Fazhan Shi is a professor at the University of Science and Technology of China (USTC) and a recipient of the National Science Fund for Distinguished Young Scholars. His research focuses on developing quantum precision measurement techniques based on single spins in diamond, as well as their interdisciplinary applications in fields such as biomedicine. He has built a series of cutting-edge single‑spin spectroscopic instruments from scratch, pioneered new methods for microscopic magnetic resonance at the single‑molecule and single‑cell levels, and achieved record‑sensitivity single‑spin sensing. He has actively advanced the application of these technologies in physics, life sciences, and medicine. He has published over 110 experimental results obtained with his self‑developed instruments in leading journals, including Reviews of Modern Physics, Science, Nature and its sub‑journals, Physical Review Letters, and PNAS.

He currently leads several major research initiatives, including the Young Team Program of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) for basic research and key projects under the Major Research Plan of the National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC). His distinguished contributions have earned him numerous awards, including the CAS Young Scientist Award, the Xplorer Prize, the IES Young Investigator Award from the International EPR Society, and the Bei Shizhang Young Biophysicist Award.