Chong Wu Yi received his BSc. degree in physics from the University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, in 2003. He completed his post-graduate studies by obtaining a MSc. degree in 2007 and a PhD degree in 2011, carrying out research
works at the Photonics Research Centre, University of Malaya. He is currently an Associate Professor in the Photonics Research Centre, University of Malaya. He has been involved in the research and development of optical fibre amplifiers/lasers, photonics integrated circuit fabrication, nonlinear optics and high power laser processing. His current research interests include laser microfabrication, optical sensing and integrated optics.