Dr. Yize Liang earned his B.Eng. from Huazhong University of Science and Technology (HUST) in 2018 and his Ph.D. in Optical Engineering from HUST's Wuhan National Laboratory for Optoelectronics (WNLO) in 2023, supervised by Prof. Jian Wang. Since 2023, he has been an Assistant Professor at Xidian University's School of Optoelectronic Engineering. His research focuses on structured light manipulation, multimode multicore fibers, and free-space optical communications. He has authored >40 publications, including 17 first/corresponding-author papers in journals like Light Sci. Appl., Laser & Photonics Reviews, Research, Adv. Photon. Nexus, Opt. Express, Opt. Lett., and conferences OFC/CLEO. He holds >10 patent applications and leads research projects funded by NSFC, Shaanxi Province, and Central University Funds. His collaborative work received a 2022 China's Top 10 Optical Breakthroughs (Basic Research) nomination. Dr. Liang serves as an independent reviewer for journals including Nat. Commun., Nanophotonics, J. Opt. Commun. Netw., Opt. Express, Opt. Lett., Sensors, Photonics, and Appl. Opt.