Jimmy Zhu

Dr. Jian-Gang (Jimmy) Zhu, an IEEE Fellow, is the ABB Professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Carnegie Mellon University. He is the director of the Data Storage Systems Center. He holds courtesy Professorships in the Department of Material Science and Engineering and the Department of Physics at CMU.
Dr. Zhu received his B.S. degree in physics from Huazhong University of Science and Technology, China in 1982 and his Ph.D. in Physics from University of California at San Diego in 1989. Prior coming to Carnegie Mellon in 1997, he had been an Assistant Professor and later an Associate Professor in the Department of Electrical Engineering at University of Minnesota from 1990-1996.
Some of the awards that Dr. Zhu has received include the McKnight Land Grant Professorship from University of Minnesota in 1992, the NSF Presidential Young Investigator Award in 1993, the R&D Magazine Top 100 Invention Award in 1996, IEEE Magnetic Society Distinguished Lecturer in 2004, Carnegie Mellon University Outstanding Research Award in 2010, IEEE Magnetic Society Achievement Award, in 2011, ETA KAPPA NU Excellent Teaching Award from Carnegie Mellon University in 2012, and Ruth and Joel Spira Excellent in Teaching Award in 2021. He has authored and co-authored over 350+ refereed papers in major international journals along with seven book chapters and has given 100+ invited papers at various major international conferences. He has graduated over 50 Ph.Ds. either in Electrical and Computer Engineering, Materials Science and Engineering, or Physics. He holds 23 U.S. patents.