Ph.D., Department of Oceanography, Texas A&M University, August 2013

B.S., Marine Administration, Ocean University of China, June 2007

High latitude ocean-atmosphere-sea ice interactions

Coastal dynamics

Coupled physical-biogeochemical oceanic processes

Associate Professor, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, January 2019 to present

Assistant Professor, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, January 2014 to December 2018

Postdoctoral Research Associate, Texas A&M University, September 2013 to October 2013

RESEARCH PROJECTS

1. Influence of the Southern Annular Mode on the Variations of Water Mass Dynamics and Distributions in the Western Antarctic Peninsula Region, National Natural Science Foundation of China, 01/2019-12/2022, 620,000 RMB, PI

2. Forcing Mechanisms and Biological Transports of Circulations in the Bransfield Strait, Antarctica, National Natural Science Foundation of China, 01/2015-12/2017, 250,000 RMB, PI

3. Data Synthesis and Analysis for the Development of Remote Sensing Models for Southern Ocean and Antarctica, Second Institute of Oceanography, Ministry of Natural Resources of China, 01/2020-12/2020, 160,000 RMB, PI

4. Temporal Variations of the Bransfield Strait Current and the Mechanisms, State Key Laboratory of Ocean Engineering, 03/2014-03/2015, 100,000 RMB, PI

5. Ice-Sea dynamics and Ecosystem Gradients in the Western Antarctica, National Natural Science Foundation of China, 01/2020-12/2023, 3,070,000 RMB, major participant

6. Collaborative Studies of Two Resource Ecosystems in Shelf, Slope and Oceanic Regions of the Norwegian and South-China Seas (STRESSOR), National Natural Science Foundation of China, 01/2019-12/2021, 2,400,000 RMB, major participant (co-chief-scientist for the joint Norway-China cruise)

7. Coupled Advection-Dispersion-Transformation Processes of the Yangtze River Plume, National Natural Science Foundation of China, 01/2016-12/2020, 3,560,000 RMB, major participant (chief scientist for 2 project cruises)

8. Ecosystem Dynamics and Sustainable Utilization of biological Resources on the South China Sea Slope, Ministry of Science and Technology of China, 01/2014-12/2018, 13,640,000 RMB, major participant

9. Joint Sino-Germany Research Project: Megacity’s Fingerprint in Chinese Southern Marginal Seas: Investigations of Pollutant Fingerprints and Dispersal in Pearl River and northern South China Sea, State Oceanic Administration of China, 04/2017-12/2020, 3,500,000 RMB, major participant.

PEER-REVIEWED PUBLICATIONS（* denotes corresponding author）

G., Deng, Z. Zhang, Y. Li*, H. Liu and Y. Pan, 2020. Prospective of development of large-scale tidal current turbine array: an example numerical investigation of Zhejiang, China. Applied Energy, 264, 114621.

Cheng, Z., M. Zhou*, Y. Zhong and Z. Zhang, 2020. Statistical characteristics of mesoscale eddies on the continental slope in the northern South China Sea. Acta Oceanologica Sinica, 39,1-9.

Wang, Z., Z. Zhang*, M. Zhou, H. Liu, Y. Zhong and X. Wang, 2020. Seasonal linkage of the Southern Hemisphere extratropical climate variability to two types of ENSO. Acta Oceanologica Sinica, 39, 63-73.

Uotila, P., H. Goosse, K. Haines, M. Chevallier, A. Bathelemy, C. Bricaud, J. Carton, N. Fuckar, G. Garric, D. Iovino, F. Kauker, M. Korhonen, V. Lien, M. Marnela, F. Massonnet, D. Mignac, K.A. Peterson, R. Sadikhi, L. Shi, S. Tietsche, T. Toyoda, J. Xie and Z. Zhang (2018), An assessment of ten ocean reanalyses in the polar regions. Climate Dynamics (IF: 3.774), in press.

Pan, L., Y. Zhong*, H. Liu, L. Zhou, Z. Zhang and M. Zhou (2018), Seasonal variation of barrier layer in the Southern Ocean. Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans (IF: 3.318), 123, 2238–2253.

Li, D., M. Zhou*, Z. Zhang, Y. Zhong, Y. Zhu, C. Yang, M. Xu, D. Xu and Z. Hu (2018), Intrusions of Kuroshio and Shelf Waters on Northern Slope of South China Sea in Summer 2015. Journal of Ocean University of China (IF: 0.726), 17(3), 477-486.

Du, G., Z. Zhang*, M. Zhou, Y. Zhu and Y. Zhong (2018), The Upper 1000-m slope currents north of the South Shetland Islands and Elephant Island based on ship cruise observations. Journal of Ocean University of China (IF: 0.726), 17(2), 420–432.

Zhang, Z.*, P. Uotila, A. Stoessel, T. Vihma, H. Liu and Y. Zhong (2018), Seasonal southern hemisphere multi-variable reflection of the southern annular mode in atmosphere and ocean reanalyses. Climate Dynamics (IF: 4.708), 50(3-4), 1451–1470.

Zhang, Z.*, T. Vihma,  A. Stoessel and P. Uotila (2015), The role of wind forcing from operational analyses for the model representation of Antarctic coastal sea ice. Ocean Modelling (IF: 3.634), 94, 95-111.

Li, X., Z. Zhang, T. Wade, A. Knap, C. Zhang (2018), Sources and compositional distribution of organic carbon in surface sediments from the lower Pearl River to the coastal South China Sea. Journal of Geophysical Research: Biogeosciences (IF: 3.48), 122(8), 2014–2117.

Zhang, Z.*, R. D. Hetland and X. Zhang (2014), Wind-modulated buoyancy circulation over the Texas-Louisiana shelf, Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans (IF: 3.318), 119, 5705–5723. 

Zhang, Z.* and R. D. Hetland (2012), A numerical study on convergence of alongshore flows over the Texas-Louisiana shelf, Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans (IF: 3.318), 117, C11010.

Li, X., T. S. Bianchi, M. A. Allison, P. Chapman, S. Mitra, Z. Zhang, G. Yang and Z. Yu (2012), Composition, abundance and age of total organic carbon in surface sediments from the inner shelf of the East China Sea, Marine Chemistry, 145-147, 37-52.

Stössel, A., Z. Zhang, and T. Vihma (2011), The effect of alternative real-time wind forcing on Southern Ocean sea-ice simulations, Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans, 116, C11021.

Submitted manuscripts

Zhang, Z.*, E. Hofmann, M. Dinniman, C. Reiss, W. Smith, Jr and M. Zhou. Linkage of the physical environments in the northern Antarctic Peninsula region to the Southern Annular Mode and the implications for the phytoplankton production. Progress in Oceanography, in revision.

Zhang, Z., M. Zhou*, Y. Zhong, Y. Gao, G. Zhang, S. Jiang, R. Zhang and W. O. Smith, Jr. Spatial variations of phytoplankton production controlled by river plume dynamics in the lower Changjiang Estuary based on high-resolution observations (Yangtze) River estuary. Continental Shelf Research, in review.

Courses taught

Geophysical Fluid Dynamics

Physical Oceanography

Oceanography

Oceanography Fieldwork

Academic Writing

Seminar

Marine Microbiology

Advising students

Committee chair for:

Yuanjie Chen, Ph.D. candidate, 2019 to present

Xiaoqiao Wang, Ph.D. candidate, 2018 to present

Zheng Wei, M.S. candidate, 2019 to present

Jia Huang, M.S. candidate, 2017 to present

Committee co-chair for:

Zhongpeng Wang, M. S., 2019

Weijie Wan, M. S., 2018

Guangqian Du, M. S., 2017

Denghui Li, M. S., 2017

Committee member for:

Chuan Xie, Ph. D. candidate, 2019 to present

Congwen Shan, Ph. D. candidate, 2015 to present

Shuangzhao Li, Ph. D. candidate, 2017 to present

Zhiqiang Su, Ph. D. candidate, 2017 to present

Academic service

2022 Ocean Sciences Meeting Vice Chair Committee, American Geophysical Union, 2020

AGU Advances Editor-in-Chief Search Committee member, 2019

Session Chair for the 2015 Chinese Polar Science Meeting

Peer reviewers for:

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans 

Geophysical Research Letters

Ocean Modelling

Journal of Marine Systems

Ocean Dynamics

PLoS One

Journal of Meteorological Research

Acta Oceanologica Sinica

Advances in Polar Science

Journal of Ocean Engineering and Science

Journal of Marine Sciences

Journal of China East Normal University

School and University service

School:

Graduate and undergraduate program development committee member

Physical oceanography student recruitment committee member

SJTU:

National Laboratory for Ocean Science and Technology Development Working Group member

National Ocean Engineering Research Center Development Working Group member

Large Facility Development in Naval Architecture and Ocean Engineering Working Group member

Reviewer Award, Journal of Meteorological Research, 2019

Teaching Award, second class, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, 2019