Chenghui Zhang received his B.S. and M.S. in automation from Shandong University of Technology, Jinan, China, in 1985 and 1988, respectively. He received Ph.D. in operational research and cybernetics from Shandong University, Jinan, China, in 2001.

In 1988, he joined the Shandong University of Technology, where he became a professor in 1998. From July 2000, he joined the Shandong University as a professor, and he is currently a deputy director of the academic committee of Shandong University, and also a chair professor and the dean of the School of Control Science and Engineering of Shandong University. He is the founder and the director of the National and Local Joint Engineering Research Center of “Renewable Energy and Efficient Energy Conversion Technology” and the Ministry of Education Engineering Research Center of “Power Electronics, Energy Saving Technology and Equipment”.