吴紫辉博士（Jack Ng）现任南方科技大学物理系副教授，主要从事理论与计算光操控研究，并拓展至声操控、超构表面、光子学和非厄米物理等方向。已发表80余篇期刊论文，包括以通讯作者身份发表于 Nature Photonics、Nature Communications、Science Advances、Physical Review Letters、Light: Science & Applications、ACS Nano 等国际知名期刊的研究成果。2022年入选斯坦福大学“全球前2%顶尖科学家”榜单。

• 光操控

• 声操控

• 超构表面

• 光子学

• 非厄米物理

香港科技大学The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST)

1998年9月–2001年6月  应用物理学学士
       2001年9月–2005年8月  物理学博士（导师：陈子亭教授）

2019年9月 –至今 南方科技大学 物理系 副教授

2012年9月 –2019年8月 香港浸会大学 物理系 助理教授

2010年9月- 2012年8月 香港科技大学 研究助理教授

2005年9月- 2010年11月 香港科技大学 博士后研究员

2022年斯坦福大学“全球前2%顶尖科学家”
       鹏城孔雀计划 C 类特聘岗位

[1] X. Li, C. Liu, Z. Huang, J. Ng (corresponding author), and F. Nan (corresponding author), Tunable 3D optohydrodynamic torques from optical phase gradient–driven colloidal assemblies, Sci. Adv. (2026).

[2] D. Wang, X. Li, F. Nan (corresponding author), D. Lu (corresponding author), and J. Ng (corresponding author), Nanodrone driven by symmetry-selective light recoiling, ACS Nano acsnano.5c16708 (2025).

[3] Y. Fan, X. Li, S. Wei, Y. Li, X. Long, H. Liu, X. Nie, J. Ng (corresponding author), and D. Lu (corresponding author), Solving non-Hermitian physics for optical manipulation on a quantum computer, Light Sci. Appl. 14, 132 (2025).

[4] F. Nan (corresponding author), X. Li, S. Huang, S. Zhang, J. Ng (corresponding author), and Y. Zheng (corresponding author), Tunable photon-recoil forces and negative torque at flat-top beam edges, Nat. Commun. 16, 9342 (2025).

[5] X. Li, Y. Cao, and J. Ng (corresponding author), Non-Hermitian non-equipartition theory for trapped particles, Nat. Commun. 15, 1963 (2024).

[6] N. Wang, J. Ng (corresponding author), and G. P. Wang (corresponding author), Morphology-independent general-purpose optical surface tractor beam, Nat. Commun. 15, 6836 (2024).

[7] F. Nan (corresponding author), X. Li, S. Zhang, J. Ng (corresponding author), and Z. Yan (corresponding author), Creating stable trapping force and switchable optical torque with tunable phase of light, Sci. Adv. 8, eadd6664 (2022).

[8] X. Li and J. Ng (corresponding author), Microdrones soar by recoiling light, Nat. Nanotechnol. 17, 438 (2022).

[9] X. Li, Y. Liu, Z. Lin, J. Ng (corresponding author), and C. T. Chan, Non-Hermitian physics for optical manipulation uncovers inherent instability of large clusters, Nat. Commun. 12, 6597 (2021).

[10] H. Chen, H. Zheng, W. Lu, S. Liu, J. Ng (corresponding author), and Z. Lin (corresponding author), Lateral Optical Force due to the Breaking of Electric-Magnetic Symmetry, Phys. Rev. Lett. 125, 073901 (2020).

[11] Y. Jiang, H. Lin, X. Li, J. Chen, J. Du, and J. Ng (corresponding author), Hidden Symmetry and Invariance in Optical Forces, ACS Photonics 6, 2749 (2019).

Research ID: https://researchid.co/jacktfng