Ph. D. Hiroshima University, Hiroshima, Japan, 1998
M.Sc., Hiroshima University, Hiroshima, Japan, 1995
B.Sc., East China University of Science and Technology, Shanghai, China, 1985.

2006- Present: Research Scientist, State Key Laboratory of Satellite Ocean Environment Dynamics, Second Institute of Oceanography, Ministry of Natural Resources ,China.
2000-2006: Research Scientist, Institute of Observational Research for Global Change, JAMSTEC, Yokosuka, Japan
1998-2000: Postdoctoral Fellow, Chugoku National Industrial Research Institute, Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry of Japan, Kure-city, Japan

Circulations in the Northwest Pacific Ocean; Kuroshio and the Ryukyu Current; Continental shelf circulations, Coastal and estuarine physical oceanography
Ocean observation using CPIES (Current and Pressure-recording Inverted Echo Sounder)
Coastal acoustic tomography

1. National Natural Science Foundation of China, Major International (Regional) Joint Research Project, 41920104006, Water exchange process and mechanism of key channels in the Ryukyu Island chain, 2020/01-2024/12, Ongoing, Principal Investigator.
2. National Natural Science Foundation of China, 41776017, A study on assimilation of coastal acoustic tomography data, 2018/01-2021/12, Ongoing, Principal Investigator.
3. National Natural Science Foundation of China, 41576001, The formation of the Ryukyu Current and its intrusion and its impact on the East China Sea, 2016/01-2019/12, Completed, Principal Investigator.
4. National Natural Science Foundation of China, 41276095, Study on coastal acoustic tomography for current measurement, 2013/01-2016/12, Completed, Principal Investigator.
5. National Basic Research Program of China (973 Project), 2011CB403503, On the rule of air-sea interaction, circulation and mesoscale eddy in the South China Sea, 2011/01-2015/12, Completed, Co-PI.
6. National Natural Science Foundation of China, 41176021, Nutrient transport by the Kuroshio and the mechanisms of its variability, 2012/01-2015/12, Completed, Principal Investigator.
7. National Natural Science Foundation of China, 40776021, Dynamic Study of the Ryukyu Current, 2008/01-2010/12, Completed, Principal Investigator.
8. National High Technology Research and Development Program of China (863 Project), 2006AA09Z102, Development of coastal acoustic tomography, 2007/01-2009/12, Completed, Principal Investigator.

Book：
Arata Kaneko, Xiao-Hua Zhu and Ju Lin (2020), Coastal Acoustic Tomography, (P.362). Elsevier. ISBN: 9780128185070. （https://www.elsevier.com/books/coastal-acoustic-tomography/kaneko/978-0-12-818507-0）

Papers in Refereed Journals (*corresponding author, 2013--)：
[1] Aruni Dinan Hanifa, Fadli Syamsudin, Chuanzheng Zhang, Hidemi Mutsuda, Minmo Chen, Xiao-Hua Zhu*, Arata Kaneko, Naokazu Taniguchi, Guangming Li, Ze-Nan Zhu, Noriaki Gohd (2020), Tomographic measurement of tidal current and associated 3-h oscillation in Bali Strait, Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science, DOI:10.1016/j.ecss.2020.106655
[2] Minmo Chen, Ze-Nan Zhu, Chuanzheng Zhang, Xiao-Hua Zhu*, Min Wang, Xiaopeng Fan, Ruixiang Zhao, Ju Lin and Arata Kaneko (2020), Sensors, 20, 558; doi:10.3390/s20020558
[3] Zhao-Jun Liu, Hirohiko Nakamura, Xiao-Hua Zhu*, Ayako Nishina, Xinyu Guo, and Menghong Dong (2019), Tempo-spatial variations of the Kuroshio current in the Tokara Strait based on long-term ferryboat ADCP data. Journal of Geophysical Research – Oceans, DOI: 10.1029/2018JC014771.
[4] Fadli Syamsudin, Naokazu Taniguchi, Chuanzheng Zhang, Aruni Dinan Hanifa, Guangming Li, Minmo Chen, Hidemi Mutsuda, Ze-Nan Zhu, Xiao-Hua Zhu*, Taira Nagai, Arata Kaneko (2019), Observing Internal Solitary Waves in the Lombok Strait by Coastal Acoustic Tomography. Geophysical Research Letters, DOI: 10.1029/2019GL084595. （EOS 亮点论文: https://eos.org/editor-highlights/cat-pictures-of-internal-solitary-waves-in-indonesian-strait）
[5] Chanhyung Jeon, Jae-Hun Park, Hirohiko Nakamura, Ayako Nishina, Xiao-Hua Zhu, Dong Guk Kim, Hong Sik Min, Sok Kuh Kang, Hanna Na, Naoki Hirose (2019), Poleward-propagating near-inertial waves enabled by the western boundary current, Scientific Reports, DOI: 10.1038/s41598-019-46364-9.
[6] Long, Y., Zhu X.-H.*, & Guo, X. (2019). The Oyashio Nutrient Stream and its nutrient transport to the mixed water region. Geophysical Research Letters, DOI: 10.1029/2018GL081497.
[7] Wang M., Liu Z., Zhu X.-H*, Yan X., Zhang Z., Zhao R. (2019). Origin and formation of the Ryukyu Current revealed by HYCOM reanalysis. Acta Oceanologica Sinica, doi: 10.1007/s13131-018-1329-7.
[8] LI Qiang, MAO Xianzhong, DENG Guotong, ZHAO Ruixiang, ZHANG Chuanzheng, and ZHU Xiaohua*(2019), Internal Tide Generation and Dissipation by Small Periodic Topography in Deep Ocean, J. Ocean Univ. China (Oceanic and Coastal Sea Research) , doi.org/10.1007/s11802-019-3966-7.
[9] Minmo Chen, Fadli Syamsudin, Arata Kaneko, Noriaki Gohda, Bruce M. Howe, Hidemi Mutsuda, Aruni Hanifa Dinan, Hong Zheng, Chen-Fen Huang, Naokazu Taniguchi, Xiaohua Zhu, Yudi Adityawarman, Chuanzheng Zhang, and Ju Lin (2019), Real-Time Offshore Coastal Acoustic Tomography Enabled With Mirror-Transpond Functionality, IEEE JOURNAL OF OCEANIC ENGINEERING, DOI. 10.1109/JOE.2018.2878260
[10] Long, Y., Zhu, X.-H*., Guo, X., & Huang, H. (2018), Temporal variation of Kuroshio nutrient stream south of Japan. Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans, 123. https://doi.org/10.1029/2017JC013635
[11] Ruixiang Zhao, Xiao-Hua Zhu*, Jae-Hun Park and Qiang Li (2018): Internal tides in the northwestern South China Sea observed by pressure-recording inverted echo sounders, Progress in Oceanography, DOI: 10.1016/j.pocean.2018.09.019
[12] Kun Zhang, Xiao-Hua Zhu*, and Ruixiang Zhao (2018), Near 7-day response of ocean bottom pressure to atmospheric surface pressure and winds in the northern South China Sea, Deep-Sea Research Part I, DOI: 10.1016/j.dsr.2017.12.004
[13] Xiao-Hua Zhu, Hirohiko Nakamura, Menghong Dong, Ayako Nishina and Toru Yamashiro (2017), Tidal currents and Kuroshio transport variations in the Tokara Strait estimated from ferryboat ADCP data, J. Geophys. Res. Oceans, 122, doi:10.1002/2016JC012329.
[14] RuixiangZhao, Xiao-Hua Zhu* and Jae-Hun Park(2017):Near 5-day nonisostatic response to atmospheric surface pressure and coastal trapped waves observed in the northern South China Sea, Journal of Physical Oceanography, DOI: 10.1175/JPO-D-17-0013.1.
[15] Ze‐Nan Zhu, Xiao‐Hua Zhu*, Xinyu Guo, Xiaopeng Fan and Chuanzheng Zhang (2017): Assimilation of coastal acoustic tomography data using an unstructured triangular grid ocean model for water with complex coastlines and islands, J. Geophys. Res. Oceans, DOI: 10.1002/2017JC012715.
[16] Zhao-Jun Liu, Hirohiko Nakamura, Xiao-Hua Zhu*, Ayako Nishina, Menghong Dong (2017), Tidal and residual currents across the northern Ryukyu Island chain observed by ferryboat ADCP, J. Geophys. Res. Oceans, doi: 10.1002/2017JC012876.
[17] Chuanzheng Zhang, Xiao-Hua Zhu*, Ze-Nan Zhu, Wenhu Liu, Zhongzhe Zhang，Xiaopeng Fan, Ruixiang Zhao, Menghong Dong, Min Wang (2017), High-precision measurement of tidal current structures using coastal acoustic tomography, , Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science, DOI: 10.1016/j.ecss.2017.05.014
[18] Yaochu Yuan, Chenghao Yang, Yu-heng Tseng, Xiao-Hua Zhu, Huiqun Wang, Hong Chen (2017), Analysis of longer period variation of the Kuroshio Current intrusion into the Luzon Strait using rectified wavelet power spectra, Progress in Oceanography, doi.org/10.1016/j.pocean.2017.04.013.
[19] Fadli Syamsudin, Minmo Chen, Arata Kaneko, Yudi Adityawarman, Hong Zheng, Hidemi Mutsuda, Aruni D. Hanifa, Chuanzheng Zhang, Guillaume Auger, John C. Wells and Xiaohua Zhu (2017): Profiling measurement of internal tides in Bali Strait by reciprocal sound transmission, Acoustical Science and Technology, 38, 5, 246-253, doi:10.1250/ast.38.246 (EI).
[20] RuixiangZhao, Xiao-Hua Zhu* (2016): Weakest winter South China Sea western boundary current caused by the 2015-2016 El Niño event, Journal of Geophysical Research-Ocean. DOI: 10.1002/2016JC012252.
[21] Xiaomei Yan*, Xiao-Hua Zhu*, Chongguang Pang, Linlin Zhang (2016): Effects of mesoscale eddies on the volume transport and branch pattern of the Kuroshio east of Taiwan, Journal of Geophysical Research-Ocean. DOI: 10.1002/2016JC012038.
[22] Ze-Nan Zhu, Xiao-Hua Zhu*, XinyuGuo (2016): Coastal tomographic mapping of nonlinear tidal currents and residual currents, Continental Shelf Research, doi.org/10.1016/j.csr.2016.06.014.
[23] RuixiangZhao, Xiao-Hua Zhu*, XinyuGuo (2016): The impact of monsoon winds and mesoscale eddies on thermohaline structures and circulation patterns in the northern South China Sea, Continental Shelf Research, doi.org/10.1016/j.csr.2016.06.009.
[24] Kiyosi Kawanisi, Xiao-Hua Zhu*, Xiaopeng Fan, and Ioan Nistor (2016): Monitoring Tidal Bores using Acoustic Tomography System, Journal of Coastal Research, DOI: 10.2112/JCOASTRES-D-15-00172.1.
[25] Zhang C., Kaneko A., Komai K., Zhu X.-H., Howe B. M. and Gohda N., (2016): Acoustic measurement of the net transport through the Seto Inland Sea. Acoustical Science and Technology, 37, 1, 10-20, doi:10.1250/ast.37.10.
[26] Zhu X.-H., Zhu Z.-N., Guo X., Ma Y.-L., Fan X., Dong M., Zhang C., (2015). Measurement of tidal and residual currents and volume transport through the Qiongzhou Strait using coastal acoustic tomography. Continental Shelf Research, 108, 65-75.
[27] Zhu, X.-H., Zhao, R., Guo, X., Long, Y., Ma, Y., and Fan, X. (2015): A long-term volume transport time series estimated by combining in situ observation and satellite altimeter data in the northern South China Sea. Journal of Oceanography，DOI 10.1007/s10872-015-0305-5.
[28] Zhang, C., Kaneko, A., Zhu, X.-H*., and Gohda, N., 2015: Tomographic mapping of a coastal upwelling and the associated diurnal internal tides in Hiroshima Bay, Japan. Journal of Geophysical Research. DOI: 10.1002/2014JC010676.
[29] Zhu Z.N., Zhu, X.-H*., Zhang C.Z. et al., 2015, An observational experiment of coastal acoustic tomography to map the structure of tidal currents in Sanmen Bay, China, Chinese J. Geophys．(in Chinese), 58(5): 1742-1753, doi:10.6038/cjg20150524.
[30] Yuan Yaochu, Zhu Xiao-Hua, Zhou Feng. 2015. Progress of studies in China from July 2010 to May 2015 on the influence of the Kuroshio on neighboring Chinese seas and the Ryukyu Current. Acta Oceanologica Sinica, 34(12): 1–10, doi: 10.1007/s13131-015-0771-z
[31] Zhu, X.-H., Y.-L. Ma, X. Guo, X. Fan, Y. Long, Y. Yuan, J.-L. Xuan, and D. Huang (2014), Tidal and residual currents in the Qiongzhou Strait estimated from shipboard ADCP data using a modified tidal harmonic analysis method, J. Geophys. Res. Oceans, 119, doi:10.1002/2014JC009855.
[32] Yuan, Y., Y.-H. Tseng, C. Yang, G. Liao, C. H. Chow, Z. Liu, X.-H. Zhu, and H. Chen (2014), Variation in the Kuroshio intrusion: Modeling and interpretation of observations collected around the Luzon Strait from July 2009 to March 2011, J. Geophys. Res. Oceans, 119, doi:10.1002/2013JC009776.
[33] Zhang Chuanzheng, Kaneko Arata, Zhu Xiao-Hua*, Lin Ju. (2014): Nontidal sea level changes in Hiroshima Bay, Japan. Acta Oceanologica Sinica, 33(9): 47–55, doi: 10.1007/s13131-014-0516-4
[34] X.-H. Zhu, A. Kaneko, Q. Wu, C. Zhang, N. Taniguchi, and N. Gohda (2013): Mapping tidal current structures in Zhitouyang Bay, China, using coastal acoustic tomography, IEEE J. Ocean. Eng. 38, 285–296.
[35] Guo, X., Zhu, X.-H*., Long, Y., Huang, D. (2013): Spatial variations in the Kuroshio nutrient transport from the East China Sea to south of Japan. Biogeosciences, 6403–6417,doi:10.5194/bg-10-6403-2013.
[36] Wei, Y. Z., Huang, D. J., and Zhu, X.-H. (2013): Interannual to decadal variability of the Kuroshio Current in the East China Sea from 1955 to 2010 as indicated by in-situ hydrographic data, J. Oceanogr., 69, 571–589, doi:10.1007/s10872-013-0193-5.
[37] Taniguchi, N., C-F. Huang, A. Kaneko, C-T. Liu, B. Howe, Y-H. Wang, Y. Yang, J. Lin, X.-H. Zhu and N. Gohda (2013): Measuring the Kuroshio Current with ocean acoustic tomography, Journal Acoustical Society of America, 134(4), 3272-3281.
[38] Yang Chenghao, Liao Guanghong, Yuan Yaochu, Chen Hong, Zhu Xiaohua (2013): The diel vertical migration of sound scatterers observed by an acoustic Dopple current profiler in the Luzon Strait from July 2009 to April 2011. Acta Oceanologica Sinica, 32(11): 1-9, doi: 10.1007/s13131-013-0364-7.

Patent: Zhu Xiaohua, Wu Qingsong, Zhang Chuanzheng and Liao Guanghong, A two-dimensional acoustic current measurement system and method, ZL 201210073119.2.

Selected into the “Qianjiang talent plan of Zhejiang Province”.