Chih-Zong Deng 鄧志宗Assistant Professor

Department of Mechanical Engineering

National Cheng Kung University

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Chih-Zong Deng is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at National Cheng Kung University (NCKU). He earned his Ph.D. from the University of Tokyo, his M.S. from National Taiwan University, and his B.S. from NCKU. Dr. Deng’s professional experience includes serving as a researcher at Sony Group Corporation and a Project Researcher at the University of Tokyo’s Institute for Photon Science and Technology. Most recently, he was a JSPS Research Fellow at the National Institute for Materials Science (NIMS), Japan. His research focuses on nanophotonics, metasurfaces, and their integration with 2D materials, with work featured in ACS Nano, ACS Photonics, Small, and Advanced Functional Materials.

Professional Experience

2026/08 - present

National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan

Assistant Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering

2025/02 - 2026/07

National Institute for Materials Science, Ibaraki, Japan

Postdoctoral fellow, Research Center for Electronic and Optical Materials

2024/07 - 2025/01

The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan

Project Researcher, Institute for Photon Science and Technology

2021/10 - 2024/06

Sony Group Corporation, Tokyo, Japan

Researcher, Advanced Research Lab.

2017/11 - 2018/08

National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan

Research Assistant, Institute of Applied Mechanics

Education

Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan, 2021

M.S. in Applied Mechanics, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan, 2016

B.S. in Aeronautics and Astronautics, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan, 2014