Edik Rafailov received the Ph.D. degree from the Ioffe Institute in 1992. In 1997 he moved to St Andrews University (UK) and 2005, he established a new group in the Dundee University. In 2014 he and his Optoelectronics and Biomedical Photonics Group moved to the Aston University (UK). He has authored and co-authored over 450 articles in refereed journals and conference proceedings, including two books (WILEY), ten invited chapters and numerous invited talks. Prof. Rafailov coordinated the €14.7M FP7 FAST-DOT project development of new ultrafast lasers for Biophotonics applications and the €12.5M NEWLED project which aims to develop a new generation of white LEDs. Currently he coordinated the H2020 FET Mesa-Brain (€3.3M, aims to develop 3D nano-printing technology for functional three-dimensional human stem cell derived neural networks), NEUROPA (€3.6M, aims to develop novel non-invasive theranostic approachs), and EPSRC proposal (£1M, compact THz based systems for neuroscience applications). He also leads a few others projects funded by EU FP7, H2020 and EPSRC (UK). His current research interests include high-power CW and ultrashort-pulse lasers; generation of UV/visible/IR/MIR and THz radiation, nanostructures; nonlinear and integrated optics; biomedical photonics.