Zhimei Qi received a B.Sc. degree in Physics from Inner Mongolia University, Hohhot, China, in 1991, an M.Sc. degree in Chemistry from the Institute of Intelligent Machines, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Hefei, China, in 1994, and a Dr.Eng. degree from Yokohama National University, Yokohama, Japan, in 2001. From 2001 to 2007, he was a JST Postdoctoral Fellow with AIST, Tsukuba, Japan. Since 2007, he has been a Professor with the Institute of Electronics, CAS, Beijing, China. He has authored or co-authored more than 150 papers. His research interests include the development of advanced optical devices, including optical microphones, on-chip FTS, and evanescent-wave biochemical sensors. He is a Senior OSA Member and an ACS Awarded Member.