Yufei Ma received his PhD degree in physical electronics from Harbin Institute of Technology, China, in 2013. From September 2010 to September 2011, he spent as a visiting scholar at Rice University, USA. Currently, he is a professor at Harbin Institute of Technology, China. He is an Optica Fellow and the winner of National Outstanding Youth Science Fund. His research interests include optical sensors, trace gas detection, laser spectroscopy, solid-state laser and optoelectronics. He has published more than 200 publications and given more than 40 invited presentations at international conferences. He serves as area editor for Elsevier Photoacoustics and Wiley Microwave and Optical Technology Letters, associate editor for Optica Optics Express, SPIE Optical Engineering and Frontiers in Physics. He also serves as topical editor for Opto-Electronic Advances, CLP Chinese Optics Letters and editorial board member for MDPI Sensors and Applied Sciences.