Zhigang Liu received the B.S. and Ph.D. degrees in electrical engineering from Tsinghua University, Beijing, China, in 2019 and 2024, respectively. He is currently an Assistant Professor at the School of Electrical Engineering, Xi’an Jiaotong University, specializing in discharge plasma and pulsed power technology. His research focuses on plasma generated by wire electrical explosions for material processing applications, multi-scale numerical modeling of plasma-material interactions, and the integration of digital twin technology into pulsed power systems. Dr. Liu was a recipient of 2024 IEEE Guenther Pulsed Power Award. He serves as a frequent reviewer for a number of plasma and applied physics journals, including Plasma Sources Science and Technology, Journal of Applied Physics, IEEE Transactions on Plasma Science, and Journal of Physics D: Applied Physics.