Prof. B. M. Hegelich is the founder and CEO of TAU Systems Inc. and an Associate Professor at the University of Texas at Austin, leading the research group for Relativistic Quantum Photonics and. His includes laser-driven particle and photon sources, quantum effects in intense fields, relativistic laser-matter interaction, fusion research, high energy density physics, and ultrahigh intensity laser technology. He served as the Associate Director of the Center for Relativistic Laser Science, Institute of Basic Sciences, the world’s first multi-PW laser and Full Professor at the Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology.