Zhang Tao，PhD (2010, University of Heidelberg, Germany), BA (2000, Peking University, Beijing), since 2011 in Department of History in School of Humanities at Tsinghua University (postdoc, lecturer, associate professor). Academic interests include European Ancient and Medieval History, German History, History of Universities.

Representative works include German monograph Fehlgründungen von Universitäten im Spätmittelalter – Motive und Bedingungen für die Entstehung der mittelalterlichen Universität (Hamburg, 2013), journal article “An analysis of failed universities in the Middle Ages”, Chinese Studies in History, no. 1/50 (2017).