Pingzhi Fan (Fellow, IEEE) received the M.Sc. degree in computer science from Southwest Jiaotong University, China, in 1987, and the Ph.D. degree in electronic engineering from Hull University, U.K., in 1994. He is currently a distinguished professor of Southwest Jiaotong University (SWJTU), honorary dean of the SWJTU-Leeds Joint School (2015-), honorary professor of the University of Nottingham (Ningbo, 2025), and a visiting professor of Leeds University, UK (1997-). He is a recipient of the UK ORS Award (1992), the National Science Fund for Distinguished Young Scholars (1998, NSFC), IEEE VT Society Jack Neubauer Memorial Award (2018), IEEE SP Society SPL Best Paper Award (2018), IEEE VT Society Best Magazine Paper Award (2023), and several IEEE conference best paper awards. He served as chief scientist of a National 973 Plan Project (MoST, 2012.1-2016.12). He also served as general chair or TPC chair of a number of IEEE conferences, including VTC2016Spring, ITW2018, IWSDA2022, PIMRC2023, as well as the coming VTC2025Fall, ISIT2026, ICC2028. His research interests include high mobility wireless communications, multiple access techniques, ISAC, signal design & coding, etc. He is an IEEE VTS Distinguished Speaker (July 2025 to June 2028), a fellow of IEEE, IET, CIE and CIC.