Jun ChengPh.D.
Areas of Focus
Overview
Dr. Jun Cheng is a counsel in Crowell & Moring's Intellectual Property Group. Jun helps clients build strong intellectual property portfolios that protect commercial products and support future development. With a broad educational background in physics, electrical engineering, and biomedical engineering, Jun focuses his practice on a range of multi-discipline technologies, including telecommunication, machine learning and artificial intelligence, medical devices, consumer products, computer software, nanotechnology, and quantum information processing innovations.
Prior to joining Crowell & Moring, Jun was a faculty member at the University of Illinois at Chicago, where he taught undergraduate and graduate courses and directed the Laboratory for Live-cell Imaging and Ultrafast Laser Microsurgery. During his tenure at the University of Illinois at Chicago, Jun received the Junior Investigator Award. Prior to that, Jun was a research fellow at the University of Michigan. As a Ph.D. student, he investigated the semiconductor nanostructures and their applications on quantum computing and quantum communication.
Career & Education
- University of Illinois at Chicago
Assistant Professor, 2010–2016 - University of Michigan
Research Fellow, 2006–2010
Lecturer, 2008–2009
Graduate Researcher, 2000–2006
- University of Illinois at Chicago
- Beijing University, B.S., physics, 1999
- University of Michigan, M.S., electrical engineering, 2002
- University of Michigan, Ph.D., physics, 2006
- University of Illinois Chicago School of Law, J.D., magna cum laude, 2021
- Illinois
- U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO)
- Mandarin
Jun's Insights
Firm News | 6 min read | 01.02.24
Crowell & Moring Elects Seven New Partners, Promotes Four to Senior Counsel, and 26 to Counsel
Crowell & Moring elected seven lawyers to the firm’s partnership, effective January 1, 2024. The firm also promoted four lawyers to the position of senior counsel and 26 associates to the position of counsel.
Press Coverage | 12.01.16
Insights
Jun's Insights
Firm News | 6 min read | 01.02.24
Crowell & Moring Elects Seven New Partners, Promotes Four to Senior Counsel, and 26 to Counsel
Crowell & Moring elected seven lawyers to the firm’s partnership, effective January 1, 2024. The firm also promoted four lawyers to the position of senior counsel and 26 associates to the position of counsel.
Press Coverage | 12.01.16