Zhixing Cao (Edward), Professor

Background

• BEng (2008-2012)
  • Zhejiang University
  • Department of Control Science and Engineering
  • GPA: 3.95/4, Rank: 2/118
• PhD (2012-2016)
  • Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
  • Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering
  • Advised by Professor Furong Gao
• Visitor (2015.2-2015.5)
  • University of Stuttgart
  • Institute of Systems Theory and Automatic Control
  • Hosted by: Professor Frank Allgower, Professor Christian Ebenbauer
• Postdoctoral Fellow (2016-2017)
  • Harvard University
  • John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences
  • Hosted by: Professor Francis J. Doyle III
• Postdoctoral Fellow (2017-2019)
  • The University of Edinburgh
  • School of Biological Sciences
  • Hosted by: Professor Ramon Grima, Dr. Diego A. Oyarzun, Professor Peter Swain
• Professor & PI (2019-present)
  • East China Univeristy of Science and Technology
  • School of Artificial Intelligence

Awards

• BEng. period:
  • National Scholarship of Ministry of Education of China
• PhD period:
  • Hong Kong PhD Fellowship
  • Oversea Research Award
  • Chan & Wong Best Postgraduate Award (Award committee chairman: Professor Guohua Chen FAIChE)
• Postdoctoral period:
  • Outstanding Reviewer of Journal:
    • ISA Transactions
    • Chemometrics and Intelligent Laboratory Systems
    • Journal of Process Control
    • Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research
  • Seal of Excellence, H2020 Marie Sklodowska Curie Actions
• PI period:
  • 1000 Plan Professorship for Young Talents

Research Grants

• Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC Grant. 62073137, RMB 590,000, 2021.1~2024.12)

Professional Service

• Member of Zhejiang Talent Association, Shanghai
• Member of Technical Committee on Process Control, Chinese Association of Automation
• Member of Society of Plastics Engineers
• Guest Editor of Journal of Control Science and Engineering
• Reviewer of IEEE TAC, IEEE TIE, IEEE TBME, IEEE TCST, J Royal Soc Interface, J Process Contr, Ind Eng Chem Res, ISA T, Chemom Intell Lab Syst, Comput Chem Eng, Can J Chem Eng, Math Biosci, Algorithms, Processes, Sensors and Conferences CDC, ACC, IFAC WC.

Invited Talks

• Tenure-track talk at Department of Chemical Engineering, University of Waterloo, 2019
• Tenure-track talk at Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Univeristy of British Columbia, 2018
• College of Electrical Engineering and Control Science, Nanjing University of Technology, 2018
• Mathematical Biology Seminars, Univeristy of Edinburgh, 2017
• Stephen Duncan’s Group, Univeristy of Oxford, 2017
• Departmental Seminar, CBME, Hong Kong Univeristy of Science and Technology, 2017
• Johan Paulsson’s Group, Harvard Medical School, 2017