Dr. Ping Zhou received the BS and MS degrees in electrical engineering from Shanghai Jiao Tong University (SJTU) in 1998 and 2001, respectively, and the PhD degree in electrical and computer engineering from University of California, San Diego (UCSD) in 2008. He has been with Qualcomm, Inc. since January 2008, where he is currently a senior system engineer in the QCT Modem Technology Systems group. He is the author of more than 20 technical papers and two books in the field of wireless networking and wireless communications. He is a member of the IEEE and ACM. 

Ping Zhou was awarded the highest honor from SJTU for undergraduate student in 1997–  the Top 1% Outstanding Student Award (优异生). Serving as the President of the Student Science and Technology Association of SJTU, he founded the First SJTU Student Business Plan Competition in 1999, which is now one of the most famous brands for SJTU student events. Ping Zhou was awarded  research fellowship from California Institute of Telecommunication and Information Technology (CALIT2) from 2001 to 2006. In 2008, he got a best paper award from IEEE and IEEE Communication Society in IEEE Consumer Communications & Networking Conference (CCNC). 

Currently Dr. Zhou serves as the vice President of Chiao Tung (Jiao Tong) University Alumni Association of Southern California (CTUAA-SC) and Secretary of Shanghai Jiao Tong University Foundation of America (SJTUFA). He is also a member of the Chinese-American Engineers and Scientists Association of Southern California (CESASC).