Dr. Chen graduated with a 4-year MEng (Bachelor’s and Master’s joint degree) from Imperial College London (QS World University Ranking #6) in 2009, in the field of electronics and electrical engineering with computer science. He completed his PhD from the Optoelectronics Research Centre (one of the most prestigious in photonics) at the University of Southampton in 2013. He worked in an industrial research lab as a postdoctoral research fellow for SPI Lasers Ltd. (one of the largest high-power fiber-laser manufacturers) from 2013 to 2015. He joined the University of South Australia as a research fellow in 2015, and played a critical role in establishing the Laser Physics and Photonic Devices Laboratories and a Joint Research Lab between the University of South Australia and Shandong Academy of Sciences. He was a part of the MinEx CRC (world’s largest co-op research centre on minerals exploration). He joined Shenzhen University as a Professor in 2021, with a focus on the research of fiber-optic physical and chemical sensing technologies. He currently serves as the deputy director of the Shenzhen Key Laboratory of Ultrafast Laser Micro-Nano Manufacturing Science and Technology.He is a co-inventor of 1 PCT patent, and he has co-authored a book chapter published by CRC Press. He has published 34 journal papers as first/corresponding author, with 10 invited talks. He has led and participated in various projects, with a total funding of $3.6M AUD and 31.6M RMB. He has been on the technical program committee of one of the largest conferences in his field (OFS). He has created and hosted a workshop in Asia’s largest photonics conference (APC). He is an editorial board member of Scientific Reports (Nature), a guest editor of Sensors (MDPI), and Optica / IEEE Senior Member.