**Meet the editor**

Dr. Morteza Sasani Ghamsari is a senior researcher in the Photonics and Quantum Technologies Research School of the Iranian Nuclear Science and Technology Research Institute. He has respectively received his BSc and MSc degrees from Sharif University of Technology in Iran and PhD degree from the National University of Malaysia (UKM). His research focused on the prepa-

ration and characterization of solid-state laser crystals, scintillators, and nonlinear optical materials. His recent interests lie also in nanophotonics including metamaterials, quantum dots, plasmonic nanomaterials, and photonic nanodevices. He is an editorial board member and a reviewer of different international journals, and has collaborated with some local and international academics/researchers on graduation of postgraduate students and research projects. He has published 3 book chapters and over 80 articles in scientific journals as well as in reviewed conference proceedings.
