ZHANG Wenqing - The Department of Physics at Southern University of Science and Technology

Personal Profile

Professor Wenqing Zhang is a recipient of the National Science Fund for Distinguished Young Scholars, a winner of the Second Prize of the National Natural Science Award, a Fellow of the American Physical Society (APS), and a Chief Scientist of the National Key Research and Development Program of China. His research focuses on the design and realization of high-performance thermoelectric materials, physics of electrical-thermal transport and electron-phonon interactions, design of high-performance thermoelectric materials, properties of low-dimensional heterostructures, and deep learning. His research methodologies encompass first-principles calculations, molecular dynamics, high-throughput computational screening, and machine learning. He has authored over 300 SCI-indexed papers in prestigious journals such as Nature Mater., PNAS, JACS, and has delivered more than 100 invited talks at international conferences.

Research Areas

Transport physics of electrons and phonons
Functionality of low-dimensional heterostructures
Machine learning, data mining, and high-throughput computation in materials research
Transport Physics of Electron and Phonon

Educational Background

1992 Ph. D., Physics, Shanghai Institute of Optics and Fine Mechanics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China

1989 M. S., physics, Xiamen University, China

1986 B. S., physics, Xiamen University, China

Professional Experience

2017 - Present, Professor, Southern University of Science and Technology

2014 - 2017, Professor, Material Genome Institute, Shanghai University

2004 - 2014, Professor, Group Leader, Deputy Director of the State Key Laboratory of High Performance Ceramics and Superfine Microstructures, Shanghai Institute of Ceramics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai 200050, China

2002 - 2003, Research Faculty, Materials Department, University of California, Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, CA 93106

2000 - 2002, Research Staff, Princeton Materials Institute, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ 0854

1997 - 1999, Research Associate Fellowship, Division of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA 02138

1997, Visiting Scientist, Theory Department, Fritz-Haber-Institut der Max-Planck-Gesellschaft, Berlin-Dahlem, Germany

1995-1997, Associate Professor, Institute of Applied Physics, Beijing University of Science & Technology, China

1993-1995, Postdoctoral Researcher, Institute of Physics, Chinese Academy of Science, China (Supervisor: Professor Dingsheng Wang)

Honors & Awards

2014 APS fellow

2013 The State Natural Science Award (2nd rank)

2013 State Council Special Allowance

2012 Shanghai Natural Science Award (First Prize)

2010 National Millions of Talents Project

2009 Exceptional Young Scientist Foundation Award from NSFC

2004 CAS Hundred Talents Program

Selected Publication

Invited Reviews and Book Chapters

1. Ji Jialin, Tang Qinghang, Yao Mingjia, Yang Hongliang, Jin Yeqing, Zhang Yubo, Xi Jinyang, J.Singh David, Yang Jiong*, Zhang Wenqing*. Functional-Unit-Based Material Design, Ultralow Thermal Conductivity in Thermoelectrics with Linear Triatomic Resonant Bonds, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2022, 14: 18552-18561

2. Ruan Yurong, Zhong Ke, Zhang Ying, Zhang Fang, Zhang Yubo*, Zhang Wenqing*, Off Stoichiometry Quaternary Heusler-Like Semiconductors with Magnetism and Disorder, Adv. Funct. Mater, 2022, 2209233

3. Erting Dong, Yongbin Zhu, Shihua Tan, Weishu Liu, Jiong Wang, Wenqing Zhang*. Bistructural Pseudocontinuous Solid Solution with Hierarchical Microstructures from Ab initio Study: Application to the Mg2Sn-Mg3Sb2 System, Acta Materialia, 2022, 236, 118139

4. Dong Zirui, Luo Jun*, Wang Chenyang, Jiang Ying, Tan Shihua, Zhang Yubo, Grin Yuri, Yu Zhiyang, Guo Kai, Zhang Jiye, Zhang Wenqing*, Half-Heusler-like compounds with wide continuous compositions and tunable p-to n-type semiconducting thermoelectrics, Nat. Commun., 2022, 13, 35

5. Jiajia Zhang, Caichao Ye, Genwang Wei, Liang Guo, Yuhang Cai, Zhi Li, Xinzhi Wu, Fangyi Sun, Qikai Li, Yupeng Wang, Huan Li, Yuchen Li, Shuaihua Wang, Wei Xu, Xuefeng Guo*, Wenqqing Zhang*, Weishu Liu*, Polaron interfacial entropy as a route to high thermoelectric performance in DAE-doped PEDOT:PSS films, Natl. Sci. Rev., 2024, 11, nwae009.