Yao-Ping Zhang

Yao-Ping Zhang (M’03–SM’07–F’10) was selected as a Qianren Scholar by the Recruitment Program of Global Experts of China at Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China, in 2012. He was a Visiting Professor with The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, in 2014. He is currently a Full Professor of electronic engineering with the School of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore. He received a William Mong Visiting Fellowship in 2005. He has made pioneering and significant contributions to the development of the antenna-in-package (AiP) technology that has been widely adopted by chipmakers for millimeter-wave applications. AiP technology has emerged as the mainstream antenna technology for 5G mobile network, automotive radars, gesture radars, AR/VR gadgets, and Internet-of-Things. He has authored or coauthored numerous papers, including two invited papers in the Proceedings of the IEEE and one invited paper in the IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation. He holds seven U.S. patents. His current research interests include the development of antenna-on-chip (AoC) technology and characterization of chip-scale propagation channels at terahertz for future wireless chip area network (WCAN). Mr. Zhang was a member of the Field Award Committee of the IEEE AP-S from 2015 to 2017 and the Chair of the IEEE Singapore MTT/AP Joint Chapter in 2012. He was a recipient of the Best Paper Award from the 2nd IEEE/IET International Symposium on Communication Systems, Networks and Digital Signal Processing, July 18–20, 2000, Bournemouth, U.K., the Best Paper Prize from the 3rd IEEE International Workshop on Antenna Technology, March 21–23, 2007, Cambridge, U.K., the Best Paper Award from the 10th IEEE Global Symposium on Millimeter-Waves, May 24–26, 2017, Hong Kong, China, and the prestigious IEEE AP-S Sergei A. Schelkunoff Prize Paper Award in 2012. He was an Associate Editor of the IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation from 2010 to 2016. He is a Distinguished Lecturer of the IEEE Antennas and Propagation Society (IEEE AP-S).