ZHONG Kai was born in Jinan, Shandong Province, China, in 1984. He received his Bachelor's degree in Electronic science and technology from Shandong University in 2005, and the B. S. and Ph. D. degree in Opto-electronic technology from Tianjin University in 2007 and 2009, respectively. He served as a lecturer from July 2010 to June 2013 and now he is an associate professor (since July, 2013) at the Institute of Laser and Optoelectronics of Tianjin University. From March 2016 to March 2017, He was a visiting scholar in Mid-Infrared Combs Group led by Prof. Konstantin L. Vodopyanov, at the College of Optics & Photonics (CREOL), University of Central Florida, USA. His current research interests include Diode-pumped solid-state lasers, nonlinear optical frequency conversion technology, terahertz photonics and applications, etc.