I'm currently a postdoc research fellow at department of Mechanical Engineering, Carnegie Mellon University. Prior to joining CMU, I got my bachelor's degree from Zhejiang University in 2010, master's degree from Tsinghua University in 2012 and Ph.D. degree from The Pennsylvania State University in 2017, all from the department of Materials Science and Engineering.

Research Interests

• Phase-field simulations
• Multiscale modelling
• Li-ion battery, solid electrolyte, dendrite formation mechanism
• Multiferroic materials, mainly oxide heterostructures
• Topological phase transition in ferroelectric thin films and superlattices

Education

• Ph.D., Materials Science and Engineering, 2013.1-2017.8

Penn State University, University Park, PA, USA

Advisor: Dr. Long-Qing Chen

• M.S., Materials Science and Engineering, 2010.9-2012.7

Tsinghua University, Beijing, China

Advisor: Dr. Zilong Tang

• B.S., Materials Science and Engineering, 2006.9-2010.7

Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China

Working Experience

• Postdoc Research Fellow, Department of Mechanical Engineering, 2017.8-

Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA, USA

Supervisor: Dr. Venkat Viswanathan

• Research Assistant, Department of Materials Science and Engineering, 2012.7-2013.1

Tsinghua University, Beijing, China

Professional Activities

• Reviewer for Scientific Reports, Journal of Applied Physics, npj Computational Materials, RSC Advances, etc.
• Local organizing committee for the 3rd international symposium on phase-field method 2014
• Poster judge for 2017 Electrochemical energy symposium, PQI2018

Selected Publications

1. Z. Hong, J. Britson, J. Hu, L. Chen, Local 90° switching in Pb(Zr0.2Ti0.8)O3 thin film: Phase-field modeling,

Acta Materialia, 2014, 73(C), 75-82.

2. A. Yadav, C. Nelson, S. Hsu, Z. Hong, J. Clarkson, C. Schlepüetz, A. Damodaran, P. Shafer, E. Arenholz, L. Dedon,

D. Chen, A. Vishwanath, A. Minor, L. Chen, J. Scott, L. Martin, R. Ramesh, Observation of polar vortices in

oxide superlattices, Nature, 2016, 530, 198–201.

3. Z. Hong, A. Damodaran, F. Xue, S. Hsu, J. Britson, A. Yadav, C. Nelson, J. Wang, J. Scott, L. Martin, R. Ramesh,

L. -Q. Chen, Stability of Polar Vortex Lattice in Ferroelectric Superlattices, Nano Letters, 2017, 17 (4), pp 2246–2252.

4. A. Damodaran, J. Clarkson, Z. Hong, H. Liu, A. Yadav, C. Nelson, S. Hsu, M. McCarter, K. Park, V. Kravtsov,

A. Farhan, Y. Dong, Z. Cai, H. Zhou, P. Aguado-Puente, P. García-Fernández, J. Íñiguez, J. Junquera, A. Scholl,

M. Raschke, L. Chen, D. Fong, R. Ramesh, L. Martin, Phase coexistence and electric-field control of toroidal order

in oxide superlattices, Nature Materials, 2017, 16, 1003–1009.

5. Z. Hong, L. -Q. Chen, Blowing Polar Skyrmion Bubbles in Oxide Superlattices, Acta Materialia, 2018, 152, 155-161.

Full list of publications can be found in my Google Scholar