Biography

Dr. SUN Kai is an executive Director and our Co-Founder, and has been serving as our Chief Scientist since our inception. Prior to co-founding Hesai, Dr. Sun worked as a research associate at Stanford University in 2014. Dr. Sun’s research focus was primarily on building ultra-fast and high-sensitivity molecular detection systems with lasers and novel detection technologies. These detection systems operate in extreme conditions for the research of reaction kinetics. Dr. Sun is a first author in a number of international journals, and several of his papers were selected to IOP Select (Institute of Physics in the UK), Spotlight of OSA (Optical Society of America), and “100 Years of Combustion Kinetics at Argonne.” In 2013, Dr. Sun won an Outstanding Paper Award for his publication in the academic journal Measurement Science and Technology. Dr. Sun graduated from Stanford University, with a Ph.D. degree in mechanical engineering (with a minor in electrical engineering) and a master’s degree in mechanical engineering in January 2014 and January 2010, respectively. Dr. Sun also obtained his bachelor’s degree in thermal energy and power engineering from Shanghai Jiao Tong University in July 2007.