Prof. Changzhong Pan received a B.S. degree in automation from Nanchang University, Nanchang, China, in 2006, and M.Sc. and Ph.D. degrees in control science and engineering from Central South University, Changsha, China, in 2009 and 2013, respectively. From 2011 to 2013, he was a Visiting Scholar with Advanced Robotics and Intelligent Systems (ARIS) Laboratory, School of Engineering, University of Guelph, Guelph, Canada. He is currently a Professor and the Head of the Department of Automation at Hunan University of Science and Technology, Xiangtan, China. His research interests include flexible manipulators, intelligent robotics, underactuated mechanical systems, and nonlinear and robust control with applications to mechatronic systems. He is a member of the Youth Editorial Board of Intelligence & Robotics.