Xiangrong Chen(陈向荣)Professor

Xiangrong Chen (ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2760-2573 ) is a One-hundred Talents Researcher/Professor, Head of the Advanced High Voltage Power Transmission New Technology of Zhejiang University (ZJU) since Jan. 2017. He worked as a visiting scientist at Professor Yasuhiro Tanaka's laboratory in Tokyo City University from July to August 2017. Before his appointment at ZJU, he completed a four-month post-doctoral research fellow at the Division of High Voltage Engineering of Chalmers University of Technology in Sweden, where he had been worked as an Assistant Professor from 2012-2016, and Associate Professor (Docent in Swedish) since 2016. He holds a Dr. Eng. in Electrical Engineering from the Xi’an Jiaotong University (XJTU) Xi’an (2011).
His research activities concentrate on Advanced dielectric materials+new generation measuring and sensing technology, Advanced power equipment+new generation power grid, High voltage new technology. The goal is to ensure the reliable supply of power in increasing quantities while also meeting the desire for reduced environmental impact for a sustainable development of society. Solutions for components of smart grids (e.g. semiconductors) together with our world-class power electronics research at the College of Electrical Engineering of Zhejiang University are also in focus. He is a Member of IEEE, CIGRE SC B2. He has published more than 40 papers. Moreover, he is a co-inventor of 2 patents or patent applications. He can speak native Chinese, fluent English, basic Swedish, little Japanese, German and Persian.
Advanced High Voltage Power Transmission New Technology Lab of ZJU has a lot of fundings from the Chinese gonvernment agencies and industries. I am looking for ambitious Post doctors (1-2 per year), International Ph.D. students (1-2 per year) and International Master students (1-2 per year) with the Chinese Government Scholarship (CSC) or Zhejiang University Scholarship, for further information on the Scholarships, please click the link http://iczu.zju.edu.cn/english/redir.php?catalog_id=248 , the Scholarship application usually opens in Spring of the year. International students and visiting students from around the globe are welcome to join the High Voltage Technology of ZJU to work together for a better world and society. We provide good work and living environments for the students. For further information on opening positions, cooperations, visiting scholars, etc at the Advanced High Voltage Power Transmission New Technology of ZJU, please contact me directly by e-mail and phone number of Tel/Fax:+86-571-8795-2450.
ZJU is a world-class University (QS World Ranking 54 and Electrical Engineering Subject Ranking 39 in 2020) sitting in Hangzhou, which is a beautiful and safe "Paradise city" in the Eastern China. We are working ambitiously to become a world-class top University and educate young eager minds of tomorrow.