Prof. Trofimov is a professor at South China University of Technology, Guangzhou, China. He received a Ph.D. in Physics and Mathematics (with a specialization in laser physics) in 1983 and a Dr.Sc. degree in Physics and Mathematics (with specialization in applied mathematics) in 1995 from Lomonosov Moscow State University. Prof. Trofimov’s research areas include mathematical models in physics, numerical methods, nonlinear optics and photonics, optical switching, terahertz spectroscopy, and 3D printing. He has published over 600 research articles, most of them in high-rank international journals. He has participated in more than 250 Russian and international conferences and is a scientific committee member of twenty international conferences.