Chao Zhang has been an Associate Professor at the College of Hydraulic Science and Engineering, Yangzhou University since 2022. He received his Bachelor’s degree in Agricultural Water Conservancy Engineering from Northwest A&F University in 2012, completed joint training at the Ottawa Research and Development Centre (ORDC), Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada (AAFC) (2015–2017), and earned a Ph.D. in Agricultural Soil and Water Engineering from Northwest A&F University in 2018. Afterward, he joined Yangzhou University as a Lecturer in the same year. His main research areas include agro-ecosystem simulation; crop remote sensing quantitative monitoring; and the efficient utilization of water resources in agriculture.