 | Prof. Zhilin XiaWuhan University of Technology, ChinaProf. Zhilin Xia mainly engaged in research on the service performance of optical components in extreme environments, laser–matter interactions, and optothermal management materials and devices. The work covers the fabrication processes of optical thin-film components, damage theory, testing platforms, and computational software, as well as the design, fabrication, testing, and computational software development of optothermal management materials and devices. Has led research projects including the National Natural Science Foundation of China (joint, general, and young researcher programs), key tasks under the JKW Basic Strengthening Plan, the ZF Huiyan Action Program, and the Ministry of Education Postdoctoral Fund. Has published nearly 100 papers in journals such as Nature Communications, Nano Energy, ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, ACS Photonics, and Optics Express, and has been granted more than ten patents. |
 | Prof. Liyun DingLanzhou University, ChinaDing Liyun is a professor and PhD supervisor, and a recipient of the Hubei Provincial Outstanding Young Scientist Fund (2021). Since 2022, she has been a professor at the School of Physical Science and Technology, Lanzhou University. From 2015 to 2022, she served as a researcher at the National Engineering Research Center for Fiber Optic Sensing Technology and Networks, Wuhan University of Technology. She has long been engaged in fundamental research and industrial translation in the design and preparation of optical sensing nanocomposites, sensing technology theory, fiber-optic chemical and biosensors, and related areas. Her research spans interdisciplinary fields including physics, materials science, microelectronics, and medicine. She currently serves as Deputy Director of the Key Laboratory of Functional Genomics and Molecular Diagnostics in Gansu Province, and as a member of the Optical Testing Committee of the Chinese Optical Society.She has led four projects funded by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC), one project under the Central Government’s Program for Guiding Local Scientific and Technological Development, one major special project of the Gansu Provincial Natural Science Foundation, and more than ten provincial- and ministerial-level research projects. As an academic backbone member, she has also participated in multiple NSFC key projects, Distinguished Young Scholar projects, and general projects.She has published more than 100 high-level academic papers, including in top journals in biochemistry analysis and sensors such as Biosensors & Bioelectronics, Sensors and Actuators B: Chemical, and ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces. Her SCI papers have been cited more than 2,100 times according to ISI statistics, with an h-index of 25. She has applied for 13 invention patents, one of which has been transferred. |