Dr. Chao Zuo

Chao Zuo is a professor at the Department of Electronic and Optical Engineering, Nanjing University of Science and Technology (NJUST), and group leader of the Smart Computational Imaging Laboratory at NJUST. His group works at the intersection between Information Optics and Computer Vision, with a focus on Computational Optical Imaging and Sensing Techniques such as Quantitative Phase Imaging, Optical Metrology, Phase Retrieval, and Digital Holography. In particular, he investigates how optical modulation and signal processing can be integrated into the design of optical systems, enabling new indirect imaging mechanisms for making the invisible visible and providing unprecedented perceptions that far exceed the abilities of human and conventional image sensors. He has authored over 160 peer-reviewed journal publications, including more than 100 papers published in JCR Q1 journals (e.g., Light, Optica, Adv. Photon.) with over 8000 citations. He is Topical Editor of PhotoniX (10/2019-) and Photonics (03/2021-), and Associate Editor of Optics and Lasers in Engineering (12/2021-), IEEE Access (03/2019-), and Microwave and Optical Technology Letters (03/2019-). He has been selected into the Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC) for Excellent Young Scholars and the Outstanding Youth Foundation of Jiangsu Province. He is a Senior Member of Optica (formerly OSA) and SPIE and also serves on the SPIE Scholarship Committee (2020-).