Her Ph.D. is from University of Maryland, College Park. She is an Editorial Board member of Journal of Food Protection, and a member of International Association of Food Protection, Institute of Food Technologists, and American Society for Microbiology. Dr. Zhang’s research is on molecular characterization and risk analysis of foodborne bacteria, food and agricultural reservoir of antimicrobial resistance, urban agriculture, and the development of novel food safety control. Dr. Zhang is currently teaching Introductory Food Science and Advanced Food Science at the undergraduate level and Microbial Food Safety at the graduate level