Dr. Zhanyang Zhang acquired his PhD degree in computer science from the City University of New York. He received a MS degree in computer science from the College of Staten Island and a BE degree in computer engineering from Jilin University of Technology (later becomes Jilin University), China.
He is currently a faculty member of Computer Science Department at both College of Staten Island and Graduate Center, the City University of New York (CUNY). His current research interests include wireless ad hoc networks, sensor networks, RFID and its applications, underwater sensor networks, and mobile computing and database. He is also a visiting professor at several Universities in China.
Before joining CUNY, he was a member of technical staff (MTS) at Bell Labs, Lucent Technology. He also worked as an IT consultant at different companies in New York City and New Jersey State.