Dr Jin Zhang, PhD, FHEA, MIEEE, FRAS

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I am a lecturer (assistant professor) in microwave electronics in School of EECS at Queen Mary University of London, UK. I teach in the Joint Programme (JP) between QMUL and Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications (BUPT) for the module:

• Module EBU6366 (module organiser): Microwave, Millimetre-Wave and Optical Transmission;

My research is focused on high-power microwave and millimetre wave with applications in nuclear fusion, as well as the applications of THz/optical spectroscopy in astrochemistry. My group is committed to the acceleration of commercial nuclear fusion by developing compact, cost-effective, and commercially scalable high-power microwave and millimetre-wave sources (magnetrons, etc.) capable of heating fusion plasmas to 100 million degrees Celsius - the temperature required for nuclear fusion to occur. I have a strong history of collaboration with the UK Atomic Energy Authority (UKAEA), particularly on the development of high-power millimetre-wave sources and superconducting quench-detection systems for the Spherical Tokamak for Energy Production (STEP) project. I am passionate about connecting academia and industry to turn fusion from a scientific challenge into a commercial reality.

I have also been working on laboratory studies on formation and evolution of prebiotic molecules in the universe by performing complementary novel laboratory experiments at larger facilities, including the free-electron laser FELIX Laboratory in the Netherlands, the synchrotron radiation source ASTRID in Denmark, etc.

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