Committee Members

Yang Yue received the B.S. and M.S. degrees in electrical engineering and optics from Nankai University, China, in 2004 and 2007, respectively. He received the Ph.D. degree in electrical engineering from the University of Southern California, USA, in 2012. He is currently a Professor with the School of Information and Communications Engineering, Xi’an Jiaotong University, China. He is the founder and current PI of Intelligent Photonic Application Technology Laboratory (iPatLab). Dr. Yue’s current research interest is intelligent photonics, including optical communications, optical perception, and optical chip. He has published >300 journal papers (including Science) and conference proceedings with >13,000 citations, one book, seven edited books, two book chapters, >70 issued or pending patents, >200 invited presentations (including 1 tutorial, >30 plenary and >80 keynote talks). Dr. Yue is a Fellow of SPIE, a Senior Member of IEEE and Optica. He is also among the Top 2% Scientists List Worldwide by Stanford University. He is an Associate Editor for IEEE Access and Frontiers in Physics, Editor Board Member for four other scientific journals, Guest Editor for >10 journal special issues. He also served as Chair or Committee Member for >100 international conferences, Reviewer for >70 prestigious journals.

Zhihong Li is an Associate Professor at Wenzhou University, China, where he also serves as the Academic Vice Dean of Rui’an Graduate School. He is a Senior Member of IEEE and a Member of Optica (formerly OSA), the Optical Society of Zhejiang Province, China, and CAAI. He is a Guest Editor for the journal Photonics, an Editorial Board Member for Frontiers in Sensors, and a Technical Committee Member for the 7th International Conference on Intelligent Medicine and Image Processing (IMIP 2025). His research has led to several advancements in optical fiber sensing, particularly in fiber grating devices, fiber surface waves, fiber optics/waveguide theory, and fiber lasers. He has published over 60 peer-reviewed papers and holds 18 patents. He has led 11 research projects, serving as Principal Investigator (PI) or Co-Principal Investigator (Co-PI).

Jorge Roberto Oliva UC is currently working on batteries, supercapacitors, optical materials, photonic sensors and material for water decontamination. He has been the leader of one international UC-MEXUS project, which was carried out in collaboration with Prof. Qibing Pei at UCLA during 2018 to 2022. Currently Prof. Oliva is responsible of one project with the industry, which consists in the development of new types of eco-friendly electrolytes for industrial batteries. Among other academic achievements, he has been guest editor of Elsevier’s “material letters” journal in 2021. He has been invited to be guest editor for “coatings” journal (MDPI) from 2022 to 2024. Prof. Oliva was the main organizer of the international congress “2020 Express Conference on the Physics of Materials and its application in Energy and Environment”. He has also been organizing committee for science fairs in the state of Coahuila (physics experiments and rocket launch contest) from 2020 to 2024. Dr. Oliva has also been invited as an international reviewer for research projects in Poland (2021), Argentina (2021) and Switzerland (2022). He has received state awards from COPOCYT located in San Luis Potosí as well as the national Mexican award named CATEDRA MARCOS MOSHINSKY from UNAM. He has published +180 articles and has 4 patents.

Le Zhang is a faculty member at the School of Physics and Electronic Engineering, Jiangsu Normal University. He holds a Ph.D. in Materials Science from Nanjing Tech University and has conducted research at Georgia Institute of Technology and Bowling Green State University. His work focuses on optical and transparent ceramics, rare-earth fluorescent materials, and laser lighting. He has published extensively, delivered invited talks at major international conferences, and received several awards, including the 2023 Jiangsu Youth Optical Science and Technology Award. He also leads national research projects and serves on editorial boards of multiple scientific journals.

William W. Yu received his Ph.D. in Chemistry from the Institute of Chemistry at the Chinese Academy of Sciences. He is currently a professor at Shandong University, where he leads research in the field of nanomaterials and optoelectronic devices. His primary research interests include quantum dots, solar cells, light-emitting diodes (LEDs), flexible electronics, and electrochromic materials. Over the years, Dr. Yu has made significant contributions to the synthesis and application of semiconductor nanocrystals, particularly in enhancing the performance and stability of quantum dot-based devices. His work bridges fundamental materials science and practical device engineering, aiming to develop next-generation technologies for sustainable energy and advanced display systems.

Andrés Aragoneses is a physicist specializing in photonics, complex dynamics, and chaos. He earned his PhD in 2014 from the Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, focusing on feedback-induced dynamics in semiconductor lasers. He has conducted research at Duke University on Quantum Key Distribution, and held academic positions at Carleton College and Eastern Washington University. Since 2023, he has been at Whitman College, where he continues experimental and numerical research in laser dynamics and chaos. His diverse interests span from cosmology to physics education.

Wei Luo received the B.S. degree in electronic science and technology and the Ph.D. degree in microelectronics and solid state electronics from the Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China, in 2004 and 2009, respectively. From 2009 to 2012, he was a Postdoctoral Fellow in the Department of Electrical and Information Engineering, Huazhong University of Science and Technology. In 2012, he joined the School of Optics and Electronic Information, Huazhong University of Science and Technology. From 2014 to 2016, he was a visiting scholar in the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, USA. He is currently a Professor and assistant Dean with the School of Integrated Circuits, Huazhong University of Science and Technology. His research interests include high-frequency optical and acoustical MEMS sensors for application in harsh environment and intelligent microsystems.

Yip Wai Sze is currently a assistant professor in the Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering of The Hong Kong Polytechnic University. She received Ph.D. degree in ultra-precision machining from The Hong Kong Polytechnic University in 2018. She obtained Double degrees of BBA in Marketing and BEng in Industrial and Systems Engineering from The Hong Kong Polytechnic University in 2014, and BEng degree in Electronic and Communication Engineering from City University of Hong Kong in 2006.  Before joining ISE of PolyU, Dr Yip worked as a Research Fellow in National University of Singapore. Her researches focus on ultra-precision machining of difficult to cut materials, sustainable precision machining and sustainability development of precision manufacturing. Dr Yip has published in top tier SCI journals such as Energy, Journal of Cleaner Production, Journal of Alloy and Compounds and IEEE Access. In 2018, one of the papers in Scientific Reports was awarded for top 100 paper in materials science. In 2019, she received the Excellent Thesis Award, 9th Hiwin Doctoral Dissertation by Chinese Mechanical Engineering Society.

Weidong Zhu is a Professor of Mechanical Engineering at the University of Maryland, Baltimore County (UMBC). He earned his Ph.D. from the University of California, Berkeley, and holds degrees from Arizona State University and Shanghai Jiao Tong University. His research focuses on structural dynamics, vibrations, finite element modeling, and structural health monitoring. He has published over 50 journal articles, more than 100 conference papers, and holds several patents in the U.S. and China. Dr. Zhu is a Fellow of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) and was honored as the ASME Rayleigh Lecturer in 2024. He received the NSF CAREER Award and was named Maryland Innovator of the Year. At UMBC, he developed advanced research laboratories and led outreach initiatives for K–12 STEM education. He also held leadership roles at Saint Peter’s University, including Dean and Interim Vice President for Academic Affairs. As an educator, he introduced active learning techniques and mentored numerous students. Dr. Zhu’s career reflects a strong blend of innovation, scholarship, and academic leadership.

Sijiong Zhang received his BSc degree in physics from inner Mongolia University in 1986. He then completed an MSc degree in optics at the Xian Institute of Optics and Fine Mechanics in 1989 and further pursued his PhD at the Beijing Institute of technology in 1996. He worked as an optical scientist at several institutions, including Heriot-Watt University and University of Cambridge, etc., from 1999 to 2010. In July 2010, he, as a professor in adaptive optics, joined the Nanjing Institute of Astronomical Optics and Technology.