2007.9－2011.7 西安电子科技大学 微电子学院 学士
2011.10－2016.7 英国剑桥大学（University of Cambridge） 电气工程系 博士

2016.10至今 湖南大学 电气与信息工程学院 副教授

[1] 国家重点研发计划政府间国家科技创新合作重点专项：高功率密度3.3kV/1.8kA逆导IGBT研制 参与
[2] 中央高校科研项目：超导磁体及其工程应用 主持

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8. W. Wang, M. Zhang, Z. Huang, Y. Zhai and T. A. Coombs, “Study of the penetration of a 2 inches diameter YBCO thin film with the travelling magnetic wave,” IEEE Trans. Appl. Supercond., vol. 24, no. 3, pp. 1-4, June 2014.