Boyu Zhou is an Assistant Professor (Associate Researcher) at the Southern University of Science and Technology (SUSTech), where he serves as the Director of the Smart Autonomous Robotics (STAR) group. Boyu obtained his Ph.D. degree from the Aerial Robotics Group, Robotics Institute, at the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology in 2022, where he was awarded the HKUST Academic Excellence Award. He received his B.Eng. degree from Shanghai Jiao Tong University in 2018, graduating as an Outstanding Graduate in Shanghai. His research interests encompass aerial and mobile robots, motion planning, autonomous exploration, dense mapping, 3D reconstruction, and multi-robot systems. Boyu has published papers in prestigious robotics journals and conferences, including TRO, RAL, ICRA, IROS. His team's work has been recognized with the 2023 IEEE Transactions on Robotics Best Paper Award, the 2023 IEEE RAL Best Papar Award, and was a finalist for the 2024 IEEE ICRA Best Paper Award on Unmanned Aerial Vehicles. His publications have been listed as popular papers in TRO and RAL, with the highest ranking of No. 1. The research results have been reported by well-known technology media, such as IEEE Spectrum. His open source projects about aerial robot motion planning and autonomous exploration have received more than 5000 stars.