with C.-J. Liu, M. Ma, and D. Wu, Unstable mode around the 3D boundary layer flow. arXiv. 2509.06089.
with S. Li and T. Yang, Structural stability of subsonic boundary layers in the entire subsonic regime. Arch. Ration. Mech. Anal., 2026
Z. Zhang, Spectral stability of boundary layers in the inhomogeneous fluids, CPAA, Special Issue on Hydrodynamic Stability and Boundary layers, 2026
With R.-J. Duan, Solutions to a moving boundary problem on the Boltzmann equation, J. Statistical Physics, 192 (10), 1-37, 2025.
with T. Yang, Linear instability analysis on compressible Navier-Stokes equations with strong boundary layer, Arch. Ration. Mech. Anal., 247, 2023.
with C.-J. Liu and T. Yang, Validity of Prandtl expansions for steady MHD in the Sobolev framework, SIAM. J. Math. Anal. 55 (3) 2377-2410, 2023.
with C.-J. Liu and T. Yang, Analysis of the Tollmien-Schlichting wave in the Prandtl-Hartmann regime, J. Math. Pure. Appl. 165, 58-105, 2022.
with R.-J. Duan, S.-Q. Liu and T. Yang, Heat transfer problem for the Boltzmann equation in a channel with diffusive boundary condition. Chin. Ann. Math, Ser. B, (2022), Dedicated to the Memory of Professor Chaohao Gu.
with R.-J. Duan, and S.-Q. Liu, Ion-acoustic shock in a collisional plasma, J. Differential Equations 269 (2020), 3721-3768.
with R.-J. Duan, F.-M. Huang and Y. Wang, Effects of soft interaction and non-isothermal boundary upon long-time dynamics of rarefied gas, Arch. Ration. Mech. Anal. 234 (2019), 925-1006.
Z. Zhang, Instability in a Vlasov-Fokker-Planck binary mixture, J. Differential Equations 266 (2019), 1514-1535.
PI. General Research Fund, Hong Kong RGC, No. 15300026. (2026)
PI. General Research Fund, Hong Kong RGC, No. 15300225. (2025)
PI. General Research Fund, Hong Kong RGC, No. 15300024. (2024)
PI. Early Career Scheme, Hong Kong RGC, No. 25303523. (2023)
Co-I. General Research Fund, Hong Kong RGC, No. 11318822. (2022)
Invited speaker at HYP2024 (19th International Conference on Hyperbolic Problems).
HKMS Young Scholars Award, Hong Kong Mathematical Society (2024)
Best Thesis Award, Hong Kong Mathematical Society, 2020.
I serve as a referee for the following journals:
J. London Math. Soc., J. Differential Equations, Science China Math., SIAM J. Math. Anal., Kinetic and Related Models, among others.
I serve as an external examiner for Ph. D thesis: Shanghai Jiao Tong University (2026)