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Zhu Han is the John and Rebecca Moores Professor in the Electrical and Computer Engineering Department within the Cullen College of Engineering and the Computer Science Department at the University of Houston. He earned a B.S. degree in electronic engineering from Tsinghua University in 1997, an M.S. degree in electrical engineering from the University of Maryland in 1999, and a Ph.D. degree in electrical and computer engineering from the University of Maryland in 2003. Early in his career, he worked as an R&D Engineer at JDSU in Germantown, Maryland from 2000 to 2002, served as a Graduate Research Assistant at the University of Maryland from 2002 to 2003 and Research Associate from 2003 to 2006, and was Assistant Professor at Boise State University from 2006 to 2008. He joined the University of Houston in 2008 as Assistant Professor, advancing to Associate Professor in 2012, Professor in 2015, and John and Rebecca Moores Professor in 2018.

Zhu Han's academic interests and research specializations include game theory, wireless networking, signal processing, security, data analysis, smart grid, cognitive radio, compressive sensing, device-to-device communications, full-duplex communications, auction theory, cryptoeconomics, hybrid quantum-classical computing, federated learning, reconfigurable intelligent surfaces, UAV communications, and aerial access networks. He is a Fellow of the IEEE since 2014 for contributions to resource allocation and security in wireless communications, Fellow of the AAAS since 2019 for distinguished contributions to game theory in communication networks, and Fellow of the ACM since 2024 for contributions to distributed and autonomous management for large-scale communication networks. He received the IEEE Kiyo Tomiyasu Award in 2021 and has been a top 1% Highly Cited Researcher according to Web of Science since 2017. Zhu Han has authored numerous influential books, including Resource Allocation for Wireless Networks: Basics, Techniques, and Applications (2008), Game Theory in Wireless and Communication Networks: Theory, Models and Applications (2011), Compressive Sensing for Wireless Networks (2013), and Aerial Access Networks: Integration of UAVs, HAPs, and Satellites (2023). His prominent publications feature Wireless networks with RF energy harvesting: A contemporary survey (2014), cited over 3,000 times, and Improving wireless physical layer security via cooperating relays (2009). Serving as IEEE Distinguished Lecturer from 2015 to 2018 and ACM Distinguished Speaker from 2022 to 2025, he has profoundly impacted the field of Engineering through extensive publications exceeding 1,100 journal articles and 700 conference papers.