Libo Yuan is with the School of Optoelectronic Engineering, Guilin University of Electronics Technology, as a professor and director of Photonics Research Center. He has received his Ph.D. (Photonics, 2003), M. Eng. (Communication & Electronic Systems, 1990) and B.S. (Physics, 1984), from The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Harbin Shipbuilding Engineering Institute and Heilongjiang University, respectively. His general area of research is in-fiber integrated optics, fiber optical tweezers and fiber-optic sensors. He has authored and co-authored over 400 referred international journal papers. He holds over 150 patents related with fiber optic technology and published 4 books and 3 book chapters.