Liang Mei obtained his PhD from Zhejiang University in 2013 and then from Lund University in 2014 with independent research topics. He is now affiliated with the School of Physics and Optoelectronic Engineering, Dalian University of Technology, where he has been active as an associate professor since 2015. His research interests concern applications of laser spectroscopy to environmental, biophotonics,and food safety fields.