After one and a half years as a visiting student in our group, Fangde Liu will return to his home institute, Shanxi University, to continue his PhD program. Fangde has contributed significantly to our group's research during his stay. We appreciate his hard work and will remember the time we spent together, from vacuum system assembly to optic system design, and to spotting the first MOT in our lab! Fangde was the one who recognized the very weak fluorescence light, from which we obtained a bright Rb MOT.
We wish Fangde all the best in his future career and look forward to seeing the great achievements he will accomplish.