Tun Cao is a Professor at the School of Optoelectronic Engineering and Instrumentation Science, Dalian University of Technology, where he serves as the Dean. He is a recipient of the National High-level Talent Program, a member of the Discipline Review Group of the Academic Degrees Committee of the State Council, and a Fellow of Optica. His research interests lie in metamaterials, photonic crystals, and optoelectronic devices. He has led a broad portfolio of national and international research projects, including the National Key R&D Program, the Defense Basic Research Enhancement Program, international cooperation initiatives, NSFC programs, and industry-supported projects in the aerospace sector. He has received five ministerial- and provincial-level science and technology awards. Over the past five years, he has published more than 150 SCI-indexed papers in journals such as Science Advances, Advanced Materials, and Physical Review Letters, obtained over 50 granted national invention patents, and facilitated the transfer of two technological achievements.
Ying Su is an Associate Professor at the School of Optoelectronic Engineering and Instrumentation Science, Dalian University of Technology, and a member of Prof. Tun Cao's research group. Her research focuses on opto-electro-thermal devices and their application technologies. She has presided over national and provincial research projects and contributed to major national R&D programs. She has published more than 20 SCI-indexed papers and holds over ten invention patents. Her work has been recognized with the Second Prize of the Technological Invention Award from the Chinese Optical Engineering Society and the Second Prize of the Dalian Technological Invention Award.
Yinghan Li is an Assistant Professor at the School of Optoelectronic Engineering and Instrumentation Science, Dalian University of Technology. She received her B.Eng. from Dalian University of Technology in 2015 and her Ph.D. from the University of Science and Technology of China in 2024. She joined the research group of Prof. Tun Cao at Dalian University of Technology in 2025. Her research focuses on optoelectronic display devices and thin-film technology, with specific interests in solution-based film formation kinetics, fabrication and modification of optoelectronic films, intelligent optical/electrical modulation, and functional coatings for thermal management.
Hongze Gao is an assistant professor at Dalian University of Technology, with a primary research focus on the optical operation of micro- and nano-particles. He received his doctoral degree from Harbin Institute of Technology in 2023. Having published 5 SCI-indexed papers as the first or corresponding author, he has established a solid academic foundation in his research field. His current work centers on the sorting and identification of chiral nano-particles by utilizing opto-fluidic technologies, with targeted applications in biosensing to enable the sensitive and accurate detection of biomarkers.
