Sijia Liu received her Bachelor's degree in Microelectronic Science and Engineering from Nanjing University in 2021. She is pursuing a Ph.D. in Optical Engineering at Nanjing University under the supervision of Assoc. Prof. Peng Chen and Prof. Yanqing Lu. Her research interests include liquid crystal optics, photonic structures, holography, and optical computing. She is currently a visiting Ph.D. student in the Cambridge Centre for Photonic Devices and Sensors (CPDS) group.