OPTICS-2026

Shuo Zhang is an Assistant Research Fellow at the Aerospace Information Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China (zhangshuo@aircas.ac.cn). He earned his PhD in Geodesy and Survey Engineering from Wuhan University (2011–2016), where his thesis focused on the “Self-Calibration of the Chang’e-3 Lunar Rover Stereo Vision System,” specializing in photogrammetry, computer vision, and robotics kinematics. From 2016 to 2018, he worked as a Postdoctoral Researcher at the Institute of Remote Sensing and Digital Earth, CAS, investigating on-orbit geometry self-calibration and experimental verification of the Mars rover Navcam, and collaborating with Prof. Shaochuang Liu on the Tianwen-1 Mars mission. His research has produced numerous high-impact publications on planetary rover vision systems, calibration methods, and extraterrestrial terrain modeling, including work on Chang’e-3, Chang’e-4, Chang’e-5, Tianwen-1, and the Zhurong Mars rover. Dr. Zhang’s contributions have been recognized with prestigious honors such as the E.H. Thompson Award (2022), a Wiley Top Downloaded Article Award (2022), and the Surveying and Mapping Science and Technology Award (2022).