Prof. Chao Zuo

Dr. Chao Zuo is a professor in optical engineering, Nanjing University of Science and Technology (NJUST), China. He leads the Smart Computational Imaging Laboratory (SCILab: www.scilaboratory.com) at the School of Electronic and Optical Engineering, NJUST, and is also the founder and director of the Smart Computational Imaging Research Institute of NJUST. He has long been engaged in the development of novel Computational Optical Imaging and Measurement technologies, with a focus on Phase Measuring Imaging Metrology such as Digital Holographic Microscopy (DHM), Noninterferometic Quantitative Phase Imaging (QPI), Fringe Projection Profilometry (FPP), and Structured Illumination Microscopy (SIM). He has authored >200 peer-reviewed journal publications with over 12,000 citations. These researches have been featured on journal cover over 20 times and highlighted by Nature, Light. Sci. Appl., SPIE Newsroom, CLP Newsroom, and Optica Image of the Week. He is a Clarivate Highly Cited Researcher and a Fellow of SPIE and Optica. He also serves as an Associate Editor of PhotoniX, Optics and Lasers in Engineering, Microwave and Optical Technology Letters, and Frontiers in Photonics. He served as an organizing committee member of more than 60 international conferences and congresses, and delivered >100 plenary/keynote/invited talks. He also served as the Optica/SPIE Student Chapter Advisor of NJUST.