About Me

Dr. Qiwei Zhang is an Assistant Professor at University of Texas at San Antonio. He was Researcher-Modelling Engineering at U.S. National Renewable Energy Lab 2024-2025, and was a Postdoc at Johns Hopkins University 2023-2024. He received his Ph.D. and M.S. degrees from the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, and his B.S. degree from North China Electric Power University, 2022, 2018, and 2016, respectively. He has a consistent track of publication including IEEE PES transaction journals, Applied Energy, iScience, Scientific Data, and Nature Energy. He is currently an associate editor of IEEE Data Description, IEEE Access, and IET Generation, Transmission & Distribution, and has been an outstanding reviewer and guest editors for several other journals. He collaborates closely with national labs, universities, and industry partners. His research interests include:

1. Power System Operation and Planning
2. Power Grid Cybersecurity
3. Electricity Market

Work Experience

• University of Texas at San Antonio (UTSA) (Aug. 2025 - Now)

  Assistant Professor

• National Renewable Energy Lab (NREL) (June 2024 - July 2025)

  Researcher-Modeling Engineering

• Johns Hopkins University (JHU) (April 2023 - May 2024)

  Postdoc Researcher (advisor: Ben Hobbs)

• University of Tennessee, Knoxville (UTK) (Sep. 2022 - March 2023)

  Research Scientist (advisor: Fangxing Li)

Education

• University of Tennessee, Knoxville (UTK) (Graduated 2022)

  PhD student (advisor: Fangxing Li)

• University of Tennessee, Knoxville (UTK) (Graduated 2018)

  MS student (advisor: Fangxing Li)

• North China Electric Power University (NCEPU) (Graduated 2016)

  BS student