Jianxiang Wen recieved a Ph.D. degree in information and communication engineering from Shanghai University, Shanghai, China and the University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia. He is currently working as a Professor with the Shanghai Key Lab of Specialty Fiber Optics and Optical Access Network and the School of Communication and Information Engineering of Shanghai University. His major research interests are special optical fiber structures, new optical fiber characteristics, and application research of optical fiber sensing and devices.