Dr. Ruyan Guo is Robert E. Clarke Endowed Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering at The University of Texas at San Antonio (UTSA). She received her education from Xi'an Jiaotong University (BS and MS in Electrical Engineering) and The Pennsylvania State University (Ph.D. in Solid State Science). Before joining UTSA in 2007, she was a tenured full professor at Penn State's Department of Electrical Engineering and Materials Research Institute. Professor Guo specializes in interdisciplinary materials research and electronic device engineering. Her recent work focuses on designing and synthesizing smart electronics utilizing advanced ferroelectric, piezoelectric, pyroelectric, and multiferroic materials and their nanocomposites for applications in sensors, actuators, modulators, and energy conversion.