Chao Mei is a Masters Supervisor and Associate Researcher at the Xi’an Institute of Optics and Precision Mechanics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Xi’an, China. He earned, a Ph.D. at the University of Chinese Academy of Sciences in 2009. From 2014 to 2020, He was an Assistant Researcher at the Xi'an Institute of Optics and Precision Mechanics, Chinese Academy of Sciences. His research fields include: aerospace, geometric optical design, and overall optical design.