Dr. Guanying Chen received his B.S. and Ph.D. degrees in applied physics in 2004 and in optics in 2009, respectively, from Harbin Institute of Technology (HIT), China. After obtaining his PhD, he became an assistant professor in HIT in 2009, and was promoted to an associate and full professor in 2012 and 2013, respectively. During the period of 2009-2011, he did his postdoc jointly at SUNY Buffalo. Since 2012, he has been an adjunct research associate professor at the Institute for Lasers, Photonics and Biophotonics (ILPB), SUNY Buffalo. He received the Top-Notch Young Investigator Award of Department of the Central Committee of China in 2015, Top 100 National Excellent PhD Dissertation Nomination Award of China in 2011, and the Distinguished Young Investigator Career Award of HIT in 2015. He serves as Editor Board member for the SCI journals of Scientific Reports, Nanomaterials, and Crystals, and Guest Editor for Theranostics. His main interest lies in the development of lanthanide-doped nanoparticles and quantum dots for a broad spectrum of biophotonic and photonic applications.