Zhiqiang Chen was born in Hunan, China, in 1987. He received B.S., M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in electrical engineering from Xi`an Jiaotong University, Xi`an, China, in 2009, 2011 and 2020, respectively. He is presently a research associate with Northwest Institute of Nuclear Technology. His research interests include pulse compression technology, pulse compression components and the surface flashover phenomenon in SF6.