Xiangrong Chen (ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2760-2573 ) is a One-hundred Talents Researcher/Professor, Vice-dean of ZJU-UIUC Institute Since December 2020, Head of the Institute of Power System Automation since March 2020 and Head of the Advanced High Voltage Power Transmission New Technology of Zhejiang University (ZJU) since Jan. 2017. He worked as a visiting scientist at Professor Yasuhiro Tanaka's laboratory in Tokyo City University from July to August 2017. Before his appointment at ZJU, he completed a four-month post-doctoral research fellow at the Division of High Voltage Engineering of Chalmers University of Technology in Sweden, where he had been worked as an Assistant Professor from 2012-2016, and Associate Professor (Docent in Swedish) since 2016. He holds a Dr. Eng. in Electrical  Engineering from the Xi’an Jiaotong University (XJTU), Xi’an, China in 2011. 
     His research activities concentrate on Advanced dielectric materials+new generation measuring and sensing technology, Advanced power equipment+new generation power grid, High voltage new technology. The goal is to ensure the reliable supply of power in increasing quantities while also meeting the desire for reduced environmental impact for a sustainable development of society. Solutions for components of smart grids (e.g. semiconductors) together with the world-class power electronics research at the College of Electrical Engineering of Zhejiang University are also in focus. He is a Senior Member of IEEE and a Member of CIGRE SC B2. He has published more than 60 papers with over 30 papers in IEEE Transactions, Journal of Applied Physics and other well-recognized International Journals. Moreover, he is a co-inventor of 3 patents or patent applications. He is an active reviewer for Matter, International Journal of Electrical Power & Energy Systems, IEEE Transactions on Power Delivery, IEEE Electrical Insulation Magazine, IEEE Transactions on Dielectrics and Electrical Insulation, IEEE Transactions on Plasma Science, IEEE Access and other International Journals. He can speak native Chinese, fluent English, basic Swedish, little Japanese, German and Persian.