Ziyou Song (Senior Member, IEEE) received the bachelor's (with Hons.) and Ph.D. (with the highest Hons.) degrees in automotive engineering from Tsinghua University, Beijing, China, in 2011 and 2016, respectively. From 2016 to 2017, after graduation, he served as a Research Scientist with Tsinghua University, and from 2017 to 2019, a Research Fellow with the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, USA, where he was also an Assistant Research Scientist and Lecturer from 2019 to 2020. He is currently an Assistant Professor with the Department of Mechanical Engineering, National University of Singapore (NUS), Singapore. Before his tenure with NUS, he worked as a Battery Algorithm Engineer with Apple, Cupertino, USA. In this role, he was responsible for overseeing battery management systems for audio products such as AirPods Pro 2. His research interests focus on modeling, estimation, optimization, and control of energy storage systems, especially for the electrified transportation sector. Dr. Song has received several paper awards, including Automotive Innovation Best Paper Award, Applied Energy Highly Cited Paper Award, Applied Energy Award for Most Cited Energy Article from China, NSK Outstanding Paper Award of Mechanical Engineering, and IEEE VPPC Best Student Paper Award. He serves as an Associate Editor and Editorial Member for the IEEE Transactions on Transportation Electrification, IEEE Transactions on Intelligent Vehicles, Applied Energy, eTransportation, and among others.