Dr Jin Zhang

Jin Zhang
AFHEA, MIEEE, FRAS

Lecturer in Microwave Electronics

School of Electronic Engineering and Computer Science
Queen Mary University of London
www.eecs.qmul.ac.uk/~jinz/
Centre for Electronics
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Research

High power microwave, Millimetre wave, Magnetron, Plasma heating, Fusion energy

Interests

My research is focused on high-power microwave and millimetre wave with applications in nuclear fusion, as well as the applications of THz/optical spectroscopy in astrochemistry. My group is committed to the acceleration of commercial nuclear fusion by developing compact, cost-effective, and commercially scalable high-power microwave and millimetre-wave sources (magnetrons, etc.) capable of heating fusion plasmas to 100 million degrees Celsius - the temperature required for nuclear fusion to occur. I have a strong history of collaboration with the UK Atomic Energy Authority (UKAEA), particularly on the development of high-power millimetre-wave sources and superconducting quench-detection systems for the Spherical Tokamak for Energy Production (STEP) project. I am passionate about connecting academia and industry to turn fusion from a scientific challenge into a commercial reality.
I have also been working on laboratory studies on formation and evolution of prebiotic molecules in the universe by performing complementary novel laboratory experiments at larger facilities, including the free-electron laser FELIX Laboratory in the Netherlands, the synchrotron radiation source ASTRID in Denmark, etc.