Prof. Hua Zhang holds a bachelor’s degree from the School of Power Engineering of Shanghai Institute of Mechanical Engineering, and a master’s and doctoral degree from the School of Energy and Power Engineering of Xi’an Jiaotong University. He was a postdoctoral fellow at the Power Engineering Postdoctoral Station of the University of Shanghai for Science and Technology. He works at the University of Shanghai for Science and Technology and has been successively appointed as Associate Professor, Professor, and Doctoral Supervisor at the School of Energy and Power Engineering. He has served as Deputy Director and Director of the Institute of Refrigeration and Cryogenic Engineering, Vice President of the college, Executive Vice President, President, and Vice President of the school. His main research areas are refrigeration low-temperature processes and systems; environmentally friendly refrigerants; thermal measurement and control of refrigeration and air-conditioning equipment; and utilization of solar energy. He is responsible for more than 60 projects at national, municipal, provincial, international, and domestic enterprise levels. He has published more than 600 research papers, including more than 120 Sci and Ei papers. He has written more than 10 textbooks and books. He has been granted 12 authorized invention patents and 21 utility model patents.