1.  Computational Material science
2.  Phase transformation and plasticity
3.  Mechanical behaviors under extreme conditions

Feb 2012- Aug 2014 Atomic simulation and phase field modeling - Los Alamos National Laboratory
Sep 2009- Aug 2012 Molecular dynamics simulations (MD) - Xi’an Jiaotong University

Sep 2011- July 2015   Xi’an Jiaotong University， Material science (Ph.D)
Sep 2009- July 2011    Xi’an Jiaotong University，Material science (M.D.)
Sep 2005- July 2009    Huazhong University of Science & Technology，Materials science and engineering (B.S.)

July 2014, National outstanding Ph.D Scholarship (first class)
            Awarded to the outstanding Ph.D students in China (10 in XJTU)
July 2011, Outstanding Graduate Scholarship: Xi’an Jiaotong University
            Awarded to the outstanding graduate students in the university (50 in XJTU)
July 2009, Outstanding Graduate Fellowship: Huazhong University of Science & Technology 
            Awarded to the outstanding 20 undergraduate students
Sep 2007, Undergraduate- Merit Scholarship: Huazhong University of Science & Technology (first class)
            Awarded to the excellent undergraduate students

[1]  H. Zong, X. Ding, T. Lookman, J. Li, J. Sun, E. K. Cerreta, A. P. Escobedo, F. L. Addessio, and C. A. Bronkhorst, Collective nature of plasticity in mediating phase transformation under shock compression,  Physical Review B (Rapid communication), 89, 220101(R) (2014).

[2]  H. Zong, T. Lookman, X. Ding, S. Luo, and J. Sun, Anisotropic shock response of titanium: Reorientation and transformation mechanisms, Acta Materialia, 65, 10-18 (2014).

[3]  H. Zong, T. Lookman, X. Ding, C. Nisoli, D. Brown, S. R. Niezgoda, and J. Sun, The kinetics of the ω to α phase transformation in Zr, Ti: Analysis of data from shock-recovered samples and atomistic simulations, Acta Materialia, 77, 191-199 (2014).

[4]  H. Zong, D. Xue, X. Ding, and T. Lookman, Phase transformations in Titanium: Anisotropic deformation of ω phase, Journal of Physics: Conference Series, 500, 112042 (2014).

[5]  L. Gao, X. Ding, H. Zong, T. Lookman, J. Sun, X. Ren, and A. Saxena, Diffuse scattering as an indicator for martensitic variant selection, Acta Materialia, 66, 69-78 (2014).

[6]  T. Lookman, D. Xue, R. Vasseur, H. Zong, and X. Ding, On glassy behavior in ferroics, Physica Status Solidi B (invited paper), 10, 2003-2009 (2014).

[7]  H. Zong, X. Ding, T. Lookman, J. Li, and J. Sun, Uniaxial stress-driven coupled grain boundary motion in hexagonal close-packed metals: A molecular dynamics study, Acta Materialia, 82, 295-303 (2015).

[8]  H. Yeddu, H. Zong, and T. Lookman, Alpha - omega and omega - alpha phase transformations in zirconium under hydrostatic pressure: A 3D mesoscale study, Acta Materialia 102, 97-107(2016).

[9]  H. Zong, Z. Ni, T. Lookman, X. Ding and J. Sun, Origin of low thermal hysteresis in shape memory alloy ultrathin films, Acta Materialia, 103, 407-415 (2016).

[10]  H. Zong, X. Ding, T. Lookman and J. Sun, Twin boundary activated α → ω phase transformation in titanium under shock compression, Acta Materialia, 115, 1-9(2016).

[11]  C Nisoli, H Zong, SR Niezgoda, DW Brown and T Lookman, Long-time behavior of the omega to alpha transition in shocked Zirconium: Interplay of nucleation and plastic deformation, Acta Materialia, 108, 138-142(2016).

[12]  L Tong, Z Chen, H Zong, L Huang, R Bai and J Zhang, C-chain doping-induced band-states transition in armchair AlN nanoribbon, physica status solidi (b), 2016.