Xiaozhen Zhao received the B.E. degree in Electrical Engineering and Automation from China University of Mining and Technology in 2012, and the Ph.D. degree in Electrical Engineering from Chongqing University in 2021, where he was awarded the Outstanding Doctoral Dissertation Award. From 2016 to 2018, he was a visiting Ph.D. student at Curtin University, Australia. He worked as an Assistant Research Fellow at the National University of Defense Technology from 2021 to 2022. Since 2023, he has been a Lecturer, Associate Professor, and Master’s Supervisor at the School of Electrical Engineering, Hebei University of Technology, China. He is currently a university–industry joint postdoctoral researcher with Tianjin Kaifa Electric Co., Ltd. His research interests include intelligent condition perception, predictive maintenance, and lifetime management of electrical equipment, as well as pulsed power technology and its applications. He has published over 20 papers in international journals and conferences, including one ESI Highly Cited Paper, and holds more than 10 authorized or filed invention patents. He is an IEEE Member and serves as a reviewer for several leading journals, including IEEE Transactions and High Voltage.