Tian Gu

Research Scientist
Department
Materials Research Laboratory
Technology Areas
Biotechnology: Sensors & Monitoring, Biomedical Devices & Systems / Electronics & Photonics: Photonics, Quantum Technology, Semiconductors / Sensing & Imaging: Imaging, Optical Sensing, Chemical & Radiation Sensing / Biomaterials & Bioelectronics: Health Monitoring / Diagnostics: Imaging Agents / Chemicals & Materials: Catalysis & Synthesis, Nanotechnology & Nanomaterials, Composites / Energy & Distribution: Distribution, Energy Storage, Geothermal / Industrial Engineering & Automation: Manufacturing & Equipment / Communication Systems: Optical / Computer Science: Networking & Signals
Impact Areas
Connected World, Advanced Materials, Healthy Living, Sustainable Future

Background and Education

Tian Gu is a Principal Investigator and Research Scientist at MIT. His primary research interests involve nano-/micro-optics, integrated photonics, and photonic materials, focusing on the areas of metasurface flat optics, optical phase change materials, photonic interconnection/packaging, on-chip spectroscopy, artificial intelligence, photovoltaics, flexible photonics, etc.  He is the co-Founder of 2Pi and LyteChip, MIT spin-off companies developing advanced optics and photonics technologies.  He received his B.S. degree from Beijing Institute of Technology in Electrical Engineering, and Ph.D. degree from University of Delaware in Electrical and Computer Engineering. 

Awards and Honors

  • SPIE Rising Researcher Award
  • R&D 100 Award
  • TechConnect National Innovation Award
  • Nanoelectronics, Electromagnetics, and Photonics Graduate Faculty Award
  • Top Scholar by ScholarGPS (top 0.5% worldwide)

Technologies

Miniaturized Fourier-transform Raman Spectrometer System

Technology / Case number: #19674
Juejun Hu / Derek Kita / Tian Gu
Technology Areas: Biotechnology / Electronics & Photonics / Sensing & Imaging
Impact Areas: Advanced Materials
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Methods and Systems of Wearable Photoplethysmographic Sensing

Technology / Case number: #19098
Juejun Hu / Tian Gu
Technology Areas: Biomaterials & Bioelectronics / Biotechnology / Sensing & Imaging
Impact Areas: Healthy Living
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A Biomedical Imaging and Optical Stimulation Device

Technology / Case number: #18022
Juejun Hu / Qi Qin / Tian Gu
Technology Areas: Biomaterials & Bioelectronics / Biotechnology / Diagnostics / Sensing & Imaging
Impact Areas: Healthy Living
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Methods and Systems for On-Chip Spectrometry

Exclusively Licensed Technology / Case number: #18021
Anuradha Murthy Agarwal / Hongtao Lin / Derek Kita / Tian Gu / Juejun Hu
Technology Areas: Biotechnology / Electronics & Photonics / Sensing & Imaging
Impact Areas: Advanced Materials

A Multispectral-Hyperspectral Imaging Method and Device

Technology / Case number: #17412
Lionel Kimerling / Junying Li / Fleur Jacolien Fok / Derek Kita / Tian Gu / Juejun Hu / Kazumi Wada / Anuradha Murthy Agarwal
Technology Areas: Biotechnology / Electronics & Photonics / Sensing & Imaging
Impact Areas: Connected World, Advanced Materials
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