Dr. Cong Zhang has a Bachelor's degree from Shandong University of Technology in 2011, and completed a Ph.D. in Vehicle Engineering at Jilin University in 2017. From 2017 to 2022, Dr. Zhang conducted postdoctoral scientific research and served as a Project Scientist at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory in the United States. Currently, he is an Associate Professor at the School of Automotive Engineering, Harbin Institute of Technology (Weihai). His research directions include dynamic analysis of electric vehicles, vehicle control, intelligent charging, coupling and integrated control of transportation systems and power systems, and traffic flow control and analysis. His work primarily focuses on parameter matching and vehicle control for hybrid power source electric vehicles, vehicle energy consumption estimation and charging load forecasting, analysis of electric vehicle travel characteristics, and coordinated control between electric vehicles, transportation, and electricity.