Assistant Professor, Department of Biomedical Engineering
School of Engineering and Applied Sciences & Jacobs School of Medicine & Biomedical Sciences
Dr. Zhang is an assistant professor in the Department of Biomedical Engineering at the University at Buffalo. He completed his PhD in Materials Engineering in 2013 at Auburn University, USA. From 2013 to 2023, he was a Postdoctoral Researcher in Materials Engineering at Auburn University, Postdoctoral Researcher in NanoEngineering at UC San Diego, a Research Assistant Professor in the Electronic Materials Research Laboratory (EMRL) at Xi’an Jiaotong University, and a Research Scientist at MIT Media Lab.
He has authored or co-authored more than 100 peer-reviewed articles, including Nature Electronics, Science Advances, Nature Biomedical Engineering, Advanced Materials, Nano Energy, etc. He holds four US patents and have written three book chapters. He also served as the Guest Editor for several journals. His work has been recognized by various prestigious media outlets, including ScienceDaily, Techxplore, Eurekalert, The engineer, ACM, ASME, MIT Technology Review, NIH Director's Blog, NIBIB, NIH Research Matters, NBC7 etc.
Auburn University, Materials Engineering, Ph.D.
Xi’an Jiaotong University, Microelectronics & Solid-State Electronics, M.S.
Xi’an Jiaotong University, Electronic Science and Technology, B. E.
Research Scientist, MIT Media Lab, 2019-2023
Research Assistant Professor, Xi’an Jiaotong University, 2017–2019
Postdoctoral Researcher, University of California, San Diego, 2015-2017
Postdoctoral Researcher, Auburn University, 2013-2015
Frontiers of Innovation Scholar award, University of California system, 2016
Outstanding Graduate Student Award, Auburn University, 2013
“Yao Xi Ferroelectrics” Award, 2007
“Peng Kang” Scholarship, Xi'an Jiaotong University, 2006
Member of Editorial Board for journals
Micromachines (2022 - present)
Organizer and Session Chair for conferences
The IEEE International Conference on Universal Village, 2020, 2022, and 2024
Guest Editor of Special Issues
“Biomass-Derived Nanomaterials for Energy and Environmental Applications” in Nanomaterials
“Advances in Piezoelectric Sensors, Transducers and Harvesters” Volume I and II in Micromachines
Special issue of the 2nd Applied Energy Symposium: MIT A+B (MITAB2020) in Applied Energy
“New Piezoelectric Materials and Devices: Fabrication, Structures, and Applications” in Frontiers in Materials
Journal Reviewer
Science Advances, Nature Communications, Advanced Materials, ACS Nano, Nano Research, Applied Energy, Science Bulletin, Journal of Alloy and Compounds, Applied Physics Letters, Ceramic International, Materials Letters, Smart Materials and Structures, Materials Science and Engineering B, RSC Advances, Journal of Composites, Applied Physics A, Journal of Applied Physics, IEEE Transactions on Dielectrics and Electrical Insulation etc.
Professional Members
Member, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)
Member, IEEE Ultrasonics, Ferroelectrics, and Frequency Control Society (UFFC)
Member, Acoustical Society of America (ASA)
Member, Biomedical Engineering Society (BMES)
Member, American Heart Association (AHA)