CHENGXI ZHANG received B.S. and M.S. degrees from Harbin Institute of Technology, China, in 2012 and 2015; and Ph.D. degree from Shanghai Jiao Tong University, China, in 2019. He is now an Associate Professor at Jiangnan University, China. His research interests are space engineering, robotic systems and control. He is an Executive Editor of Aerospace Engineering Communications, Associate Editor of Frontiers in Aerospace Engineering, and Frontiers in Mechanical Engineering, and on the Editorial Board of Scientific Reports, Symmetry and Aerospace Systems. He has been a Committee Member of the Youth Working Committee, Chinese Association of Automation since 2025. He is listed in the World Top 2% Scientists in 2023, 2024, 2025 and 2026, by John P.A. Ioannidis, Stanford University, and Elsevier. He is a Senior Member of IEEE.
Jiangnan University
Wuxi, Jiangsu, China
Excellent Postdoctoral Awards
Harbin Institute of Technology of HIT Shenzhen
World’s Top 2% Scientists
Stanford University and Elsevier
World’s Top 2% Scientists in 2022, by John P.A. Ioannidis, Stanford University and Elsevier (Rank 173th in mainland China in Aerospace)
Senior Member
IEEE
University Educator/Researcher
Jiangnan University
01 Aug 2022 - present
Post Doctoral Researcher
Harbin Institute of Technology, China.
01 Dec 2019 - 01 Dec 2021
Graduate Student or Post Graduate
Shanghai Jiao Tong University
01 Apr 2015 - 01 Dec 2019