LEI ZHAO (M’09–SM’18) received the B.S. degree in mathematics from Jiangsu Normal University, China, 1997, the M.S. degree in computational mathematics, and the Ph.D. degree in electromagnetic fields and microwave technology from Southeast University, Nanjing, China, in 2004 and 2007, respectively.
He joined the China University of Mining and Technology, Xuzhou, China, in 2019, where he is currently the full professor. From Sept. 2009 to Dec. 2018, he worked in Jiangsu Normal University, Xuzhou, China. From Aug. 2007 to Aug. 2009, he worked in department of electronic engineering, The Chinese University of Hong Kong as a Research Associate. From Feb. 2011 to Apr. 2011, he worked in department of electrical and computer engineering, National University of Singapore as a Research Fellow. From Sep. 2016 to Sep. 2017, he worked in department of electrical and computer engineering, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, USA as a visiting scholar. He has authored and coauthored over 70 referred journal and conference papers. His current research interests include spoof surface plasmon polaritons theory and its applications, RF/microwave antenna and filter design, computational electromagnetics, and electromagnetic radiation to human’s body.
Dr. Zhao serves as an Associate Editor for IEEE Access, an Associate Editor-in-Chief for ACES Journal and a reviewer for multiple journals and conferences including the IEEE Trans. on microwave theory and techniques, IEEE Trans. Antennas and Propagation, IEEE Access, IEEE Antennas and Wireless Propagation Letters, ACES Journal, and other primary electromagnetics and microwave related journals.
Name of Research Group:电磁与智能感知
Description of Research Group:团队面向电大复杂目标电磁特性、复杂电磁环境感知等重大战略需求，开展电磁场与微波理论、射频微波器件与硅基光子芯片技术、电磁超材料、计算电磁学、先进材料与超快高温制造技术等方向研究，取得了一系列重要学术成果和技术创新，相关研究成果在航天、航空、电子科技集团等工业部门应用与推广。团队注重于推动学术前沿的探索，并致力于培养在电磁与智能感知领域具有深厚理论基础和创新实践能力的优秀人才。
团队近年来主持国家与省部级项目10余项，国家工业部门委托项目20余项，成果获国家自然科学二等奖，在PNAS、Phy. Rev. Lett.、Phy. Rev. X、Laser Photonic Rev.、IEEE Trans. MTT、 IEEE Trans. AP、APL、Chem. Eng.J.、ACS Materials Lett.、 J. Alloys Compd.、Nat. Commun. 等著名期刊发表高水平论文100余篇，授权发明专利20余件。团队包含教师8人，其中教授2人，副教授2人，省部级人才3人次，团队每年招收硕士、博士研究生10余人。
