Zhang-Cheng Hao received the B.S. degree in microwave engineering from XiDian University, Xi’an, China, in 1997, and the M.S. degree and Ph.D. degree in radio engineering from Southeast University, Nanjing, China, in 2002 and 2006, respectively. In 2006, he was a Postdoctoral Researcher with the Laboratory of Electronics and Systems for Telecommunications (LEST), École Nationale Supérieure des Télécommunications de Bretagne (ENSTB), Bretagne, France, where he was involved with developing millimeter-wave antennas. In 2007, he joined the Department of Electrical, Electronic and Computer Engineering, Heriot-Watt University, Edinburgh, U.K., as a Research Associate, where he was involved with developing multilayer integrated circuits and ultra-wide-band components. In 2011, he joined the School of Information Science and Engineering, Southeast University, Nanjing, China as a professor. He holds over 30 granted patents, and has authored/coauthored over 200 referred technique papers. His major research interests involve microwave and millimeter-wave circuits and components, antenna theory and techniques, terahertz components and circuits, as well as their application in communications and imaging.

Dr. Hao has served as the TPC Chair/Co-Chair for many professional conferences, and served as a Reviewer for numerous technique journals, including the IEEE T-MTT, the IEEE T-AP, the IEEE AWPL, and the IEEE MWCL, a Guest Editor for the IEEE T-MTT Special Issue on IWS 2018, and an Associate Editor for the IET Electronics Letters and the IET Microwaves Antennas, & Propagation. He is the recipient of a number of awards, including the National Natural Science Award of China, the Young and Middle-aged Leading Talents in Scientific and Technological Innovation by the Ministry of science and technology of China, and the High Level Innovative and Entrepreneurial Talent presented by Jiangsu Province, China.