Wenchuan Wu

Tsinghua University, China

Wenchuan Wu is a Full Professor in the Department of Electrical Engineering at Tsinghua University. He is an IEEE Fellow and a Fellow of the Chinese Society for Electrical Engineering (CSEE). He is a recipient of the National Science Fund for Distinguished Young Scholars and was selected as a Leading Talent in Scientific and Technological Innovation under the National "Ten Thousand Talents Program." He has also been awarded the Outstanding Contribution Award in China Electric Power Science and Technology.

Bo Zhao

Electric Power Research Institute of State Grid Zhejiang Electric Power Co., Ltd., China

Bo Zhao is a chief expert at the Electric Power Research Institute of State Grid Zhejiang Electric Power Co., Ltd., a professor and doctoral supervisor at North China Electric Power University, and a chief expert of State Grid Corporation of China. He is also the director of the Key Laboratory of Distributed New Energy Grid Connection and Consumption Technology of Zhejiang Province, the director of the State Grid Distributed Power Source and Microgrid Technology Laboratory, and the vice chairman of the Zhejiang Society of Engineers.

For a long time, Zhao has been engaged in research on distributed power sources, microgrids, and electro-hydrogen coupling technologies. He has led the construction of several microgrid projects, including the first megawatt-level independent island intelligent microgrid and the first commercial AC/DC hybrid microgrid on the user side in China. He has also carried out electro-hydrogen coupling engineering demonstrations in various scenarios such as islands, rural areas, industrial bases, and industrial parks in Zhejiang Province. He has presided over one major national science and technology project, one key research and development plan project of the Ministry of Science and Technology, and three projects of the National Natural Science Foundation of China. He has published over 60 papers in top domestic and international journals and conferences, including 12 first/communicating author papers in SCI Zone 1. He has published one Chinese and one English monograph as the first author with Science Press and Wiley, respectively. As the first inventor, he has been granted 30 Chinese invention patents and one US patent. He has been selected as a highly cited researcher by Elsevier for many consecutive years and has won seven first prizes of provincial and ministerial-level science and technology awards.

Jun Xiao

Tianjin University, China

JunXiao, Tianjin University, Professor, PhD supervisor, is the proposer of the theories of the maximum power supply capacity (TSC) of distribution systems and the distribution system security region (DSSR). He serves as Vice Chair of the IEEE PES (China) Subcommittee on Distributed Resources and Distribution Network Planning Technologies, and has been named an Elsevier “Highly Cited Chinese Researcher.” He has long been engaged in research on distribution system planning. He has received two national awards in this field, ranking second and fifth respectively. He has led distribution network planning projects for dozens of cities, including Beijing and Shanghai; has主持 eight national-level research projects, including the National Natural Science Foundation of China, the 973 Program, and the 863 Program; has published more than 120 SCI/EI papers; and has been granted over 20 invention patents in China and one U.S. invention patent.

Jianmin Zhang

Hangzhou Dianzi University, China

Zhang Jianmin holds a B.Sc and M.Sc degree in electric power engineering from the Department of Electrical Engineering, Huazhong University of Science and Technology (HUST, Wuhan), and a M.E degree in power engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology, Roorkee. Present he is full Professor, Doctoral Supervisor, IEEE Senior Member, Standing Director of Zhejiang Electric Power Society, Deputy Director of Zhejiang Engineering Center for Regional Energy Internet. His main research fields are smart grid situation awareness and visualization, cyber-physical and social systems, network security and protection, and planning and operation of new power systems. He was primary investigation (PI) of key project of the National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC U1866209), and primary investigation (PI) of conventional project of the National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC 51677047), primary investigation (PI) of key natural science project of Zhejiang Province (LZ12E07001), and primary investigation (PI) of major R&D project of Zhejiang Province (2003C11020). Also, he has presided over nearly 30 provincial-level State Grid and above scientific research projects. He has been invited as evaluation expert on-line and final meeting evaluation by Committee of National Natural Science Foundation of China, for general, talent and joint funds; More than 120 SCI/EI papers have been published as the first or corresponding author. More than 20 invention patents have been authorized; Won the second prize of provincial and ministerial-level scientific and technological progress once; Co-authored one technical monograph published by China Electric Power Press. Participated in 1 national standard and 1 industry standard.

Qianzhi Zhang

Zhejiang University, China

Qianzhi Zhang received the Ph.D. degree in electrical engineering from Iowa State University, Ames, IA, in 2022.From Oct. 2024 to now, heis the ZJU100 Young Professor with the College of Electrical Engineering, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China. From 2022 to 2023, he was an Ezra Systems Postdoctoral Fellow with Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, USA, and an Assistant Professor with the University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, AL, USA, from 2023 to 2024. His research interests include voltage/var control, power/energy management, system resilience enhancement, vehicle electrification, and the applications of advanced optimization and machine learning techniques in power system operation and control. He was the recipient of the Outstanding Reviewer of IEEE Transactions on Power Systems in 2019, 2022, and 2023, and IEEE Transactions on Smart Grid in 2021. He is also an Associate Editor for IET Smart Grid and Energy Storage and Applications.