Founder and Chief Scientist
Founder and Chief Scientist
Dr. Xiao Wei Sun founded Planck Innovation in Oct 2016. As the Chief Scientist of the company, he takes care of the future technology development. Dr. Sun has a strong academic background. He holds additionally the Chair Professorship of the Southern University of Science and Technology, Shenzhen, China since 2015. Before joining Southern University of Science and Technology, he had been working at Nanyang Technological University, Singapore as a Full Professor. He is an Honorary Doctor of the Belarusian State University of Informatics and Radioelectronics (BSUIR). He was awarded the SID Slottow-Owaki Prize in 2023, the SPIE DCS Fumio Okano Best Paper Prize in 2024, the Nanyang Award for Research and Innovation in 2009, and the Jacques Beaulieu Excellence Research Chair of INRS (Institut national de la recherche scientifique), Quebec, Canada in 2013. He is a Foreign Member of the Russian Academy of Sciences, an Academician of the Asia-Pacific Academy of Materials. He is a fellow of several academic societies including IEEE, Optica (formerly OSA), SPIE, Society for Information Display (SID), and Institute of Physics (IoP, UK). He is a Distinguished Lecturer of IEEE Nanotechnology Council.
Dr. Zhang Zhikuan
Ph.D. from The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology; B.Sc. and M.Sc. from Peking University
High-Level Talent from Hong Kong, Macau, and Taiwan / Class B Talent (Peacock Program)
Core Member of Semiconductor Lighting Technology Standard Working Group, Ministry of Industry and Information Technology
Core Member of Standardization Committee, National Semiconductor Lighting Engineering R&D and Industry Alliance
Committee Member of Micro-LED China Advanced Semiconductor Industry Innovation Alliance (CASA)
Core Expert of National Key R&D Program of the 14th Five-Year Plan: 'New Rare Earth Materials' Key Special Project
Dr. Zhang has over 20 years of profound theoretical knowledge and practical experience in integrated circuits, optoelectronic devices, and luminescent materials. He has long been engaged in R&D and technical management of semiconductor light-emitting device manufacturing and packaging processes at major American semiconductor companies and domestic listed enterprises. He is familiar with the industry chain resources and technological development trends of the LED display, LCD backlight, and semiconductor lighting industries. He possesses deep understanding and extensive practical experience in future technologies such as quantum dot displays, Micro LED, and VCSEL distance sensors. He has applied for over 130 patents domestically and internationally, with more than 50 authorized.