Mu Guoguang, male, Han nationality, is a native of Jinxi, Liaoning Province. He graduated from the Physics Department of Nankai University in 1952.
Mu remained at Nankai University following his graduation from the physics department. An opticist, he focused his academic career on optics and application optics. His research in this field is extensive and includes white-light optical image disposal, optical mode recognition, machine vision, color recovery of faded film, archives storage of color film, Fresnel holography, 3D target recognition of series code filtration, and optical neural network mode and its application in recognition.
Mu has designed and developed several optical instruments and their components, among them are the white-light optical image treatment system, optical correction lens used for screen coating of color TV kinescope, and optical projection system of aerial defense warning radar signal.
In 1991, he was elected as an academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences.