Affiliation: School of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore
University / Institution: Nanyang Technological University
Department: School of Electrical and Electronic Engineering
Designation: Founder and CEO
Email: yufei.zhao@ntu.edu.sg
Country: Singapore
Dr Yufei Zhao (Member, IEEE) received his B.Eng. degree in Electronic Information Engineering from Harbin Institute of Technology, China, in 2014, graduating as an Outstanding Graduate, and his Ph.D. degree in Aeronautical and Astronautical Science and Technology from Tsinghua University, China, in 2020. He worked as a Senior Engineer at Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd. from 2020 to 2021 and has been a Senior Research Fellow at the School of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Nanyang Technological University (NTU), Singapore, since 2021. He is also the Founder and CEO of CityWave PTE LTD.
His research focuses on wireless communication engineering, RF and microwave systems, reconfigurable intelligent surfaces (RIS), intelligent metasurfaces, Rydberg atom technologies, orbital angular momentum (OAM), radar sensing and imaging, artificial intelligence, quantum sensors, and next-generation communication systems.
Dr Zhao has published more than 70 journal and conference papers and holds seven granted patents. He serves as an Academic Editor for the IET Circuits, Devices & Systems Journal and MDPI Sensors, and as a Guest Editor for several international journals. He is also a reviewer for leading IEEE journals, including IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation, IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications, IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology, IEEE Internet of Things Journal, and IEEE Antennas and Wireless Propagation Letters. He has served as a Session Chair at major IEEE conferences, including VTC, APMC, and PIMRC, and actively organizes workshops at IEEE ICC and GlobeCom.
Dr Zhao has received several prestigious awards, including the Young Scientist Award (2022 and 2024), the Young Scientist Award at PIERS 2025, the Best Student Paper Award (Supervisor) at PIERS 2025, and the Best Paper Award at the 2025 International Conference on Internet of Things, Communication and Intelligent Technology (IoTCIT 2025).