Junfeng Zhao is a an assistant professor at Arizona State University, where he founded Battery ELectric & Intelligent Vehicle (BELIV) lab. Before joining ASU Fulton School of Engineering, Dr. Zhao worked at General Motors R&D. His research interests include connected and automated vehicles (CAV), CAV simulation and system integration, motion planning and controls, electrified propulsion system controls, and intelligent transportation systems. Dr. Zhao received his doctoral degree from The Ohio State University in 2015 (OSU Presidential Fellowship recipient), master's degree from the University of British Columbia in 2009; and bachelor's degree from Tsinghua University in 2007. He has authored 20+ journal and conference papers and holds 10+ patents. Dr. Zhao has served as associate editor for the ASME Dynamic Systems and Control Conference in 2016. He has also served as session organizer for the American Control Conference and SAE world congress since 2018.