Dr. Lei Sun, Associate Professor, Oversea High-Caliber Personnel of Shenzhen, received the Ph.D. degree in Physics from the Chinese University of Hong Kong in 2011, worked as a visiting scholar at Missouri University of Science and Technology from 2012 to 2016, and joined Shenzhen University in 2016. Meanwhile, Dr. Sun holds a concurrent post as a reviewer for the American Physical Society (APS) and The Optical Society (OSA). Dr. Sun's primary research interest is the theory and simulation of material electromagnetic properties and the effective medium theory.

[1]Ph.D., Theoretical Physics, Department of Physics, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, 08/2007—12/2011.

[2]M.Sc., Condensed matter physics, School of Physics, Nankai University, 09/2003—06/2006.

[3]B.Sc., Physics, School of Physics, Nankai University, 09/1999—06/2003.

[1]Associate Professor, Shenzhen University, 07/2023—Present.

[2]Assistant Professor, Shenzhen University, 09/2016—06/2023.

[3]Visiting Scholar, Missouri University of Science and Technology, 04/2021—06/2016.

[1]Award for Achievements in Educating, College of Electronics and Information Engineering, Shenzhen University, 01/2024.

[2]First Prize, The 1st Dean's Educating Award of the College of Electronics and Information Engineering, Shenzhen University, 12/2023.

[3]Outstanding Award in Educating, Shenzhen University, 09/2023

[4]Third Prize, The 3rd National Higher Education Teachers Teaching Innovation Competition Guangdong Division and Guangdong Higher Education Teachers Teaching Innovation Competition, 04/2023.

[5]Phys. Rev. B 87, 165134 (2013), “The 13 Important Research Stories of 2013 in Missouri University of Science and Technology", Rank 4 entitled as “Light-Warping Nanomaterials”.

[6]J. Opt. Soc. Am. B 29, 984 (2012), “The Top Downloaded Articles in Materials from the Journal of the Optical Society of America B over 2011–2012", Rank 6 in 20 articles.

[1]Metamaterials, photonic crystals, surface plasmonics.

[2]Mie scattering.

[3]Effective medium theory.

[1]Y. Ding, Q. Rao, K. W. Yu, L. Sun and G. P. Wang, Precise one-to-one equivalent nanocircuit models for layered metamaterials, New J. Phys. 26, 013038 (2024).

[2]L. Sun, Y. Lin, K. W. Yu and G. P. Wang, All-angle broadband ENZ metamaterials, New J. Phys. 24, 073016 (2022).

[3]L. Sun and G. P. Wang, Broadband epsilon-near-zero metamaterials and its application in optical field manipulation (Invited), Acta Photonica Sinica 51, 0151107 (2022).

[4]L. Sun, K. W. Yu, and G. P. Wang, Inverse design of broadband epsilon-near-zero metasurface with nanoscale airtube superlattice based on the Bergman-Milton spectral representation, Phys. Rev. B. 100, 125429 (2019).

[5]L. Sun, K. W. Yu, and G. P. Wang, Design anisotropic broadband ε-near-zero metamaterials: rigorous use of Bergman and Milton spectral representations, Phys. Rev. Appl. 9, 064020 (2018).

[6]L. Sun, J. Gao, and X. Yang, Klein tunneling near the Dirac points in metal-dielectric multilayer metamaterials, Sci. Rep. 7, 9678 (2017).

[7]L. Sun, X. Yang, and J. Gao, Analysis of nonlocal effective permittivity and permeability in symmetric metal-dielectric multilayer metamaterials, J. Opt. 18, 065101 (2016).

[8]L. Sun, J. Gao, and X. Yang, Optical nonlocality induced Zitterbewegung near the Dirac point in metal-dielectric multilayer metamaterials, Opt. Express 24, 7055 (2016).

[9]L. Sun, Z. Li, T. S. Luk, X. Yang, and J. Gao, Nonlocal effective medium analysis in symmetric metal-dielectric multilayer metamaterials, Phys. Rev. B 91, 195147 (2015).

[10]L. Sun, X. Yang, W. Wang, and J. Gao, Diffraction-free optical beam propagation with near-zero phase variation in extremely anisotropic metamaterials, J. Opt. 17, 035101 (2015).

[11]L. Sun, F. Cheng, C. J. Mathai, S. Gangopadhyay, J. Gao, and X. Yang, Experimental characterization of optical nonlocality in metal-dielectric multilayer metamaterials, Opt. Express 22, 22974 (2014).

[12]L. Sun, J. Gao, and X. Yang, Realizing broadband electromagnetic transparency with a graded-permittivity sphere, J. Opt. 16, 085101 (2014).

[13]L. Sun, X. Yang, and J. Gao, Loss-compensated broadband epsilon-near-zero metamaterials with gain media, Appl. Phys. Lett. 103, 201109 (2013).

[14]L. Sun, J. Gao, and X. Yang, Giant optical nonlocality near the Dirac point in metal-dielectric multilayer metamaterials, Opt. Express 21, 21542 (2013).

[15]L. Sun, J. Gao, and X. Yang, Broadband epsilon-near-zero metamaterials with steplike metal-dielectric multilayer structures, Phys. Rev. B 87, 165134 (2013):

[16]L. Sun, S. Feng, and X. Yang, Loss enhanced transmission and collimation in anisotropic epsilon-near-zero metamaterials, Appl. Phys. Lett. 101, 241101 (2012).

[17]L. Sun, K. W. Yu, and X. Yang, Integrated optical devices based on broadband epsilon-near-zero meta-atoms, Opt. Lett. 37, 3096 (2012).

[18]L. Sun and K. W. Yu, Strategy for designing broadband epsilon-near-zero metamaterial with loss compensation by gain media, Appl. Phys. Lett. 100, 261903 (2012).

[19]L. Sun and K. W. Yu, Broadband transparency with a graded anisotropic metal-dielectric sphere, J. Opt. A-Pure Appl. Opt. 14, 055101 (2012).

[20]L. Sun and K. W. Yu, Strategy for designing broadband epsilon-near-zero metamaterials, J. Opt. Soc. Am. B-Opt. Phys. 29, 984 (2012).