Prof. Mingming Zhang (IEEE Senior Member)

Southern University of Science and Technology

Zhang received his Ph.D. degree in mechanical engineering from the University of Auckland, New Zealand, in 2016. From 2015 to 2018, I have been working as a research fellow and/or visiting research fellow in the University of Auckland. In August 2018, I joined the Department of Biomedical Engineering at the Southern University of Science and Technology (SUSTech) as an assistant professor and established the Brain-Robot Rehabilitation Technology Laboratory. Over the past a few years at SUSTech, my laboratory has been dedicated to advancing task-oriented robot-assisted rehabilitation technology, specifically focusing on enhancing the task execution capabilities of individuals with neurological injuries. Our research is centered around the deep integration of robotics and neural engineering, and we have achieved significant progress in the field of brain-robot hybrid rehabilitation technology. Up to now, I have authored over 90 academic papers. Notably, 27 of these articles have been published in IEEE Transactions or Journals, and five have been presented at prominent IEEE conferences such as ICRA and IROS. I have also received four awards, including three IEEE conference paper awards, such as the IEEE-ROBIO 2020-2021 T.J. Tran Best Paper Finalist in Robotics and the Best Potential Award at the 2019 World Robot Contest. I have contributed 14 academic reports at IEEE conferences, including a keynote talk at the 2021 IEEE RCAR. Due to my achievements in the field of rehabilitation robotics, I have been invited to serve as an Associate Editor of four high-quality journals in rehabilitation engineering or robotics, namely IEEE TNSRE, IEEE T-ASE, IEEE TMRB, and IEEE RA-L. Additionally, I have secured over ten research projects, including two grants from the National Natural Science Foundation of China and one from the Ministry of Science and Technology of China, where I serve as the principal investigator, amassing a total budget exceeding CNY 10,000,000.