Dr. Zhibin Zhao received his Bachelor’s degree from Xi’an Jiaotong University (Qian Xuesen Honors Class) in June 2015, and his Ph.D. from Xi’an Jiaotong University in December 2020. During his doctoral studies, he spent a year at the University of Manchester conducting research in smart healthcare. He is currently an Associate Professor and Distinguished Research Fellow (National Young Talents Support Program B) at the School of Mechanical Engineering, Xi’an Jiaotong University.

Dr. Zhao’s primary research areas include intelligent operation and maintenance of high-end equipment, smart healthcare, and additive manufacturing monitoring. He has led numerous national-level projects, including key projects from the State Administration for Science, Technology, and Industry for National Defense, the Science and Technology Committee of the Military Commission, integrated projects of the National Natural Science Foundation, key research and development sub-projects, and the Youth Fund.

He has published 31 papers as the first author or corresponding author in renowned SCI journals such as Nature Communications. His papers have been cited over 5000 times according to Google Scholar, and 8 of his SCI papers have been listed as ESI Highly Cited Papers. His research achievements have been recognized with several awards, including the First Prize of Shaanxi Provincial Technology Invention Award (4th/6), the "Top Ten Academic Newcomers" of Xi’an Jiaotong University, and the Excellent Doctoral Dissertation Award of Xi’an Jiaotong University. Additionally, his work has received the "Xu Zongben Applied Mathematics Paper Award" and the "Andrew P. Sage Best Transactions Paper Award". He was also listed among the world's top 2% scientists in 2023 by Stanford University and Elsevier.

Dr. Zhao serves on the editorial boards of five SCI journals, including IEEE Transactions on Instrumentation and Measurement.