1996.04-1997.07: 德國Augsburg大學物理系，Humboldt 研究員
1997.10-1999.08: 日本原子力研究所先端基礎研究中心（高崎），STA 研究員
1999.08-2001.03: 美國 Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute 材料系，博士後
2001.03 -- 現在: 清華大學材料系（現beat365）副教授、教授、博士生導師
研究領域納米材料及環境污染物痕量檢測、極端（核、空間）條件下的材料行為
【專著章節】：
章節：《Modern Topics in Chemical Physics》, pp. 125-149, edited by Thomas F. George, Xin Sun and Guoping Zhang, published by Research Signpost, Trivandrum, India，2002.
章節：《Science and Technology of Nanostructured Materials》, pp. 121-130, edited by B.K. Rao, Nova Science Publishers, Huntington, NY, USA, 2002.
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*. Y.Q. Wang, Z.J. Zhang, Y. Zhu, Z.C. Li, R. Vajtai, L.J. Ci, and P.M. Ajayan, Nanostructured VO2 photocatalysts for hydrogen production, ACS Nano 2, 1492 (2008).
*. J.G. Liu, Z.J. Zhang, Y. Zhao, X. Su, S. Liu and E.G. Wang, Tuning the field emission properties of tungsten oxide nanorods, Small 1, 310-313(2005).
*. Z.J. Zhang, B.Q. Wei, G. Ramanath and P.M. Ajayan, Substrate-site selective growth of carbon nanotubes by chemical vapor deposition, Applied Physics Letters 77, 3764-3766 (2000).