Zhengbeixiong

Beixiong Zheng (Senior Member, IEEE) received his B.Eng. and Ph.D. degrees from the South China University of Technology, Guangzhou, China, in 2013 and 2018, respectively. He is currently a full Professor with the School of Microelectronics, South China University of Technology. He was a Research Fellow with the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, National University of Singapore from 2019 to 2022. From 2015 to 2016, he was a Visiting Student Research Collaborator with Columbia University, New York, NY, USA. His recent research interests include 5G/6G wireless communications, rotatable antenna (RA), intelligent reflecting surface (IRS), and signal processing. 

Dr. Zheng is now serving as a Guest Editor for the IEEE JOURNAL ON SELECTED AREAS IN COMMUNICATIONS (JSAC), and an Editor for the IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS (TWC) and the IEEE COMMUNICATIONS LETTERS (CL). He was the recipient of the IEEE COMMUNICATIONS SOCIETY Asia-Pacific Best Young Researcher Award in 2025, the IEEE COMMUNICATIONS SOCIETY Heinrich Hertz Award for Best Communications Letter in 2022, the IEEE COMMUNICATIONS SOCIETY Best Tutorial Paper Award in 2023, the Electronic Information Science and Technology Award (First Prize of Natural Science Award) of Guangdong Province in 2022, the Science and Technology Award (First Prize of Natural Science Award) of Guangdong Communications Society in 2024, the Best Ph.D. Thesis Award from the China Education Society of Electronics in 2018, the Best Demo Award from the IEEE/CIC International Conference on Communications in China (ICCC) in 2025, the Best Paper Award from the IEEE International Conference on Computing, Networking and Communications (ICNC) in 2016, the Best Paper Award from the IEEE International Conference on Wireless Communications and Signal Processing (WCSP) in 2024, and the Best Paper Award from the International Conference on Ubiquitous Communication (Ucom) in 2023. He was also awarded the Humboldt Research Fellowship for experienced researchers in 2024. In addition, he was listed as the Highly Cited Chinese Researchers by Elsevier in 2024 and the Worlds Top 2% Scientist by Stanford University and Mendeley Data from 2021 to 2025. He was also recognized as an Exemplary Reviewer of the IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON COMMUNICATIONS and IEEE COMMUNICATIONS LETTERS, and an Outstanding Reviewer of the PHYSICAL COMMUNICATION.