1.         Advanced functional materials, strongly correlated semiconductors

2.         Neuromorphic devices, tunable electronics

3.         Thin film synthesis and epitaxy

2021.1 – Present   Xi'an Jiaotong University, China   Professor

2015.5 – 2020.12   Purdue University, USA         Postdoc  

2013.11 – 2015.5   Iowa State University, USA      Postdoc  

2008.10 – 2011.3   National Institute for Materials Science, Japan    Visiting Student

2006.9 – 2013.9   Xi’an Jiaotong University, China   Ph.D.

2002.9 – 2006.7   Xi’an Jiaotong University, China      B.Sc.

2016  Excellent Doctoral Dissertation, Xi’an Jiaotong University

2008  International Joint Graduate School (IJGS) Fellowship (NIMS, Japan)

Full publications list and Citation

https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=fDKRBt0AAAAJ&hl=en

Selected Publications

1.         Neuromorphic learning with Mott insulator NiO, Zhen Zhang, Sandip Mondal, Subhasish Mandal, Jason M. Allred, Neda Alsadat Aghamiri, Alireza Fali, Zhan Zhang, Hua Zhou, Hui Cao, Fanny Rodolakis, Jessica L. McChesney, Qi Wang, Yifei Sun, Yohannes Abate, Kaushik Roy, Karin M. Rabe, and Shriram Ramanathan, Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. 28, 118 (39) 2021.

2.         Sudden collapse of magnetic order in oxygen deficient nickelate films, J. Li, R. Green, Z. Zhang, R. Sutarto, J. Sadowski, Z. Zhu, G. Zhang, D. Zhou, Y. Sun, F. He, S. Ramanathan, R. Comin, Physical Review Letters 126, 187602  (2021).

3.         Carrier localization in perovskite nickelates from oxygen vacancies, M. Kotiuga, Z. Zhang, J. Li, F. Rodolakis, H. Zhou, R. Sutarto, F. He, Q. Wang, Y. Sun, Y. Wang, N. A. Aghamiri, S. B. Hancock, L. P. Rokhinson, D. P. Landau, Y. Abate, J. W. Freeland, R. Comin, S. Ramanathan, K. M. Rabe, Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci., 116, 44, pp. 21992–21997, 2019.

4.         Perovskite nickelates as electric-field sensors in salt water, Z. Zhang, D. Schwanz, B. Narayanan, M. Kotiuga, J. A. Dura, M. Cherukara, H. Zhou, J. W. Freeland, J. Li, R. Sutarto, F. He, C. Wu, J. Zhu, Y. Sun, K. Ramadoss, S. S. Nonnenmann, N. Yu, R. Comin, K. M. Rabe, S. K. R. S. Sankaranarayanan, S. Ramanathan, Nature, 553, 68–72, 2018.

5.         Ultrahigh sensitivity of anomalous Hall effect sensor based on Cr-doped Bi2Te3 topological insulator thin films, Yan Ni, Z. Zhang, C. Nlebedim and D. Jiles, IEEE Trans. Magn., vol. 52, no. 7, pp. 1–4, 2016.

6.         Nonhysteretic superelasticity of shape memory alloys at the nanoscale, Z. Zhang, X. Ding, J. Sun, T. Suzuki, T. Lookman, K. Otsuka, and X. Ren, Phys. Rev. Lett., vol. 111, no. 14, p. 145701, 2013.