Dr Wenjie Chen received his PhD in Physics from Sun Yat-Sen University in 2013. After graduation, he joined the Department of Physics in the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST) as a Visiting Scholar. In December 2016, he was appointed as Research Assistant Professor in the Department of Physics and Junior Fellow at the HKUST Jockey Club Institute for Advanced Study. He has authored and co-authored 11 scientific papers. The research of Dr Chen mainly focuses on photonic crystal, metamaterial, topological states in photonic and acoustic systems.