Dr. Xiao Zhang is currently an Assistant Professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering, the Hong Kong Polytechnic University. He got his PhD degree from Nanyang Technological University (Singapore) in 2017. After continuing his research in Nanyang Technological University and Rice University as a Research Fellow for several years, He joined the Hong Kong Polytechnic University as Presidential Young Scholar. He was awarded the 2020 Fondazione Oronzio e Niccolò De Nora Fellowship and listed as a "Highly Cited Researcher" (top 1%; by Clarivate Analytics) from 2020-2023.