Professor Zhengming Zhao received bachelor’s and master’s degrees from Hunan University in 1982 and 1985 respectively, and a Ph.D. from Tsinghua University in 1991, all in Electrical Engineering. He pursued postdoctoral research in the USA, at the Ohio State University and the University of California Irvine in 1994–1997; and was then a senior visiting scholar and research professor at the University of British Columbia and the University of Hong Kong in 1998–1999. He is currently a professor at Tsinghua University, and Vice Director of the State Key Laboratory of Power System. He is also chair of IEEE PELS Beijing Chapter, vice president of the Power Electronics Society of the Chinese Electrotechnical Society, and vice president of the Beijing Power Electronics Society. He is an IEEE fellow and IET fellow, and serves as editor-in-chief, vice editor-in-chief, and associate editor for various leading national and international academic journals. His main research interests include high-power and high-voltage power electronic technology, grid-connected photovoltaic power generation and its applications, motors and their control, and wireless power transmission. He is the author or co-author of 8 scientific and technical books, and more than 400 technical papers. He has been granted 32 authorized national patents for inventions and 15 software copyrights. He has received more than 10 provincial science and technology achievement awards.