郑永爱，男，1966年8月出生，江苏兴化人，汉族，博士，教授，硕士生导师。 1993年毕业于扬州师范学院，获基础数学专业硕士学位，2002年毕业于上海大学，获运筹学与控制论专业博士学位，2008年获教授任职资格。目前在扬州大学信息工程学院工作，从事混沌系统的控制与同步、复杂网络方面的研究，参加6项国家自然科学基金。主讲本科生课程：《离散数学》；主讲研究生课程：《高等运筹学》 和 《最优化理论与算法》。

发表论文50余篇，其中被SCI收录19篇，代表作：

[1] Zheng Yongai, Ji Zhilin , Predictive control of fractional-order chaotic systems, Chaos, Solitons & Fractals, 2016, 87:307-313（SCI）

[2] Zheng Yongai, Fuzzy prediction-based feedback control of fractional order chaotic systems,  Optik, 2015, 126(24): 5645-5649（SCI）

[3] Zheng Yongai, Adaptive generalized projective synchronization of Takagi-Sugeno fuzzy drive-response dynamical networks with time delay, Chinese Physics Letters. 2012, 29:020502 (SCI)

[4] Zheng Yongai, Nian Yibei, Wang Dejin, Controlling fractional order chaotic systems based on Takagi-Sugeno fuzzy model and adaptive adjustment mechanism , Physics Letters A,  2010, 375:125-129 (SCI)

[5] Zheng Yongai, Chen Guanrong, Fuzzy impulsive control of chaotic systems based on TS fuzzy model, Chaos, Solitons and Fractals, 2009, 39: 2002-2011（SCI）

[6] Zheng Yongai, Controlling chaos based on an adaptive adjustment mechanism, Chaos, Solitons and Fractals, 2006, 30: 989-994 (SCI、EI)

[7] Zheng Yongai, Chen Guanrong, Single state-feedback chaotification of discrete dynamical systems, International Journal of  Bifurcation and Chaos, 2004,14: 279-284 (SCI)

[8] Zheng Yongai, Chen Guanrong, Liu Zengrong, On chaotification of discrete systems, International Journal of  Bifurcation and Chaos, 2003,13: 3443-3447 (SCI)

[9] Zheng Yongai, Liu Zengrong, Zhou Jin, A new synchronization principle and application to Chua's circuits, International Journal of  Bifurcation and Chaos, 2002, 12:815-818 (SCI)

[10] Zheng Yongai, Liu Zengrong, Huang Debin, Discrete soliton-like for KdV prototypes, Chaos, Solitons and Fractals, 2002,14: 989-994. (SCI、EI)