Dongmei Zhao received a Ph.D degree in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada in June 2002. In July 2002 she joined the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at McMaster University, where she is a full professor. From April 2004 to March 2009 she was an adjunct assistant professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the University of Waterloo. Dr. Zhao is an associate editor of the IEEE Internet of Things Journal. She served as an associate editor of the IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology between 2007 and 2017. She is a co-chair of the Mobile and Wireless Networks Symposium of IEEE GLOBECOM Conference 2020, a co-chair of the Wireless Networking Symposium in IEEE GLOBECOM Conference 2007, a co-chair of the technical program committee for IEEE International Workshop on Computer Aided Modelling and Design of Communication Links and Networks (CAMAD) 2016, and a co-chair of the Vehicular Networks Symposium of International Wireless Communications and Mobile Computing Conference (IWCMC) from 2012 to 2024. She is a senior member of IEEE and a Professional Engineer of Ontario. Her current research areas are mainly in mobile wireless networking, energy-efficient networking, vehicular networks, and digital twins.