Deputy Director of the Offshore Energy Research Center, Guangzhou Institute of Energy Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences, is a PhD, Associate Researcher, and a master’s students advisor. He is a member of the Chinese Academy of Sciences Young Innovators Promotion Association and Vice President of the Guangzhou Branch.

His main research areas include hydrodynamic theoretical calculations in the development and utilization of ocean wave energy, design and testing of energy conversion systems, and in-sea testing of wave energy devices. He has participated in the research, development, and demonstration of multiple large offshore energy platforms and deep-sea aquaculture platforms. He has led one pilot project under the Chinese Academy of Sciences, one National Key R&D Program topic, two major CAS deployment projects, one Guangdong Provincial Special Fund for Economic Development project, and one CAS South China Sea Ecological Environment Engineering Innovation Research Institute Innovation Development Fund Key Project, with total research funding exceeding 60 million RMB. He has acted as a technical lead on several national major research projects and has won one CAS Science and Technology Progress Award (as a third contributor) and one Guangdong Provincial Technology Invention Award (as a sixth contributor). He holds 12 authorized invention patents, including six international patents.

Selected Publications

1. Zhenpeng Wang, Xiaolong Dai, Songwei Sheng, Yaqun Zhang, Min Chen, Xinhui Chen, Shanxun Yang, Zhaoji Lin. Physical model tests under towing conditions of a novel floating wind-wave integrated platform[J]. Ocean Engineering, Volume 342.

2. Wang, Zhenpeng, Changqi Lv, Songwei Sheng, Min Chen, Xianyuan Yang, and Wensheng Wang. Impact of Steep Seabed Terrains on Oscillating Buoy-Wave Energy-Converter Performance. Energies 2024, 17, 4280.

3. XIAO Lei, YOU Ya-ge, WANG Zhen-peng*, ZHANG Ya-qun, HUANG Shuo, WANG Wen-sheng. Single Mode Simulation Calculation of Oscillating Buoy Wave Energy Converter with A Slider[J]. China Ocean Engineering, 2020, 34(04):547-557.

4. Yaqun Zhang, Guoyu Zhang, Zhaoji Lin, Zhenpeng Wang*. Research on the Design of Multi-Unit Power Take-off system for Wave Energy Converter[C], the 2025 5th International Conference on New Energy and Power Engineering.

· Hydrodynamic Theoretical Calculations

· Design and Testing of Energy Conversion Systems

· In-Sea Testing of Wave Energy Devices

1. Chinese Academy of Sciences, Key Research Program of Frontier Sciences, Research on Stability and High Efficiency Power Generation of Floating Multi-energy Complementary Platform, July 2024–July 2027, Project Leader.

2. National Key Research and Development Program Project, Dynamic Simulation Technology of Floating Wind Power Platform and Mooring System in Marine Environment, Sep. 2022-Aug. 2026, Project Leader.