Dr Boyang Shen holds a Research Fellowship with Clare Hall, University of Cambridge, and is a Research Associate with the Department of Engineering, University of Cambridge. To date, he has published over 100 peer-reviewed journal articles (Science Citation Index, SCI), with over 135 publications, 1000+ citations, and 1 ESI Highly Cited Paper (1st author). He has written 1 book (all chapters, Springer), and 1 book chapter. His research includes the electromagnetic characteristics of High-temperature Superconductors (HTS), the large-scale superconducting applications for future transportation and electrical energy systems.
Dr Shen received the double B.Eng. (1st Class Honours) in Electrical and Electronic Engineering from the Cardiff University, UK, and the North China Electric Power University, China, in 2012; the M.Sc. in Nuclear Engineering from the Imperial College London, UK, in 2013; the M.Phil. and Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering in 2014 and 2018, both from the University of Cambridge, UK.
He serves as the Technical Editor of the IEEE Transactions on Applied Superconductivity Special Issues.
In 2018, he was awarded the IEEE Council on Superconductivity Graduate Study Fellowship in Applied Superconductivity (6 winners worldwide). He was the IET Sir Henry Royce Award Finalist in the year of the IET 150th Anniversary (3 finalists worldwide). In 2020, he was awarded the Royal Academy of Engineering (RAEng) Engineers Trust Young Engineer (5 winners nationwide, UK).