heng-Wei Qiu is Provost’s Chair Professor in National University of Singapore. He is the recipient of President’s Science Award 2023, the highest science distinction in Singapore. He was elected Fellow of Academy of Engineering, Singapore and Fellow of ASEAN Academy of Engineering and Technology. He is Fellow of APS, Optica, SPIE and The Electromagnetics Academy, US. He is well known for his research in structured light and interfaces. He has published over 600 peer-reviewed journal papers. He was the recipient of MIT TR35@Singapore Award in 2012, Young Scientist Award by Singapore National Academy of Science in 2013, Engineering Researcher Award 2021 in NUS, World Scientific Medal 2021 by Institute of Physics, Singapore, Achievement in Asia Award (Robert T. Poe Prize) by International Organization of Chinese Physicists and Astronomers in 2022, etc. He was Highly Cited Researchers in 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023 by Web of Science. As an overseas partner, he has been awarded China’s Top 10 Optical Breakthroughs for 5 times (2019, 2020, 2021(one in Fundamental Research, and one in Applied Research), 2023). He has been serving in Associate Editor for various journals such as JOSA B, PhotoniX, Photonics Research, and Editor-in-Chief for eLight. He also serves in Editorial Advisory Board for Laser and Photonics Review, Advanced Optical Materials, and ACS Photonics.
