Zhaokui Wang

Tsinghua UniversityDepartment head of Aeronautics & Astronautics Engineering

Prof. Dr. Wang Zhaokui has been working in Tsinghua University since 2009 in the field of distributed space systems, system engineering of space scientific satellite and aerospace intelligence. He is the head of the Department of Aeronautical and Astronautical Engineering, the founder and director of the Distributed and intelligent Spacecraft System Lab (DSSL). He is the designer-in-chief of Tsinghua Scientific Satellite, a nanosatellite for atmospheric density and the gravity field research,launched in Aug 6, 2020.

Prof. Dr. Wang is corresponding member of International Academy of Astronautics (IAA) since 2023, member of Space University Administrative Committee in The International Astronautical Federation (IAF) . He is in the expert advisory group for many projects being demonstrated in China, such as deep space exploration, lunar exploration, on-orbit servicing. He is a council member of Chinese Society of Astronautics (CSA) and Chinese Association of Automation (CAA).

Prof. Dr. Wang has been director of more than 20 programs funded by the Natural Science Foundation of China, 863 Program etc. He is an editorial board member of the Chinese Journal of Astronautics, Space: Science and Technology,and has served as a program member of the IAA Scitech Forum many times. He has authored or co-authored more than 100 journal articles and conference papers. He has authored one textbook and co-authored two. Prof. Dr. Wang holds more than 20 patents in China and two patents in USA.

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