Prof. Dr. Yan Peng received a Ph.D. degree from the Department of Physics, East China Normal University, Shanghai, China, in 2009. In 2009, she joined the Shanghai Key Laboratory of Modern Optical Systems, University of Shanghai for Science and Technology, Shanghai. In 2013, she joined the Optical Research Center, University of Rochester, New York, NY, USA, as a Scientist. In 2014, she joined the University of Pennsylvania, as an Adjunct Professor. Since 2016, she has been working as a Professor at the University of Shanghai for Science and Technology. At present, as the first person in charge, she has undertaken a number of national and provincial projects, such as the National Major Instrumentation Program (person in charge & chief scientist), the Ministry of Science and Technology of the People’s Republic of China’s National Basic Research Program 973 Program (project), etc. She was honored with the 2022 National Ten Thousand People's Plan for Science and Technology Innovation Leaders. Her scientific research focuses on the ultrafast generation and modulation of terahertz waves, and the application of terahertz waves in biomedical research.