Professor Fu ZHANG
張富
YMHKEng [2026]
Associate Professor, Department of Engineering, The University of Hong Kong
- Senior Member, IEEE
- Member, IEEE Robotics and Automation Society
- Outstanding Young Researcher Award, The University of Hong Kong, 2022-2023
- World’s Top 1% Scientists by Clarivate Analytics, 2025
- King-Sun Fu Memorial Best Paper Award, IEEE Transactions on Robotics, 2025
- Best Paper Award on Robot Mechanisms and Design, IROS, 2023
- Best Mechanical Design Award, ICRA 2023 Workshop on Agile Movements
- The First-place Award, ICCV 2023 SLAM Challenge
- Co-chair, IEEE Robotics and Automation Society (RAS), Technical Committee on Computer and Robot Vision
- Editor, Artificial Intelligence and Autonomous Systems
- Editor, Unmanned Systems
- Associate Editor, IROS, 2020, 2021, 2022 and 2024
Prof. Fu Zhang is a tenured Associate Professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at The University of Hong Kong and leads the Mechatronics and Robotic Systems (MaRS) Laboratory. His research focuses on spatial intelligence and autonomous aerial robotics, covering perception, control, and autonomous navigation. Prof. Zhang has published over 120 papers in leading venues, including Science Robotics, Nature Communications, TPAMI, T-RO, and IJRR. He has also received prestigious honours, including HKU’s Outstanding Young Researcher Award, the 2025 IEEE Transactions on Robotics Best Paper Award, and recognition by Clarivate as one of the world’s top 1% scientists.
PhD
Mechanical Engineering
University of California, Berkeley
Dec 2015
MS
Mechanical Engineering
University of California, Berkeley
Dec 2014
BE
Automation
University Science and Technology of China
Jul 2011