{"id":33,"date":"2025-12-17T22:39:26","date_gmt":"2025-12-17T22:39:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/photonics\/?page_id=33"},"modified":"2026-01-16T16:12:31","modified_gmt":"2026-01-16T16:12:31","slug":"research-students","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/photonics\/people\/research-students\/","title":{"rendered":"Research Students"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Our research students are a central part of the <strong data-start=\"422\" data-end=\"439\">Photonics Lab<\/strong>, driving innovation across optical sensing, ultrafast photonics, microwave photonics, and optical intelligent computing. They work in a <strong data-start=\"576\" data-end=\"621\">supportive, hands-on research environment<\/strong>, gaining experience in advanced experimental techniques, system-level design, and interdisciplinary collaboration.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h2><a href=\"https:\/\/research.kent.ac.uk\/ipc\/person\/yuanli-yue\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Yuanli Yue<\/strong><\/a><\/h2>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-222 alignnone\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/photonics\/files\/2025\/12\/UKC_20902814.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"125\" height=\"166\" \/><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>PhD Student<\/li>\n<li>Research topic: Reservoir Computing-assisted optical system for high-throughput applications<\/li>\n<li>Email: <a href=\"mailto:yy287@kent.ac.uk\">yy287@kent.ac.uk<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr \/>\n<h2><a href=\"https:\/\/research.kent.ac.uk\/ipc\/person\/shouju-liu\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Shouju Liu<\/strong><\/a><\/h2>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-235\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/photonics\/files\/2025\/12\/UKC_21011822.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"125\" height=\"166\" \/><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>PhD Student<\/li>\n<li>Research topic: Modal dispersion for delay-based signal processing and computing<\/li>\n<li>Email: <a href=\"mailto:ls777@kent.ac.uk\">ls777@kent.ac.uk<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr \/>\n<h2><a href=\"https:\/\/research.kent.ac.uk\/ipc\/person\/tianxiang-luan\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Tianxiang Luan<\/strong><\/a><\/h2>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-352\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/photonics\/files\/2026\/01\/luan.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"125\" height=\"181\" \/><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>PhD Student<\/li>\n<li>Research topic: Photonic Reservoir Computing<\/li>\n<li>Email: <a href=\"mailto:tl436@kent.ac.uk\">tl436@kent.ac.uk<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr \/>\n<h2><strong>Davoud Abdi Lanbaran<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-237\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/photonics\/files\/2025\/12\/UKC_23032964.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"125\" height=\"167\" \/><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>PhD Student<\/li>\n<li>Research topic: solid-state hydrogen storage, thermal management<\/li>\n<li>Email: <a href=\"mailto:da562@kent.ac.uk\">da562@kent.ac.uk<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr \/>\n<h2><a href=\"https:\/\/research.kent.ac.uk\/ipc\/person\/tongtong-xie\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Tongtong Xie<\/strong><\/a><\/h2>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-350\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/photonics\/files\/2026\/01\/Tongtong_Xie_Photo.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"125\" height=\"175\" \/><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Visiting PhD Student<\/li>\n<li>Research topic: Microwave photonics for sensing<\/li>\n<li>Email: <a href=\"mailto:t.xie@kent.ac.uk\">t.xie@kent.ac.uk<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Our research students are a central part of the Photonics Lab, driving innovation across optical sensing, ultrafast photonics, microwave photonics, and optical intelligent computing. 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