Weibao Qiu was born in Yanbian, China. He received his B.S. degree from the Hefei University of Technology in 2004, and his M.S. degree from the State Key Laboratory of Precision Measurement Technology and Instruments, Tianjin University, China, in 2007. He obtained his Ph.D. degree from the Interdisciplinary Division of Biomedical Engineering, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, in 2012. He is currently a professor at Shenzhen Institutes of Advanced Technology (SIAT), Chinese Academy of Sciences, and is the director of Shenzhen key laboratory of ultrasound imaging and therapy. He serves on the Technical Program Committee of IEEE International Ultrasonics Symposium (IUS), and is an Associate Editor of the IEEE Transactions on Ultrasonics, Ferroelectrics, and Frequency Control. His research interests are novel ultrasound transducer and system for biomedical imaging and therapy.