Hui Zhao, Ph.D., is a Lecturer in the Department of Logistics Management. She received her B.Eng. in Transportation from Central South University in 2016 and her Ph.D. in Vehicle Operation Engineering from the same university in 2023. She joined Ningbo University in December 2023. Her research focuses on impact dynamics and safety protection technologies. She currently serves as Principal Investigator of a Youth Project funded by the Zhejiang Provincial Natural Science Foundation and has participated, as a core member, in several research projects supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China, China Railway Corporation, and industrial partners including CRRC Changchun and CRRC Sifang. She has published 6 SCI-indexed papers and 3 EI-indexed papers in domestic and international academic journals.