Liang, Di

Prof. Di Liang directs the Large-Scale Integrated Photonics (LSIP) research at UMich for energy-efficient optical communications, sensing and computing applications. Before joining UMich, Liang had 16 years of post-PhD experience in advanced semiconductor optoeletronics research and product development at the University of California – Santa Barbara, Hewlett Packard Labs, and Alibaba Cloud Computing. His work on heterogeneous photonic integration has helped generate several billions of dollars in revenue for leading semiconductor companies. He is a Fellow of IEEE and Optica for "seminal contributions to innovative photonic material and device integration for energy efficient optical communication and volume production".