Liqin Tang received her B.S., M.S., and Ph.D. degrees in physics at Nankai University. She is currently a Professor in the School of Physics at Nankai University. Prior to that, she was a visiting researcher at Muenster University, Germany. She also serves as a member of the Chinese Optical Society and of the Optical Society of America. Her research interests include nonlinear optics, photonic flat bands, topological photonics, beam shaping, and optical manipulation. She has published over 44 peer-reviewed papers in international journals and 48 papers in international conferences.