CHEN Zhi Ning is a full professor at the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, National University of Singapore. His current research interest includes electromagnetic metamaterials and antenna engineering. He has published 680+ papers and five books.

Professor Zhi Ning Chen received his BEng, MEng, and PhD degrees all in Electrical Engineering from the Institute of Communications Engineering, China and his second PhD degree from University of Tsukuba, Japan, respectively. He evaluated to Fellow of IEEE in 2007 and Fellow of Academy of Engineering, Singapore in 2019.

During 1988-2016, Professor Chen conducted his research and teaching at Institute of Communications Engineering, Southeast University, City University of Hong Kong, Tsukuba University, IBM T. J. Watson Research Center, and Institute for Infocomm Research. Concurrently, he has served industrial companies and institutions as Chief Scientist, Chief Antenna Expert, Visiting Professors, and Consultant.

Professor Chen has involved in organizing many international events as general chairs and chairs of technical program committee/international advisory committee. He is the founding general chairs of Marina Forum, International Workshop on Antenna Technology (iWAT), International Symposium on InfoComm & Media Technology in Bio-Medical & Healthcare Applications (IS 3T-in-3A), Asia-Pacific Conference on Antennas and Propagation (APCAP) as well as International Microwave Forum (IMWF). So far, he has delivered more than 180 keynotes and invited talks at international events.