Dr. Zhang received an a PhD in physics from Georgia Institute of Technology 2007. He received master degree and bachelor degree from Changchun Institute of Optics and Fine Machine (CIOM) and Institute of High Energy Physics(IHEP), Chinese Academy of Sciences respectively in 1997 and 2001, and also did Postdoc in physics and nanotechnology at Purdue University, Brookhaven National Laboratory and Stony Brook University. He has published over 20 papers, and He was also the Winner of "National Youth 1000 Plan" Award of China and " Peacock Plan" award in Shenzhen. His research interest mainly lies in condense matter physics.