Ning Dai obtained his PhD in condensed matter physics from the University of Notre Dame and completed his postdoctoral work at the City University of New York. He has been working on condensed matter physics at the Shanghai Institute of Technical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences since 2001. He is currently also a distinguished professor at the Hangzhou Institute for Advanced Studies, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, and ShanghaiTech University. Prof. Dai's research focuses on active frontiers in the field of optoelectronics, including material and device preparation, fundamentals of optoelectronic physics, and cutting-edge research. He has published nearly 400 journal papers and has undertaken projects such as the National Major Research Program of the Ministry of Science and Technology (973) and Major Projects of the National Natural Science Foundation of China. He leads a research team of 7 researchers and over 20 postdoctoral and graduate students.