Dr. ZHANG Qingfeng is the associate professor in Department of Electronic and Electrical Engineering in Southern University of Science and Technology of China. The honors and awards he received including Young Talent Awards of Science and Technology Innovation in Guangdong Province, Guangdong Science and Technology Special Plan for Top-Notch Young Scholars, Shenzhen High-level Overseas Professionals and IEEE senior member. Until now, Dr. Zhang has published over 100 papers in Electromagnetic Field and Microwave Technology. He is the P.I. for National Natural Science Foundation, Guangdong Provincial Natural Science Foundation for Distinguished Young Scholars and other grants. The total fund support he received for his research exceeds￥9millions. He is the associate editor for IEEE Access, co-chair for 2017 IEEE EDAPS and publicity chair for IEEE ICCS 2016.

Education
Ph.D. School of Electronic and Electrical Engineering, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore 2011
B.Eng. School of Computer Science and Engineering, University of Science and Technology of China 2007

Working Experiences
Dec.2013-Present  Associate Professor, Southern University of Science and Technology of China, Shenzhen, China.
Jun. 2011-Dec. 2013  Postdoctoral Research Scholar, Poly-Grames Research Center, Polytechnique Montreal, Canada.

Research Introduction
Basic theory of surface wave and leaky wave antenna
Integrate design of microwave antenna and compressed sensing
Application of coupling matrix theory on non-filter devices design.
Analog signal processing system based on dispersive devices
Waveguide and radiation structure based on surface plasmon polaritons
Design and application of nonreciprocity microwave devices

Awards & Honors
Guangdong Science and Technology Special Plan for Top-Notch Young Scholars 2016
Leading Talents in Nanshan District, Shenzhen 2016
Guangdong Provincial Natural Science Foundation for Distinguished Young Scholars 2015
IEEE Senior Member, 2015
Shenzhen Peacock Plan (Type B) 2014

Papers

1.S. Ge, Q. Zhang*, A. K. Rashid, H. Wang, and R. D. Murch, "Design of High-Gain and Small-Aperture Endfire Antenna using a Phase-Reversal Technique", IEEE Trans. Antenn. Propag., early access, Feb. 2020.
2.Q. Zhang*, D. Ma, X. Tang, G. Zhang, Z. Zhang, K. Xu, X. Ye, Y. Sun, and R. D. Murch, "1-D Frequency Diverse Single-Shot Guided-Wave Imaging using Surface-Wave Goubau Line", IEEE Trans. Antenn. Propag., vol. 68, no. 4, pp. 3194-3206, Apr. 2020.
3.W. Wang, Z. Li, L. Jing, Q. Zhang, and R. D. Murch, "Super-Resolution of Discrete Point Faults in Transmission Lines", IEEE Trans. Antenn. Propag., vol. 68, no. 4, pp. 3111-3123, Apr. 2020.
4.G. Zhang, Q. Zhang*, Y. Chen, and R. D. Murch, "High-Scanning-Rate and Wide-Angle Leaky-Wave Antennas Based on Glide-Symmetry Goubau Line", IEEE Trans. Antenn. Propag.,vol. 68, no. 4, pp. 2531-2540, Apr. 2020.
5.A. K. Rashid, and Q. Zhang*, "Low-Cost Terahertz Three-Dimensional Frequency Selective Structure: Efficient Analysis and Characterization", IEEE Trans. Terahertz Sci. Technol., vol. 10, no. 1, pp. 1-8, Oct. 2019.
6.S. Ge, Q. Zhang*, A. K. Rashid, G. Zhang, C.-Y. Chiu, and R. D. Murch, "Analysis of Asymmetrically Corrugated Goubau-Line Antenna for Endfire Radiation", IEEE Trans. Antenn. Propag., vol. 67, no. 11, pp. 7133-7138, Jul. 2019.
7.S. Xu, D.-F. Guan, Q. Zhang, P. You, S. Ge, X. Hou, Z.-B. Yang, and S. Yong, "A Wide-Angle Narrow-Band Leaky-Wave Antenna Based on Substrate Integrated Waveguide Spoof Surface Plasmon Polariton Structure", IEEE Antenn. Wireless Propag. Lett., vol. 18, no. 7, pp. 1386-1389, Jul. 2019.
8.X.-L. Tang, Q. Zhang*, Y. Chen, and H. Liu, "Single-Layer Fixed Frequency Beam Scanning Goubau Line Antenna Using Switched PIN Diodes", IEEE Microw. Wireless Compon. Lett., vol. 29, no. 6, pp. 430-432, Jun. 2019.
9.Y. Liang, C. C. Boon, C. Li, X.-L. Tang, H. J. Ng, D. Kissinger, Y. Wang, Q. Zhang, and H. Yu, "Design and Analysis of D-Band On-Chip Modulator and Signal Source based on Split-Ring Resonator", IEEE Trans. VLSI Systems, vol. 27, no. 7, pp. 1513-1526, Jul. 2019.
10.Q. L. Zhang, Q. Zhang*, H. Liu, and C. H. Chan, "Dual-Band and Dual-Polarized Leaky-Wave Antenna based on Slotted SIW", IEEE Antenn. Wireless Propag. Lett., vol. 18, no. 3, pp. 507-511, Mar. 2019.
11.G. Zhang, Q. Zhang*, S. Ge, Y. Chen, and R. D. Murch, "High Scanning-Rate Leaky-Wave Antenna using Complementary Microstrip-Slot Stubs", IEEE Trans. Antenn. Propag., vol. 67, no. 5, pp. 2913-2922, May 2019.
12.Z.-B. Yang, D.-F. Guan, Q. Zhang*, P. You, X. Huang, X. Hou, S. Xu, and S.-W. Yong, “Low Loss Spoof Surface Plasmon Polariton based on Folded Substrate Integrated Waveguide”, IEEE Antenn. Wireless Propag. Lett., vol. 18, no. 1, pp. 222-225, Jan. 2019.
13.J. Tang, H. Liu, H. Xu, Q. Zhang, P. Wen, and S. Zheng, “Design of A Sixth-Order Switchable Superconducting Balanced Filter Using Asymmetric Coupled SIRs,” IEEE Trans. Appl. Superconductivity, vol. 29, no. 2, pp. 1-5, Mar. 2019.
14.H. Liu, T. Liu, Q. Zhang, B. Ren, and P. Wen, “Compact Balanced Bandpass Filter Design using Asymmetric SIR Pairs and Spoof Surface Plasmon Polariton Feeding Structure,” IEEE Microw. Wireless Compon. Lett., vol. 28, no. 11, pp. 987-989, Oct. 2018.
15.Y. Chen, Q. Zhang, R. Wang, P. Anwar, L. Huang, and T. Guo, “Propagation Channel Modeling for Transient Communication: An Antenna-Dependent Perspective”, IEEE Trans. Antennas Propagat., vol. 66, no. 11, pp. 6225-6232, Sep. 2018.
16.K. Rudramuni, K. Kandasamy, Q. Zhang*, X.-L. Tang, A. Kandwal, P. K. T. Rajanna, and H. Liu, “Goubau-Line Leaky Wave Antenna for Wide-Angle Beam Scanning From Backfire to Endfire”, IEEE Antenn. Wireless Propag. Lett., vol. 17, no. 8, pp. 1571-1574, Aug. 2018.
17.D.-F. Guan, Q. Zhang*, P. You, Z.-B. Yang, Y. Zhou, and S.-W. Yong, “Scanning Rate Enhancement of Leaky Wave Antennas using Slow-Wave Substrate Integrated Waveguide (SIW) Structure”, IEEE Trans. Antennas Propagat., vol. 66, no. 7, pp. 3747-3751, Jul. 2018.
18.D.-F. Guan, P. You, Q. Zhang*, Z.-B. Yang, H. Liu, and S.-W. Yong, “Slow-Wave Half-Mode Substrate Integrated Waveguide Using Spoof Surface Plasmon Polariton Structure”, IEEE Trans. Microw. Theory Tech., vol. 66, no. 6, pp. 2946-2952, Jun. 2018.
19.J. Tang, H.W. Liu, Q. Zhang, B. Ren, and Y. Liu, “Miniaturized Multiband HTS Bandpass Filter Design Using a Single-Perturbed Multimode Resonator With Multitransmission Zeros,” IEEE Trans. Appl. Superconductivity, vol. 28, no. 4, pp. 1500405, Jan. 2018.
20.A. Kandwal, Q. Zhang*, X.-L. Tang, L. WY Liu, and G. Zhang, “Low-Profile Spoof Surface Plasmon Polaritons Traveling-Wave Antenna for Near-Endfire Radiation,” IEEE Antenn. Wireless Propag. Lett., vol. 17, no. 2, pp. 184-187, Dec. 2017.
21.Q. L. Zhang, Q. Zhang*, and Y. Chen, “Spoof Surface Plasmon Polariton Leaky-Wave Antennas using Periodically Loaded Patches above PEC and AMC Ground Planes,” IEEE Antenn. Wireless Propag. Lett., vol. 16, pp. 3014-3017, Oct. 2017.
22.Q. Zhang*, B. Li, R. Das, and C. Caloz, “One-Port Coupling Matrix Synthesis for Reflection-Type Devices,” IEEE Microw. Wireless Compon. Lett., early access, vol. 27, no. 11, Oct. 2017.
23.Q. Zhang*, F. Xia, G. Zhang, and Y. Chen, “Coupling Matrix Synthesis of Microwave Differentiators,” IEEE Microw. Wireless Compon. Lett., early access, vol. 27, no. 10, Sep. 2017.
24.Y. Zhuang, G. Wang, J. Liang, and Q. Zhang*, “Dual-band Low-Scattering Metasurface Based on Combination of Diffusion and Absorption,” IEEE Antenn. Wireless Propag. Lett., vol. 16, pp. 2606 - 2609, Aug. 2017.
25.X.-L. Tang, Q. Zhang*, S. Hu, A. Kandwal, T. Guo, and Y. Chen, “Capacitor-Loaded Spoof Surface Plasmon (SSP) for Flexible Dispersion Control and High-Selectivity Filtering,” IEEE Microw. Wireless Compon. Lett., vol. 27, no. 9, pp. 806 - 808, Aug. 2017.
26.D.-F. Guan, P. You, Q. Zhang*, Z.-H. Lu, S.-W. Yong, and K. Xiao, “A Wide Angle and Circularly Polarized Beam Scanning Antenna Based on Microstrip Spoof Surface Plasmon Polariton Transmission Line”, IEEE Antenn. Wireless Propag. Lett., vol. 16, pp. 2538 - 2541, Jul. 2017.
27.D.-F. Guan, P. You, Q. Zhang*, K. Xiao, and S.-W. Yong, “Hybrid Spoof Surface Plasmon Polariton and Substrate Integrated Waveguide Transmission Line and Its Application in Filter”, IEEE Trans. Microw. Theory Tech., early access, Jul. 2017.
28.G. Zhang, Q. Zhang*, Y. Chen, T. Guo, C. Caloz, and R. D. Murch, "Dispersive Feeding Network for Arbitrary Frequency Beam Scanning in Array Antennas", IEEE Trans. Antenn. Propag., vol. 65, no. 6, pp. 3033-3040, Mar. 2017.
29.T. Guo, Q. Zhang*, Y. Chen, R. Wang, and C. Caloz, “Shunt-Stub and Stepped-Impedance Broadband Reflective Phasers,” IEEE Microw. Wireless Compon. Lett., vol. 26, no. 10, pp. 807-809, Sept. 2016.
30.S. Taravati, S. Gupta, Q. Zhang, and C. Caloz, “Enhanced Bandwidth and Diversity in Real-Time Analog Signal Processing (R-ASP) using Nonuniform C-section Phasers,” IEEE Microw. Wireless Compon. Lett., vol. 26, no. 9, pp. 663-665, Sept. 2016.
31.T. Guo, Q. Zhang*, Y. Chen, R. Wang, and C. Caloz, “Single-Step Tunable Group Delay Phaser for Spectrum Sniffing,” IEEE Microw. Wireless Compon. Lett., vol. 25, no. 12, pp. 808-810, Dec. 2015.
32.Q. Zhang*, T. Guo, B. A. Khan, T. Kodera and C. Caloz, “Coupling Matrix Synthesis of Nonreciprocal Lossless Two-Port Networks using Gyrators and Inverters”, IEEE Trans. Microw. Theory Tech., vol. 63, no. 9, pp. 2782-2792, Jul. 2015.
33.W. Liao, Q. Zhang*, Y. Chen, S. W. Wong and C. Caloz, “Compact Reflection-Type Phaser Using Quarter-Wavelength Transmission Line Resonators,” IEEE Microw. Wireless Compon. Lett., vol. 25, no. 6, pp. 391-393, Jun. 2015.
34.Y. Chen, Q. Zhang, A. Alomainy, P. S. Anwar, and L. Huang, “Characterizing Physically Transient Antennas”, IEEE Trans. Antenn. Propag., vol. 63, no. 6, pp. 2421-2429, Jun. 2015.
35.S. Gupta, Q. Zhang, L. Zou, L. J. Jiang and C. Caloz, “Generalized couled-line all-pass phasers”, IEEE Trans. Microw. Theory Tech., vol. 63, no. 3, pp. 1007-1018, Mar. 2015.
36.B. Nikfal, Q. Zhang, and C. Caloz, “Enhanced-SNR impulse radio transciever based on phasers,” IEEE Microw. Wireless Compon. Lett., vol. 24, no. 11, Nov. 2014.
37.T. Guo, W. Leng, A. Wang, J. Li, and Q. Zhang, “A novel planar parasitic array antenna with frequency and pattern reconfigurable characteristics”, IEEE Antenn. Wireless Propag. Lett., vol. 13, pp. 1569-1572, Aug. 2014.
38.Q. Zhang*, J. W. Bandler, and C. Caloz, “Design of dispersive delay structures (DDSs) formed by coupled C-sections using predistortion with space mapping,” IEEE Trans. Microw. Theory Tech., vol. 61, no. 12, pp. 4040-4051, Dec. 2013.
39.Q. Zhang*, C. Caloz, “Alternative construction of the coupling matrix of filters with non-paraconjugate transmission zeros,” IEEE Microw. Wireless Compon. Lett., vol. 23, no. 10, pp. 509-511, Oct. 2013.
40.C. Caloz, S. Gupta, Q. Zhang, and B. Nikfal, “Analog signal processing: a possible alternative or complement to dominantly digital radio schemes,” IEEE Microw. Mag.,vol.14, no. 6, pp. 87-103, Sep. 2013.
41.Q. Zhang*, D. L. Sounas, S. Gupta, and C. Caloz, “Wave interference explanation of group delay dispersion in resonators,” IEEE Antennas Propagat. Mag., vol. 55, no. 2, pp. 212-227, Apr. 2013.
42.Q. Zhang*, D. L. Sounas, and C. Caloz, “Synthesis of cross-coupled reduced-order dispersive delay structures (DDSs) with arbitrary group delay and controlled magnitude,” IEEE Trans. Microw. Theory Tech., vol. 61, no. 3, pp. 1043-1052, Mar. 2013.
43.S. Gupta, D. L. Sounas, H. V. Nguyen, Q. Zhang, and C. Caloz, “CRLH–CRLH C-section dispersive delay structures with enhanced group-delay swing for higher analog signal processing resolution,” IEEE Trans. Microw. Theory Tech., vol. 60, no. 12, pp. 3939-3949, Dec. 2012.
44.Q. Zhang*, S. Gupta, and C. Caloz, “Synthesis of narrowband reflection-type phasers with arbitrary prescribed group delay,” IEEE Trans. Microw. Theory Tech., vol. 60, no. 8, pp. 2394-2402, Aug. 2012.
45.Q. Zhang*, and Y. L. Lu, “Dimensional synthesis of symmetric wide-band waveguide cross-coupled filters without global full-wave optimization,” IEEE Trans. Microw. Theory Tech., vol. 58, no. 12, pp. 3742-3748, Dec. 2010.
46.Q. Zhang*, and Y. L. Lu, “Design of wide-band pseudo-elliptic waveguide filters with cavity-backed inverters,” IEEE Microw. Wireless Compon. Lett., vol. 20, no. 11, pp. 604 - 606, Nov. 2010.

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