"Research is like onions: you peel layer after layer, looking for a solution, cry in the process, but get a tasty result in the end"

A junior researcher at ITMO’s Faculty of Physics

Yali Sun

Developed a "building material" for optical computers.

Knows how to plan

Yali developed a "building block" for optical computers — a nanostructure that can be a capacitor or even a transistor. With this new element, it will be possible to control photon streams and transfer information at an incredible speed.

everything in advance

Yali’s planning abilities help her avoid stress
and seize every opportunity that comes her way. Thinks cats are the best kind of stress relief.

She believes that optimism and persistence are the main qualities in a researcher.