南京邮电大学通信与信息工程学院信息与通信工程专业二级教授，博导，博士。

1990年至1993年南京电子部14所从事电子系统研发工作，1996年东南大学博士毕业后进入南京邮电大学通信与信息工程学院从事教学科研工作，曾获国家技术发明二等奖一项，发表SCI收录论文200余篇，其中IEEE期刊论文70余篇，获国家发明专利100余件，先后主持完成国家973课题、国家自然科学基金项目、国家科技重大专项课题、国家重点研发计划课题9项，目前主持国家自然科学基金项目2项。

无线与移动通信，物联网，工业互联网

（1）国家自然科学基金面上项目，62471246，面向工业互联网短分组的高性能低复杂度RIS辅助CF mMIMO优化理论与技术研究。

（2）国家自然科学基金重大研究计划集成项目课题，92367302，基于新型体系架构全要素按需协同互联的工业互联网集成系统及验证。

（3）国家自然科学基金面上项目，62071246，面向6G的高性能低成本去蜂窝大规模MIMO技术研究。

1.             广域宽带协同通信技术与应用，2016年国家技术发明二等奖，陆建华，朱洪波，陶晓明，杨龙祥，冯伟，汪园丽.

2.             Yao Zhang;Haitao Zhao;Wenchao Xia;Longxiang Yang;Hongbo Zhu, Rate Analysis and Optimization of IRS-Aided Hardware-Impaired Cell-Free Massive MIMO Systems Under Correlated Ricean fading Channels, IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology, DOI: 10.1109/TVT.2024.3369682, 26 February 2024.

3.             Xu Qiao;Yao Zhang;Jun Zhang;Hao Fang;Longxiang Yang;Hongbo Zhu，Novel Beamforming Design for IRS-Assisted Cell-Free Massive MIMO Systems，IEEE Wireless Communications Letters， DOI: 10.1109/LWC.2024.3360114, 在线时间：30 January 2024.

4.             X. Qiao, Y. Zhang, H. Zhao, L. Yang and H. Zhu, "Two-Layer Large Scale Fading Precoding for Cell-Free Massive MIMO: Performance Analysis and Optimization," IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology, Vol.73, NO.3, PP.3901-3916, March 2024, doi: 10.1109/TVT.2023.3327745..

5.            H. Cao, S. Garg, G. Kaddoum, M. Alrashoud and L. Yang, "Efficient Resource Allocation of Slicing Services in Softwarized Space-Aerial-Ground Integrated Networks for Seamless and Open Access Services," IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology, pp.1-13, doi: 10.1109/TVT.2023.3328500. Date of Publication（early access）: 01 November 2023.

6.             Y. Zhang, W. Xia, H. Zhao, G. Zheng, S. Lambotharan and L. Yang, "Performance Analysis of RIS-Assisted Cell-Free Massive MIMO Systems with Transceiver Hardware Impairments," IEEE Transactions on Communications, VOL.71, NO.12, PP. 7258 – 7272， 2023.

7.             Haitao Zhao;Yao Zhang;Wenchao Xia;Yiyang Ni;Longxiang Yang;Hongbo Zhu, Distributed Opportunistic Power Control for Uplink Cell-Free Massive MIMO-IoT Networks Under Ricean Fading Channels, IEEE Transactions on Network and Service Management ( Early Access ), Date of Publication: 14 December 2023, DOI: 10.1109/TNSM.2023.3342909.

8.             Y. Zhang, H. Zhao, W. Xia, F. Gao, L. Yang and H. Zhu, "Superimposed Pilot Transmission in Cell-Free Massive MIMO With Non-Ideal RF Responses," IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology, vol. 71, no. 12, pp. 12856-12868, Dec. 2022.

9.             Y. Zhang, H. Zhao, W. Xia, J. Zhang, L. Yang and H. Zhu, "Wireless-Powered Cell-Free Massive MIMO With Superimposed Pilot Transmission," IEEE Communications Letters, vol. 26, no. 7, pp. 1688-1692, July 2022.

10.          Y. Zhang, W. Xia, G. Zheng, H. Zhao, L. Yang and H. Zhu, "Secure Transmission in Cell-Free Massive MIMO With Low-Resolution DACs Over Rician Fading Channels," IEEE Transactions on Communications, vol. 70, no. 4, pp. 2606-2621, April 2022. 

张尧，博士论文《去蜂窝大规模MIMO系统分析与设计研究》，获评2022 年江苏省优秀博士论文。