Hongliang Cui, doctor,distinguished adjunct professor of CIGIT, director of Centre for Terahertz Technology Research. He obtained his Ph.D. degree in theoretical condensed matter physics from Stevens Institute of Technology in 1987. His research efforts have been concentrated in the areas of solid-state electronics/nanoelectronics, optical communications and sensing, electromagnetic wave propagation and interaction with matters. His work has been funded by NSF, ARO, ONR, and DARPA, with a total funding of more than $18M in the last 20 years. He has published more than 200 research papers in peer-reviewed scientific journals, holds 9 US patents and 8 Chinese patents, and guided more than 30 Ph.D. dissertations to completion.