Guangming Tao received his B.Eng. in 2006 from Shandong University, M.Sc. in 2009 from Fudan University, and Ph.D. in 2014 from the University of Central Florida in optics/optoelectronics, respectively. He was a visiting scholar at Chinese Academy of Science (2007-2008) and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (2012), and an infrared material engineer at LightPath Technologies (2012-2013). He is a Research Scientist at CREOL, The College of Optics & Photonics, the University of Central Florida. He has been awarded several scholarships/honors from Optical Society of America (OSA), the International Society of Optical Engineering (SPIE), and the American Ceramic Society (ACerS), and was awarded the Extraordinary Potential Prize winner of Chinese Government Award for Outstanding Self-financed Students Abroad (2013). Dr. Tao is also a cofounder and CTO of Lambda Photonics LLC (2014), an IR fiber startup company which developed out of his Ph.D. work. He has years of research experience in sciences and engineering in academia, industry, and government institutes with expertise in the areas of infrared material, infrared fiber and fiber laser, in-fiber nano-fabrication, in-fiber energy devices, and novel smart fibers with unique functionalities.