Peng Yao received his Ph.D. degree from Tohoku University, Japan, in 2011. He is currently a Professor and doctoral supervisor. He also serves as the Chief Scientist of a project under the National Key R&D Program and has been recognized as a Taishan Industry Leading Talent of Shandong Province. He has long been engaged in research on intelligent ultra-precision manufacturing, grinding and ultra-precision machining and measurement, multi-energy-field-assisted precision machining, and laser micro/nano manufacturing. In recent years, he has led more than 30 national, provincial, ministerial, and industry-commissioned research projects. He has published more than 50 SCI/EI-indexed papers as the first author or corresponding author and has been granted more than 30 invention patents as the first applicant.