Shaojie Zhang

  • Second-year PhD Student
Shaojie Zhang

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About

Shaojie Zhang received his B.Sc. degree in Electrical and Electronics Engineering from University College London, UK, in June 2023, and his M.Phil. degree from the Department of Engineering, Electrical Engineering Division, University of Cambridge, in October 2024. He is currently pursuing his Ph.D. in the Department of Engineering, Electrical Engineering Division, University of Cambridge, under the supervision of Prof. Akan.

Research

  • Molecular Communication
  • Internet of Organoids
  • Integrated Sensing and Communication (ISAC) for Molecular Communication
  • Bridging Conventional Communication with Molecular communication
  • Information Theory

Journal Papers

  1. S. Zhang and O. B. Akan, "Chemo-Hydrodynamic Transceivers for the Internet of Bio-Nano Things" in IEEE Internet of Things Journal (Early Access), doi: 10.1109/JIOT.2026.3689994 2026.
  2. S. Zhang and O. B. Akan, "Ion Transmitter for Molecular Communication," to appear in IEEE Transactions on NanoBioscience, 2026.
  3. S. Zhang, O. B. Akan, “3D Receiver for Molecular Communications in Internet of Organoids,” IEEE Transactions on Molecular, Biological and Multi-Scale Communications, vol. 11, no. 1, pp. 91–100, March 2025.

Submitted Papers

  1. S. Zhang and O. B. Akan, "Dispersion-Domain Detection for Mobile Molecular Communication Under Multiplicative Geometry Uncertainty," submitted to IEEE Transactions on Communications, April 2026.
  2. S. Zhang and O. B. Akan, "Joint Diffusion-Based Molecular Communication and Self-Sensing for Channel-Adaptive Transmission," submitted to IEEE Transactions on Communications, 2025.
  3. S. Zhang, O. B. Akan, "Internet of Organoids - Bridging IoT with the Future of Organoid Research", 2024.

Theses

  1. S. Zhang, “State of Art, Challenges, Transmitter and Receiver Design for Internet of Organoids,” M.Phil. Thesis, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK, 2024.