Sulaiman Wadi Harun received his bachelor’s degree in electrical and electronics system engineering from Nagaoka University of Technology, Japan, in 1996, and his master’s and doctoral degrees in photonics technology from the University of Malaya in 2001 and 2004, respectively. He has more than 20 years of research experience in the development of optical fiber devices including fiber amplifiers, fiber lasers, and fiberoptic sensors. Professor Harun has published more than 900 articles in reputable ISI journals, and his papers have been cited more than 8000 times with an h-index of more than 40, showing his impact on the community. He is a Fellow of the Malaysian Academy of Science and the founder of and an honorary advisor to the Optical Society of Malaysia.