Nan Chi re­ceived the B.S. degree and Ph.D degree in electrical engineering from Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications, Beijing, China in 1996 and 2001, respectively. From July 2001 to December 2004, she worked as assistant professor at the Research Center COM, Technical University of Denmark, Lyngby, Denmark. From January 2005 to April 2006, she was a research associate at the University of Bristol, Bristol, United Kingdom. She joined Wuhan National Laboratory for Optoelectronics, Huazhong University of Science and Technology from June 2006 to May 2008, where she worked as a full professor. Since May 2008, she joined Fudan University. She is the author or co-author of more than100 papers. Her research interests are in the area of convergence of wireless and optical network, all-optical processing and advanced modulation formats.

Nan Chi is a professor in the school of information science and technology, Fudan University, Shanghai, China. She received the BS degree and PhD degree in electrical engineering from Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications, China. She is the author or co-author of more than 300 papers and has been cited more than 7500 times. She has been awarded as The National Science Fund for Distinguished Young Scholars, the New Century Excellent Talents Awards from the Education Ministry of China, Shanghai Shu Guang scholarship. Her current research interests include advanced modulation format, optical packet/label switching, optical fiber communication and visible light communication. She is a fellow of the OSA.