Qing Gu
Biography
Dr. Gu received the Bachelor’s degree from University of British Columbia, Canada in 2008, and the Ph.D. degree from University of California, San Diego in 2014, both in Electrical Engineering. Prior to joining NC State, she was an Assistant Professor at the University of Texas at Dallas from 2016 to 2021. Her research activities include the experimental realization of quantum-inspired nanophotonic semiconductor light sources using emerging materials or novel cavity configurations, active and topological hyperbolic metamaterials, and perovskite optoelectronics. She is the author of book “Semiconductor Nanolasers” by Cambridge University Press, published in 2017.
Dr. Gu’s experimental research in nanophotonics lies at the intersection of electrical engineering, physics and materials sciences. She holds a joint appointment of ECE and Physics, and is a member of the Chancellor's Faculty Excellence Cluster in Carbon Electronics.
Education
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Ph.D.
2014
Electrical Engineering
University of California, San Diego -
Bachelor's
2008
Electrical Engineering
University of British Columbia, Canada
Research Focus
Recent Publications
- Metal-Halide Perovskite Lasers: Cavity Formation and Emission Characteristics (2023)
- Topological on-chip lasers (2023)
- An Electrothermally Actuated Bulk Mode UHF Silicon Resonator (2022)
- High-Performance Directly Patterned Nanograting Perovskite Photodetector with Interdigitated Electrodes (2022)
- Introduction of a Reset MOSFET to Mitigate the Influence of Ionic Movement in Perovskite MOSFET Photodetector Measurements (2022)
- Near-Field Thermal Profiling and 3D Anisotropic Thermal Analysis of Quantum Cascade Lasers (2022)
- Quasi-CW Lasing from Directly Patterned and Encapsulated Perovskite Cavity at 260 K (2022)
Expert In
Perovskite light sources , Non-Hermitian topological photonics , Neuromorphic photonic computing , NanoLED for high speed optical communication , Nanolasers
Highlighted Awards
- NSF CAREER Award (2020)
Awards & Honors
- (2021) Texas Instruments Early Career Fellow
- (2021) UT Dallas Jonsson School Faculty Research Award
- (2020) NSF CAREER Award
- (2019) ARO Young Investigator Award
Recent News

ECE Welcomes Qing Gu as a New Associate Professor
Posted on October 15, 2021 | Filed Under: Faculty
ECE welcomes Qing Gu as a joint appointment with Physics and member of the Chancellor’s Carbon Electronics Cluster