency Control: Technology and Applications”), Chinese Society of Electronics
- 2023 China Productivity Promotion (Innovation Development) Award, First Prize (“Ultrafast Laser Precision Control and Measurement Technology and Application”), Chinese Association of Productivity Promotion Centers
- 2023 9th China Academy of Optical Engineering Science and Technology Award - Technology Invention Award, Second Prize (“Development and Industrialization of Highly Stable Fiber Femtosecond Lasers”), Chinese Society of Optical Engineering
- 2023 National Teaching Achievement Award, Second Prize, Ministry of Education of China
- 2022 Chongqing Municipal Chief Expert Workshop Leading Expert, Chongqing Municipal Human Resources and Social Security Bureau *2022 Shanghai Municipal Outstanding Teaching Achievement Award, Shanghai Municipal Education Commission and Shanghai Municipal Bureau of Human Resources and Social Security
- 2021 Shanghai Outstanding Industry-University-Research Cooperation Project Award, First Prize (“Development and Industrialization of Long-Term Stable Fiber Femtosecond Lasers”), Shanghai Promoting Association for Transformation of Scientific & Technological Achievements, Shanghai Education Development Foundation, Shanghai Association for Science and Technology
- 2021 SaBendong Applied Physics Award of the Chinese Physical Society (“Ultrafast Laser Mode-Locking, Ultrafast Precision Spectroscopy, Quantum Detection, and Applications”), Chinese Society of Physics
- 2021 Shanghai Exemplary Model for Integrity, Mentorship, and Scholarship, Shanghai Municipal Education Commission
- 2020 Chongqing Municipal Talent Program Outstanding Scientist, Chongqing Municipal Human Resources and Social Security Bureau
- 2017 Principal investigator of the Innovative Research Group funded by the National Natural Science Foundation of China, National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC) *2012: Shanghai Technology Invention Award, Second Prize (“Key Technologies and Instrument Development for Single-Photon Detection”), Shanghai People's Municipal Government
- 2008 National Candidate of the New Century Talents, Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security
- 2008 Shanghai Leading Talents, Shanghai Municipal Committee Organization Department, Shanghai Municipal Human Resources and Social Security Bureau
- 2006 National Science Fund for Distinguished Young Scholars, National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC)
- 2005 Shanghai Technology Invention Award (“Single-Photon Manipulation and its Application in Quantum Information”), Shanghai Municipal Government
- 2000 Distinguished Professor of the Ministry of Education, Ministry of Education of China




