Yongkang Dong is a Professor and Ph.D. Supervisor, recognized as a National High-level Talent by the Ministry of Education. He serves as the Vice Dean of the School of Astronautics at the Harbin Institute of Technology, the Executive Deputy Director of the National Key Laboratory of Laser Space Information, a member of the Expert Group for the National Key R&D Program on Information Photonics Technology, the Chief Scientist of the National Major Scientific Instruments and Equipment Development Project of the Ministry of Science and Technology, and the Chinese Lead of the BRICS Photonics Working Group of the Ministry of Science and Technology. He is also a Director of the China Optical Engineering Society and serves on the Editorial Boards of several prestigious journals, including eLight, Optics Letters, Photonic Sensors, and the Chinese Journal of Lasers.

His research focuses on the fundamental research, technological development, and engineering applications of optical fiber and laser sensors. He has achieved numerous innovative research results that have been successfully applied in major national projects. He has published over 110 papers in prestigious international journals such as Light: Science & Applications (a Nature journal), Optica, and Laser & Photonics Reviews. He is an Elsevier Highly Cited Chinese Researcher. His honors include the First Prize of the Heilongjiang Provincial Natural Science Award, the First Prize of Technological Invention from the China Optical Engineering Society, and the First Prize of the Shaanxi Provincial Science and Technology Progress Award. He has led more than 20 projects, including the National Major Scientific Instruments and Equipment Development Project, the National Key R&D Program, projects of the National Natural Science Foundation of China, and projects commissioned by large state-owned enterprises.

Yufei Ma is a Professor (promoted exceptionally) and Ph.D. Supervisor (exceptionally appointed) at the Harbin Institute of Technology. He is a Fellow of Optica (formerly OSA), a recipient of the National Excellent Young Scientists Fund, and was selected for the first cohort of the Heilongjiang Provincial Excellent Young Scientists Fund and the HIT Young Talents Program. He leads the Young Scientist Studio at Harbin Institute of Technology and has been recognized as an Elsevier Highly Cited Chinese Researcher for three consecutive years (2021, 2022, and 2023).

His research interests include laser sensing, laser spectroscopy, and solid-state laser technology. He serves as a Section Editor for Photoacoustics, the flagship journal in the field of photoacoustics published by Elsevier, and as an Associate Editor for Optics Express, a renowned journal of Optica. He also holds editorial positions as Section Editor, Associate Editor, or Editor for nine other SCI-indexed international journals, including Opto-Electronic Advances, Chinese Optics Letters, and SPIE's Optical Engineering. He is the Deputy Director of the Spectroscopy Technology and Applications Committee of the China Optical Engineering Society and a Youth Editorial Board Member for several prestigious academic journals, including Fundamental Research, sponsored by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC). He is also an evaluation expert for NSFC projects.

He has published over 100 papers as the first or corresponding author in prestigious international journals such as Light: Science & Applications, Advanced Photonics, Opto-Electronic Advances, PhotoniX, Ultrafast Science (a Science partner journal), Light: Advanced Manufacturing (a Light partner journal), Laser & Photonics Reviews, Opto-Electronic Science, Applied Physics Reviews, and Photonics Research. As the principal investigator, he has led numerous projects, including those funded by national ministries, the Key Program and the Excellent Young Scientists Fund of the National Natural Science Foundation of China, the Heilongjiang Provincial Outstanding Young Scientists Fund, and technology development projects for Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd. Ph.D. students under his supervision have been awarded funding from the NSFC Basic Research Program for Doctoral Students.

His achievements have been recognized with multiple awards and honors, including selection for the "2024 China Optics Top 10 Social Impact Events (Light10)", the Second Prize of Natural Science from the China Optical Engineering Society, the Second Prize of Ministerial Level Science and Technology Progress, the "Academic Newcomer Award" from the Ministry of Education, and the "Incubic/Milton Chang Travel Grant" from Optica. He has also contributed to the SPIE-published book The Wonder of Nanotechnology Quantum Optoelectronic: Devices and Applications, edited by 1973 Nobel Laureate Prof. Leo Esaki and 1985 Nobel Laureate Prof. Klaus von Klitzing, as well as the Springer-published NATO Science for Peace and Security Series B: Physics and Biophysics.

Kun Yu is a Professor and Ph.D. Supervisor at Henan Normal University. He is a recipient of the Henan Provincial Outstanding Youth Scientists Fund, the leader of the Innovation Team of Henan Provincial Department of Education in Science and Technology, and was selected as an Academic Technology Leader of the Henan Provincial Department of Education. He serves as a Director of the Opto-Mechanical-Electronic Integration Branch of the China Instrument and Control Society and a Supervisor of the Henan Optical Society.

His research focuses on spectral emissivity measurement and control, as well as radiation thermometry technology. His work encompasses the development of spectral emissivity measurement techniques and instrumentation, radiation thermometry methods and instrumentation, the variation patterns of material spectral emissivity, and multi-wavelength radiation thermometry algorithms. His research findings have been published in SCI-indexed journals such as the International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer and Infrared Physics and Technology. As the first inventor, he has been granted 7 patents, one of which has been licensed.