Dr. Zhengyu Deng obtained his Ph. D at Vanderbilt University (1996) in the group of Prof. P. L. Polavarapu. He specialized in the development and application of FT-IR Spectroscopy-Polarization Division Interferometry. He also holds an M. S. in Chemical Physics from the University of Science and Technology (USTC) and a B. S. in physical chemistry from Sichuan University.

Robert obtained a permanent position working with Imation, a new 3M startup company in California.