Kong Long, a former Apple engineer specializing in wireless semiconductors, has joined Fudan University in Shanghai as a researcher and doctoral adviser at the School of Microelectronics.

He spent over seven years at Apple and will focus on research in radio frequency integrated circuits, digital-analog hybrid computing chips, and high-speed data interfaces.

Kong earned a PhD in electrical engineering from UCLA in 2016.

Prior to Apple, he worked at Oracle as a hardware engineer.

His move reflects the trend of Chinese-born engineers returning to China as the country strengthens its semiconductor industry amidst US export controls.