Dr. Bozhang Dong is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Université Laval. He is a member of OPTICA and IEEE.

Dr. Dong’s research focuses on integrated laser technologies for silicon photonic integrated circuits and the nonlinear dynamics of semiconductor lasers. He received his B.E. in Optoelectronic Information Engineering from Huazhong University of Science and Technology, China, in 2016, followed by an M.Sc. in Electrical Engineering with honors and a Diplôme d’Ingénieur in Photonics from Université Paris-Saclay, France, in 2018. He earned his Ph.D. from Institut Polytechnique de Paris in 2022, where he defended his thesis titled “Quantum-Dot Laser on Silicon: Nonlinear Properties, Dynamics, and Applications.” His doctoral work was recognized as Outstanding Ph.D. Research and subsequently published by Springer.

Before joining Université Laval in 2025, Dr. Dong held several academic positions. From 2022 to 2024, he was a postdoctoral scholar in the group of Prof. John Bowers at the University of California, Santa Barbara. He also served as a research fellow at King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST), Saudi Arabia (2024–2025), and as a visiting scholar at National Tsing Hua University, Taiwan (2019–2020).

Dr. Dong’s current research explores the physics and dynamics of quantum-dot lasers, with applications spanning optical communications, optical and quantum computing, and sensing. He has authored more than 20 peer-reviewed publications in high-impact journals, including Nature, Nature Photonics, and Light: Science & Applications. He regularly serves as a reviewer for leading journals published by IEEE, OPTICA, and IOP, and has been recognized with IOP Trusted Reviewer status.

Academic background

  • Ph.D., Electronics and Optoelectronics, Institut Polytechnique de Paris, 2022
  • M.Sc., Electrical Engineering, Université Paris-Saclay, 2018
  • Diplôme d’Ingénieur, Photonics and Optical System, Polytech Paris-Saclay, 2018
  • B.Eng., Optoelectronic Information Engineering, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, 2016