Dr. Minlin ZHONG is currently a professor at the School of Materials Science and Engineering of Tsinghua University. Dr. Zhong has accumulated over 30 years of experience in the laser materials processing research field. His research interest covers areas including laser micro-nano fabrication, laser surface engineering, laser 3D printing, materials processing by lasers and novel materials development based on laser technology. Dr. Zhong has been the project leader for 19 international cooperation projects granted by British Royal Academy of Engineering, Sino-Germany Scientific Center, French Government and from recognized world-level companies like GE, GM, Boeing, Royce Rolls and Mitrubish, in addition to numerous domestic scientific projects including China National Key Basic Research and Development Program, NSFC major international cooperation project, NSFC key project, and industrial cooperation projects. More than 260 peer-reviewed journal articles and international conference papers, 14 patents and 4 books have arisen from his research work. Dr. Zhong is a senior editor of 《Journal of Laser Applications》and 《Journal of Chinese Lasers》. He is an editorial board member of the Journal Light: Science and Applications partnered with Nature Publication Group. He has co-organized 8 China National Conference on Laser Materials Processing. He has been the program committee member, session-chair, conference co-chair for many important international conferences organized by LIA and SPIE. He was the general conference chair of the third Pacific International Conference on Applications of Laser and Optics-PICALO 2008 and the co-chair of the “International Conference on Laser Processes and Components” in Laser-World of Photonics China in 2006/2007/2009/2010/2011/12. 

Dr. Zhong was elected a Fellow of Laser Institute of America (LIA) in 2010. He was a LIA board member at 2005-2007 and 2012-2013. He is the vice president of International Academy of Photonics and Laser Engineering-IAPLE. In addition, he was a Senior Member of the Optical Society of China (2002-), a Board Member of the Beijing Optical Society, a member of the 12th Panel Group of the National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC), and a guest Professor of the National Laboratory on Power Beam Processing.

Dr. Minlin ZHONG is currently a professor at the School of Materials Science and Engineering of Tsinghua University. Dr. Zhong has accumulated over 30 years of experience in the laser materials processing research field. His research interest covers areas including laser micro-nano fabrication, laser surface engineering, laser 3D printing, materials processing by lasers and novel materials development based on laser technology. Dr. Zhong has been the project leader for 19 international cooperation projects granted by British Royal Academy of Engineering, Sino-Germany Scientific Center, French Government and from recognized world-level companies like GE, GM, Boeing, Royce Rolls and Mitrubish, in addition to numerous domestic scientific projects including China National Key Basic Research and Development Program, NSFC major international cooperation project, NSFC key project, and industrial cooperation projects. More than 260 peer-reviewed journal articles and international conference papers, 14 patents and 4 books have arisen from his research work. Dr. Zhong is a senior editor of 《Journal of Laser Applications》and 《Journal of Chinese Lasers》. He is an editorial board member of the Journal Light: Science and Applications partnered with Nature Publication Group. He has co-organized 8 China National Conference on Laser Materials Processing. He has been the program committee member, session-chair, conference co-chair for many important international conferences organized by LIA and SPIE. He was the general conference chair of the third Pacific International Conference on Applications of Laser and Optics-PICALO 2008 and the co-chair of the “International Conference on Laser Processes and Components” in Laser-World of Photonics China in 2006/2007/2009/2010/2011/12. 

Dr. Zhong was elected a Fellow of Laser Institute of America (LIA) in 2010. He was a LIA board member at 2005-2007 and 2012-2013. He is the vice president of International Academy of Photonics and Laser Engineering-IAPLE. In addition, he was a Senior Member of the Optical Society of China (2002-), a Board Member of the Beijing Optical Society, a member of the 12th Panel Group of the National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC), and a guest Professor of the National Laboratory on Power Beam Processing.