Weida Hu received his B. S. and M. S. degree in Material of Science from Wuhan University of Technology, Wuhan, China, in 2001 and 2004, respectively, and Ph.D. degree (with honors) in Microelectronics and Solid-State electronics from the Shanghai Institute of Technology Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, in 2007. He is currently a full professor on fabrication and characterization of infrared photodetectors in Shanghai Institute of Technology Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences. He has authored or coauthored more than 100 technical journal papers and conference presentations. He gets National Science Foundation for Distinguished Young Scholars in 2017, National Science Foundation for Excellent Young Scholars in 2013 and Ten Thousand Talents Program for Young Talents in 2015. He is also serving as the Associate Editor of Infrared Physics & Technology, the Executive Editor of Optical and Quantum Electronics, the program committee of SPIE DCS Defense and Security - Infrared Technology and Applications, and the program committee of the International Conference on Numerical Simulation of Optoelectronic Devices (NUSOD).