Ph.D., Senior Researcher
Networked Systems, WaveCoRE, Department of Electrical Engineering (ESAT),
KU Leuven, 3000 Leuven, Belgium.
Visiting Researcher, imec, Leuven, Belgium
E-mail: zhuangzhuang.cui@kuleuven.be, zhuangzhuang.cui@imec.be, zcui@ieee.org
Biography
Dr. Zhuangzhuang Cui (IEEE Member, URSI Senior Member) obtained a Ph.D. degree in Electrical Engineering from Beijing Jiaotong University (BJTU), Beijing, China, in April 2022. Since then, he has been a postdoc (research associate) with the Networked Systems group at KU Leuven, Belgium. His research interests include channel characterization and modeling, 5G/6G system design and performance analysis, UAV communications, integrated sensing and communications, and non-terrestrial networks. He authored/co-authored around 50 conference/journal papers. He is now co-supervising several European projects, including Horizon Europe SNS projects - iSEE-6G and MultiX, and the MSCA DN project - SMARTTEST. He served as a guest editor for the International Journal of Antennas and Propagations, workshop chair at IEEE/CIC ICCC'24/25, TPC co-chair of the 3rd ACM MobiCom 2023 Workshop on ISAC for IoT, and TPC member for IEEE Globecom, ICC, WCNC, PIMRC, EuCAP and EuCNC. He received the National Scholarship from the Ministry of Education of China in 2020, Postdoctoral Mandate (PDM) Fellowship from KU Leuven in 2022, and Senior Postdoctoral Fellowship from FWO in 2025.
Professional Background
Research Associate, Networked Systems, ESAT, KU Leuven, Belgium, Supervisor: Prof. Sofie Pollin (May 2022 - Present)
PhD in Electrical Engineering, Beijing Jiaotong University, Beijing, China, Supervisor: Prof. Zhangdui Zhong, Prof. Ke Guan (Sept. 2017 - Apr. 2022)
Visiting PhD student, Université catholique de Louvain, Belgium, Advisor: Prof. Claude Oestges (Feb. 2021 - Nov. 2021)
Visiting Scholar, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC, USA, Advisor: Prof. Ismail Guvenc (Sept. 2019 - Mar. 2020)
Visiting PhD student, Polytechnic University of Madrid, Spain, Advisor: Prof. Cesar Briso (Feb. 2019 - Aug. 2019)
M.S. (successive master-doctor program) in Electrical Engineering, Beijing Jiaotong University, Beijing, China (Sept. 2016 - Sept. 2017)
B.S. exchange (graduate thesis), Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications, Beijing, China (Oct. 2015- Apr. 2016)
B.S. exchange program, Beijing Jiaotong University, Beijing, China (Sept. 2014- Aug. 2015)
B.S. in Electrical Engineering, Beijing Information Science & Technology University, Beijing, China (Sept. 2012- Jun. 2016)