Dr. Yiping Zhao received his B.S. degree in electronics from Peking University in 1991, and his MS degree in condensed matter physics from the Institute of Semiconductors, Chinese Academy of Sciences, in 1994. He obtained his PhD in physics at the Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in 1999. He is currently a distinguished research professor at the Department of Physics and Astronomy in the University of Georgia, a fellow of SPIE (the International Society of Optics and Photonics), and a fellow of AVS (American Vacuum Society). His major research interests are nanostructures and thin-film fabrication and characterization, plasmonic nanostructures, chemical and biological sensors, nano-photocatalysts, antimicrobial materials, nanomotors, and nanotechnology for stroke treatment.