Xinbo Zou, Ph.D., is currently a research assistant professor with Department of Electronic and Computer Engineering and also a Junior Fellow with Institute for Advanced Study (IAS), HKUST. He received his B.Eng. degree in Electronic Science and Technology from Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications (BUPT) in 2007 and his Ph.D. from the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST) in 2013 for developing highperformance green and yellow LEDs on Si substrates. His research interests focused on (1) development and characterization of novel GaN-based nanostructures grown on Si; and (2) MOCVD growth and fabrication of GaN-based devices.