Committee Members

Dr. Jingbo Sun got his Ph. D. degree from Tsinghua University in the year 2012. Now he is an associate Professor in School of Materials Science and Engineering at Tsinghua University. Dr. Sun has published more than 100 papers. His current research emphasizes the use of anisotropic materials or metamaterials in nano-photonics including cylindrically crystalline materials named spherulites, to generate structured light beams and hyperbolic metamaterials used in microscopy, photolithography and 2D photonic circuits.

Prof. Liangchi Zhang is a Chair Professor in the Department of Mechanics and Aerospace Engineering at the Southern University of Science and Technology, Shenzhen, China. He also serves as the Director of the Shenzhen Key Laboratory of Cross-scale Manufacturing Mechanics, the SUSTech Institute for Manufacturing Innovation, and the Joint IMI-GLPoly Research Center. Prof. Zhang’s research spans the interdisciplinary fields of intelligent manufacturing and cross-scale manufacturing mechanics. He has an extensive publication record with high citation counts, reflecting the broad impact of his work. His research outcomes have delivered substantial economic benefits, generating annual impacts valued at millions of dollars. In recognition of his significant contributions, Prof. Zhang has been honored with many prestigious international awards, accolades, and distinctions.

Shintaro Nakayama (b. November 9, 1982) is a multilingual professional with expertise in international finance, corporate management, and research. He earned a B.A. in Law from Hitotsubashi University in 2006. Shintaro began his career at Japan Bank for International Cooperation (JBIC) and Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) from 2006 to 2009.

He transitioned to the private sector, working at Mitsubishi Corporation from 2012 to 2014. Subsequently, he served as Vice President and COO at Cross Fields from 2014 to 2019. Since 2019, Shintaro has been COO of OUI Inc. and a researcher in the Department of Ophthalmology at Keio University School of Medicine.

Dr. habil Lars Dähne studied chemistry and received a Ph.D. in “Laserphotochemistry of Phenylazides and –nitrenes” After a post doc stay in Japan he studied “Intermolecular interactions of dye molecules in aggregates and crystals” at Free University Berlin and received the habilitation in Physical Chemistry. At Max-Planck-Institute of Colloids and Interfaces he worked on deposition of Layer by Layer (LbL) nanometer films on colloids and capsule formation with Prof. H. Möhwald. In 2001 L. Dähne co-founded the company Capsulution Nanoscience AG and in 2008 he founded his own research company Surflay Nanotec GmbH, where he is the CEO. In the last 10 years his group developed the instrumentation and technology for label-free analysis of surface processes and binding studies based on Whispering Gallery Modes in 10 µm spherical resonators. L. Dähne has published more than 100 refereed papers in international journals and hold several patents.

Hsiang-Chen Wang received the Ph.D. degree in the Graduate Institute of Electro-Optical Engineering, National Taiwan University in 2006. His research areas include color engineering in optoelectronic semiconductor materials and components, optical system design, ultra-fast laser spectroscopy, color engineering, color image recognition system, hyperspectral imaging technology, and intelligent identification. He has published more than 200 internal journal and conference papers, also got 50 patents from USA and Taiwan.

Taieb Gasmi, Ph.D., is the Associate Dean and Program Director in the Department of Engineering. He earned his Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering from Sheffield University, U.K. Dr. Gasmi specializes in photo-detection electronics and laser remote sensing technologies. His expertise spans laser spectroscopy, including light detection and ranging (LIDAR:DIAL) for atmospheric pollution analysis, as well as front-end detection channels. Dr. Gasmi has contributed significantly to infrared and UV atomic and molecular laser spectroscopy. He is also proficient in laser-induced breakdown spectroscopy, advancing applications in environmental monitoring and sensing. With extensive experience, Dr. Gasmi bridges engineering education and research innovation.

Yingkai Zhao completed his PhD at Institute of Semiconductors, Chinese Academy of Sciences at the age of 30 and has undertaken  research focused on advanced FPGA design and wireless communication systems. He has contributed to cutting-edge research in high-speed communication, image processing, and processor design, with notable achievements in FPGA-based algorithm implementation and UV optical communication systems.He has published multiple SCI papers in reputed journals, authored patents in the field of optical communication, and actively participates in algorithm and hardware optimization for high-performance systems. He is recognized for his technical expertise and contributions to the advancement of communication technologies

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 >12,000 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.

Hui Gao completed his doctoral degree at the University of Chinese Academy of Sciences and National University of Singapore. He won the National Excellent Doctoral Dissertation Award of the China in 2020 and IAAM Young Scientist Award in 2024. He is a recipient of the Young Elite Scientists Sponsorship Program by CAST. He has published more than 20 papers, and some was recognized as ESI Highly Cited Paper. He holds positions such as the youth editorial board member of Opto-Electronic Advances and the Chinese Journal of Lasers, member/deputy secretary-general of the Micro/Nano Committee of the Chinese Society for Optical Engineering.

Dr. Wang received his BS in Physics from Jilin University (1982), MS in Physics from the Chinese Academy of Sciences (1985) and the Florida Institute of Technology (1987), and his PhD in Physics from the Department of Physics and Astronomy at Georgia Southern University, where he has been a faculty member since 1995. Before joining Georgia Southern, he was an NIH Postdoctoral Fellow at the University of California, Irvine. His research area includes high-frequency phonon dynamics, fluorescence sensors, biomedical optics, and inorganic phosphors. Dr. Wang has published more than 260 articles in international scientific journals, 3 books, and 4 book chapters. He also serves as an editor for Light: Science and Applications (Springer-Nature) and as an editorial board member for three other journals.

Dr. Johannes Koeth has been co-founder and managing director of nanoplus since 1998. He received his PhD in physics from the Julius Maximilians University of Wuerzburg (JMU), where he specialized in molecular beam epitaxy (MBE), semiconductor lasers and VCSELs. When he founded nanoplus, he was convinced that semiconductor lasers had great potential to invigorate the gas sensing market. His vision came true in the coming years as distributed feedback lasers opened up new technologies and markets. In 2017, Dr. Johannes Koeth established a sales office in Boulder, Colorado, in the United States, where he serves as CEO. To take semiconductor laser processing to the next level, he co-founded Sensalight Technologies GmbH in 2020. The company is focused on volume production and is currently focused on the automotive sector.

Dr. Mary Mangai holds a Master’s in Economic Development and Policy Analysis from the University of Nottingham, UK, and a PhD in Management Sciences from Radboud University, Netherlands. She is a permanent staff member at the University of Pretoria’s School of Public Management and Administration, focusing on crime prevention co-production in South Africa and Germany. Her research, funded by the National Research Foundation (SA) and the German Research Foundation, aims to inform policy decisions and promote international collaboration on crime prevention.

Dr Xu completed his PhD in 2014 from Zhejiang University and postdoctoral studies from University of Maryland and University of Washington. He is now working in Zhejiang University, China. His main research interests are on luminescent materials and devices, including amplifiers, laser, and LEDs, and the interaction of femtosecond laser with materials. He has published over 70 papers in reputed journals, such as Science, Nature Communications, and has been serving as an editorial board member of Scientific Report, Materials & Design.

Ke received his B.S. degree and M.S. degrees from University of Science & Technology Beijing, in 2014 and 2017 respectively. He joined CHENG lab in 2018 as a PhD student and obtained his doctoral degree in 2023. He is currently a postdoctoral fellow in the group. His research interests include lithium niobate photonics, optical frequency comb, micro- and nano-fabrication.

Bao-Ping Zhang received his B.S. degree in physics from Lanzhou University and the M.E. degree in electronic engineering from Hebei Semiconductor Research Institute, China, and the Dr. Eng. degree in applied physics from the University of Tokyo, Japan. He used to work in RIKEN and Sharp Co. Ltd in Japan. He is currently a professor of Southern University of Science and Technology & Xiamen University, China. He is engaged in wide gap semiconductor materials, devices and applications, particularly, GaN-based microcavity optoelectronic devices. His group has reported the first green VCSEL using InGaN quantum dots (QDs), the first VCSELs in the UVC spectral band and polariton lasing from InGaN QWs, the orthogonally polarized emitting RCLED. He is now an executive editor of Semicondutor Science and Technology (IOP).

Yan Peng, Female, PhD supervisor, Professor of University of Shanghai for Science and Technology. She has been awarded the National High-level Talent Program, the National Outstanding Youth Natural Science Fund, Shanghai “Oriental Scholar”, “Shuguang Scholar”, “Young Top Talent Program”, “Qiming”, Pujiang Talent Program, “Chenguang Scholar”. Her research mainly focuses on the generation and regulation of terahertz waves and its application in biomedicine. As the first person in charge, she has undertaken a number of national and provincial projects such as the key project of “Major Scientific Instruments and Equipment Development” of the National Key Research and Development Plan, the National Major Basic research Project 973 Plan of the Ministry of Science and Technology, a number of national major instruments projects and the National Natural Funds. At present, she has published more than 100 SCI papers, 32 authorized invention patents, and 5 international PCT patents. She won the first Prize of Technological Invention of Shanghai in 2020the Gold Medal of China’s Innovation Award in 2020, and the first Prize of Technological Invention of the Ministry of Education in 2022 .

Weihua Tang is a Professor of Nanjing University of Posts and
Telecommunications. Over the past decade, he has been focusing on the
research of ultra-wide bandgap semiconductor Ga2O3 materials, properties
and devices, and has been ranked among the top five in the international
rankings in the number of Ga2O3 related academic papers published and
cited. He has published 350 SCI papers received over 16,000 citations，
and personal H-index of 62. (Up to 100 words)

Mehdi Shadaram is Briscoe Distinguished professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer
Engineering and the founding director of the Center for Excellence in Engineering Education
Research at the University of Texas at San Antonio. His main areas of research and teaching
activities are in the broadband analog and digital fiber optic communication systems and photonic
devices. In addition, he has extensive experience in Engineering Education Research. He has
published more than 140 articles in refereed journals and conference proceedings. He has been the
general chair, session chair, TPC chair, and panelist in several conferences. He received his PhD in
electrical engineering in 1984 from University of Oklahoma.

D.Sc., Ph.D., Eng. Magdalena Mieloszyk, prof. IMP PAN works at the Institute of Fluid-Flow Machinery in the Department of Mechanics of Intelligent Structures. She obtained a Ph.D. degree (2011) and D.Sc. degree (2019) in Mechanics. She participates in 15 national and 8 international projects, leader of 1 international and 3 national projects. Her scientific interests are mostly focused on: SHM and NDT methods, fibre optic sensors (especially fibre Bragg grating sensors) application for SHM of metallic and composite structures, THz spectroscopy for mechanical and physico-chemical damage detection, additive manufacturing (polymers and fibre reinforced composites).