Qun Zhao received his B.S. degree from Xian Jiaotong University, China, in 1989, and M.S. and Ph.D. degrees from Xidian University, China, in 1992 and 1995, respectively, all in electrical engineering. In 1996 he joined the Center for Information Science, Peking University, China, where in Sept. 1997 he became an Associate Research Professor. He joined the University of Florida in 1998. He is presently working at the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Florida, and the Center for Study of Emotion and Attention, National Institute of Mental Health. His current research work includes information-theoretic learning, automatic target recognition, and functional magnetic resonance imaging. His main interests include pattern recognition, statistical learning, medical imaging, time-frequency distribution, and speech analysis. Dr. Zhao has published around 30 papers in journals and conference proceedings. He serves as referee for IEEE Transactions on Neural Networks, Pattern Analysis and Machine Analysis, and Biomedical Engineering. He has been a member of IEEE since 1998.