Hongpu Li received the B.S. and M.S. degrees from Huazhong University of science and technology, Wuhan, China, in 1985 and 1988, respectively, and received the Ph.D. degree from Shizuoka University, Hamamatsu, Japan in 2000.

From 2000 to 2003, first, he was with the NEC Research Institute, NJ, then the Phaethon Communication Inc., CA, USA, and then the Laval University, Canada. In April of 2003, he joined to the Shizuoka University, Japan. Now he is a full professor working at the Faculty of Engineering, Shizuoka University with decades of experiences in photonics areas. His present research interests include the nonlinear fiber optics, photonic signal processing, fiber gratings, fiber sensors, and nanophotonics, etc. He has authored more than 250 publications in top scientific journals and leading technical conferences. He has also held several U.S. patents. He is a Member of IEICE, OSA, and IEEE Photonics Society.