Dawei Zhang obtained his Ph.D. in Optical Engineering from the Shanghai Institute of Optics and Fine Mechanics, Chinese Academy of Sciences in 2005. He joined the School of Optoelectronics at University of Shanghai for Science and Technology and has held positions such as deputy director of the Shanghai Key Laboratory of Modern Optical Systems, deputy director of the Shanghai Ultra-Precision Optical Processing and Testing Service Platform, and vice dean of the School of Optoelectronics. In 2012, he visited and exchanged at Nanyang Technological University in Singapore. He is currently the dean of the School of Optoelectronic Information and Computer Engineering at the University of Shanghai for Science and Technology.