Desheng Zhang is currently a professor in the Research Center of Fluid Machinery Engineering and Technology at Jiangsu University. He received his BSc degree in Thermal and Power Engineering from Jiangsu University in 2005; his Master's degree in Fluid Machinery and Engineering from Jiangsu University in 2007; and his Ph.D. degree in Fluid Machinery and Engineering from Jiangsu University, supervised by Prof. Weidong Shi, in 2010.