Yao Zhang is a Ph.D. candidate at Technical University of Munich (TUM) since Sept. 2024. His research focuses on urban logistics and future-oriented freight transportation planning, with particular emphasis on evidence-supported forecasting for urban logistics scenarios in 2050.He is currently working under the supervision of Professor Dr. Constantinos Antoniou, Co-Supervision of Assoc Prof. Wong Yiik Diew, and Mentorship of Dr.-Ing. Andreas Rau.

Yao Zhang holds a Bachelor of Management in Logistics Management from Wuhan University of Technology, China. He later completed his Master of Science in Logistics at Technical University of Munich Singapore Campus (TUM Asia).