Zhen ZHANG
Personal Information
Age: 32
1000-plan for Young Outstanding Scientists, 2017
Address: Department of Mathematics, South University of Science and Technology of China (SUSTech), Room 701, Service Center of Scientific Research and Teaching, 1088XueyuanAvenue,Xili,Nanshan, Shenzhen 518055, PR China
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Homepage: http://math.sustc.edu.cn/people_all/ZHANG%20Zhen.html?lang=en
Education
The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST)
Ph.D. of Applied Mathematics, 2013
Dissertation: The phase-field simulation for the zone melting purification process
Supervised by: Prof. Xiao-Ping Wang and Prof. Yongli Mi (CBME, HKUST)
M.Phil. of Applied Mathematics, 2009
Dissertation: Magnetization Reversal in Soft Ferromagnetic Nanowires
Supervised by: Prof. Xiao-Ping Wang
University of Science and Technology of China (USTC)
B.S. of Mathematics, 2007
Research Area
· Numerical Analysis
· Moving contact line problem of complex fluids
· Phase-field modeling and its application in zone melting purification process
· Sparse representation of data and feature selection in high dimensions
Awards
Peacock Plan, 2016
HKMS Best Thesis Award, 2015
Academic Experience
Associate Professor, Department of Mathematics, SUSTech, Mar 2017-Present.
Assistant Professor, Department of Mathematics, SUSTech, Dec 2015-Feb 2017.
Research Fellow, Department of Mathematics, National University of Singapore, Sep,2013-Nov,2015.
Visiting Scholar, HKUST, Aug, 2014.
Research Assistant, Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, HKUST, 2009-2010.
Teaching Experience
Numerical Analysis, SUSTech, 2017 Spring.
Introduction to Big Data Science, SUSTech, 2016 Fall, 2017 Spring.
Numerical PDEs, Multivariate Calculus, SUSTech, 2016 Spring.
Teaching Assistant, HKUST, 2008-2013, includes: Multivariable Calculus, Analysis, Ordinary Differential Equations, Introduction to Math of Image Processing
Publications
1. Z. Zhang, W. Q. Ren, “Simulation of moving contact lines in two-phase polymeric fluids”, Computers and Mathematics with Applications, 2016, 72(4), 1002-1012.
2. J. H. Guo, J. C. Hu, B. Y. Jing, and Z. Zhang, “Spline-Lasso in High-Dimensional Linear Regression”, Journal of the American Statistical Association, 2016, 111(53), 288-297.
3. Z. Zhang, X. P. Wang, and Y. L. Mi, “Phase-field modeling and simulation of the zone melting purification process”, SIAM Applied Math, 2014, 74(4), 1115-1135.
4. Z. Zhang, S. X. Xu, and W. Q. Ren, “Derivation of a Continuum Model and the Energy Law for Moving Contact Lines with Insoluble Surfactants”, Physics of Fluids, 2014, 26, 062103.
5. Z. Zhang, X. Y. Zhang, X. J. He, X. P. Wang, and Y. L. Mi, “Purification of phosphorus by a zero pollution zone melting technique”, Separation and Purification Technology, 2012, 98(34), 249-254.
6. Z. Zhang, W. Ren, and W. E, "The distinguished limits of Navier slip model of moving contact line problem with Stokes flow", preprint.
7. W. Bian, Z. Zhang, and D. Tao, "Sign Consistency for the Linear Programming Discriminant Rule", preprint.
8. Q. Zhang, Z. Zhang, and X.-P. Wang, "Modeling and simulation of two-phase flow with soluble surfactant with moving contact line problem", working paper.
9. Z. Zhang and W. Ren, “Effective boundary conditions for two-phase flows with moving contact lines on heterogeneous surfaces”, working paper.
10. Z. Zhang, W. Yao and W. Ren, “An effective no-slip model for two-phase flows with moving contact lines”, working paper.
11. Z. Huang, Z. Zhang, “A linear programming approach to high-dimensional Markowitz optimization problem”, working paper.
12. X. Shi, Z. Zhang, and X. Wang, “Phase-field modeling of the industrial polymer pelletizing process”, working paper.
Grants
1. 2017/01-2019/12, National Science Foundation of China (NSFC) 11601221, “Modeling and simulation of the liquid wetting with surfactants”, RMB 180,000, PI.
2. 2016/05/2017/04, Guangdong Province Key Laboratory of Computational Science 2016018, “Modeling and simulation of the liquid wetting with surfactants”, RMB 10,000, PI.
Patents
“Method for the Production of Ultrapure Phosphorus by Zone Melting in a Non-Flammable Environment, and the Apparatus Used in Such Method”, US Patent: US20110212405 A1, 2011.
Conference Presentations
“Modeling and simulation of moving contact line problems for two-phase complex fluid flow”, The General Assembly of the Guangdong Society for Computational Mathematics, Guangzhou, Nov 2016.
“Modeling and simulation of moving contact line problems for two-phase complex fluid flow”, The 10th General Assembly of the China Society for Computational Mathematics, Guangzhou, Sep 2015.
“Phase-field simulation of zone melting purification process”, The Hong Kong mathematical society annual general meeting 2015, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, May 2015.
“Modeling and simulation of moving contact line problems for two-phase complex fluid flow”, Workshop on High Performance and Parallel Computing Methods and Algorithms for Multiphase/Complex Fluids, Institute for Mathematical Sciences, National University of Singapore, March 2015.
“Derivation of a Continuum Model and the Energy Law for Moving Contact Lines with Insoluble Surfactan”, The 9th International Conference on Computational Physics, National University Of Singapore, Singapore, January 2015.
“Phase-field simulation of zone melting purification process”, IASProgram on Frontiers of Soft Matter Physics: From Non-equilibrium Dynamics to Active Matter 2014, HKUST, Hong Kong, January 2014.
Seminar Talks
Modeling and simulation of moving contact line problems for two-phase complex fluid flow, Zhejiang Sci. & Tech. University, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, April 2017.
Modeling and simulation of moving contact line problems for two-phase complex fluid flow, Tongji University, Shanghai, April 2017.
Modeling and simulation of moving contact line problems for two-phase complex fluid flow, Wuhan University, Wuhan, Hubei, Sep. 2016.
Modeling and simulation of moving contact line problems for two-phase complex fluid flow, Hunan University, Changsha, Hunan, May 2016.
Modeling and simulation of moving contact line problems for two-phase complex fluid flow, Xiangtan University, Xiangtan, Hunan, May 2016.
Modeling and simulation of moving contact line problems for two-phase complex fluid flow, Beijing University of Chemical Technology, Beijing, Apr. 2016.
Modeling and simulation of moving contact line problems for two-phase complex fluid flow, Renmin University of China, Beijing, Mar 2016.
Modeling and simulation of moving contact line problems for two-phase complex fluid flow, Shenzhen Institute of Advanced Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shenzhen, Guangdong, Jan 2016.
Modeling and simulation of moving contact line problems for two-phase complex fluid flow, Institute of Computational Mathematics and Scientific/Engineering Computing, Beijing, Dec 2015.
Modeling and simulation of moving contact line problems for two-phase complex fluid flow, Shanghai Jiaotong University, Shanghai, Dec 2015.
Modeling and simulation of moving contact line problems for two-phase complex fluid flow, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, Anhui, Apr 2015.
Phase-field simulation of zone melting purification process, Tongji University, Shanghai, March 2014.
Phase-field simulation of zone melting purification process, National University of Singapore, Singapore, February, 2014.
Phase-field models and numerical methods for zone melting process of phosphorus, University of Macau, Macau, April 2013.
Services as referee
Applied Mathematics and Mechanics
Statistical Theory and Related Fields
Journal of Computational Physics
Journal of Chemical Physics
Physics of Fluids
Discrete and Continuous Dynamical Systems - Series B