Dr. Jie Zhao is an Associate Professor at the School of Physics and Optoelectronic Engineering at Beijing University of Technology, China. She earned his Ph.D. in Optics from the university, where she also completed her Master’s degree. Dr. Zhao gained international research experience as a joint-cultured Ph.D. student at the University of Sheffield, UK. Her primary research interests include optical information processing, digital holographic microscopy, and Fourier ptychography imaging, with a focus on biological samples and terahertz wave phase-contrast imaging.She has contributed significantly to the advancement of diffraction tomographic imaging and continuous terahertz holography. Dr. Zhao has published numerous peer-reviewed articles in prominent journals and holds multiple patents.She is also an active member of the Society of Photo-Optical Instrumentation Engineers (SPIE) and has served as a postdoctoral researcher at the Henan Institute of Metrology.