Biography

Zhengdao Wang received his B.S. degree in Electronic Engineering and Information Science from the University of Science and Technology of China (USTC), 1996, the M.Sc. degree in Electrical and Computer Engineering from the University of Virginia, 1999, and Ph.D. in Electrical and Computer Engineering from the University of Minnesota, 2002. He is now with the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the Iowa State University. His interests are in the areas of signal processing, communications, and information theory. He served as an associate editor for IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology from April 2004 to April 2006, and has been an Associate Editor for IEEE Signal Processing Letters since August 2005. He was a co-recipient of the IEEE Signal Processing Magazine Best Paper Award in 2003 and the IEEE Communications Society Marconi Paper Prize Award in 2004.

Honors and Awards

• EURASIP Journal on Advances in Signal Processing Best Paper Award, 2009

• Harpole-Pentair Assistant Professor, Iowa State University, 2007

• IEEE Marconi Paper Prize Award, 2004

• IEEE Signal Processing Society Best Magazine Paper Award, 2003

• Graduate School Doctoral Dissertation Fellowship, University of Minnesota, 2001-2002

• Graduate Fellowship, University of Virginia 1997-1998

• USTC Outstanding Graduate, Univ. of Science and Technology of China, May 1996

• Anhui Province Outstanding Graduate, Anhui Province, China, May 1996

• Excellent Youth Award, University of Science and Technology of China, May 1995

• P&G Fellowship, University of Science and Technology of China, 1992-1993