I am Jianai Zhao, and my citizenship is the People’s Republic of China. I received my BS from the University of Colorado Boulder, Ann and H.J. Smead Department of Aerospace Engineering Sciences (United States of America, AeroEngr’22), and my MS from the Technical University of Darmstadt, Mechanical Engineering Department (Federal Republic of Germany, AeroEngr’24). Both degrees are in Aerospace Engineering (Sciences). Before college, I attended Beijing Huijia Private School (Class of 14IB, IBDP’17) and was selected for the Research Science Initiative (RSI-Tsinghua’15) at Tsinghua University, School of Aerospace Engineering.

Aside from engineering, I like hiking and photography. My top 3 beloved tv shows are Two and a Half Men, The Big Bang Theory, and Modern Family, and my favorite anime is Dragon Ball Z.