Jin Zhong Zhang

Information

Distinguished Professor of Chemistry
Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry
University of California
1156 High Street
Santa Cruz, CA 95064
(831)-459-3776 (office)
(831)-459-3912 (lab)
(831)-459-2935 (FAX)
zhang@ucsc.edu

Education

1992, Postdoctoral Fellows, UC Berkeley
1989, Ph.D., Physical Chemistry, University of Washington, Seattle
1983, B.S., Chemistry, Fudan University, Shanghai, PRC

Experience and Major Services

2023-present, Editorial board member, Energy Science and Engineering, Wiley&Sons
2021-present, Associate Editor of ACS Physical Chemistry Au
2020-present, UC Distinguished Professor
2020-present, Executive Editor of J. Physical Chemistry Letters/ACS

2018-present, Editorial board member of ACS Applied Nano Materials
2018-2020, Senior Editor of J. Physical Chemistry Letters/ACS
2004-2020, Full Professor, University of California at Santa Cruz
2006-2009, Graduate Director, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, UCSC
2004-2018, Senior Editor of J. Physical Chemistry/ACS
2011-present, Founding member of the honorary editorial board, Reports in Theoretical Chemistry
2010-present, Member of Editorial Board, Journal of Nanoscience Letters
2009-present, Member of Editorial Board, Acta Phys Chim Sinica
2008-2016, Member of Editorial Board, Science China Chemistry
2008-present, Member of Advisory Editorial Board, Science of Advanced Materials
2008-2012, Member of Editorial Board, Open Journal of International Journal of Spectroscopy
2008-present, Member of Editorial Board, Open Journal of Physical Chemistry
1998-2004, Associate Professor, University of California at Santa Cruz
Jan-March 2000, Visiting Scholar, Stanford University
May-Sept. 2000, Visiting Scholar, Bell Labs, Lucent
1992-1998, Assistant Professor, University of California at Santa Cruz
1989-1992, Postdoctoral Research Fellow, University of California, Berkeley
Feb-March 1992, Visiting Scientist, AT&T Bell Laboratories, Murray Hill
1984-1989, Research/Teaching Assistant, University of Washington, Seattle

Awards/Honors/Memberships

2024 Inaugural Highly Ranked Scholar by ScholarGPS (top 0.05% of all scholars worldwide) and highly ranked scholar-lifetime (#24 in Nanostructure and #142 in Physical Chemistry).
2023 Achievements Award of Multiscale Functional Materials, International symposium on advances in multiscale functional materials, Chinese Academy of Sciences Shenzhen Institute of Advanced Technologies.
2023 Ranked 316th in the top scientists in materials science in the USA (conducted by research.com)
2021 Materials Scientists Award, International Conferences on Materials: Advanced and Emerging Materials, Chinese Academy of Sciences Shenzhen Institute of Advanced Technologies.
2020 Elected Fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry
2019 Highly Cited Researchers (top1%) and Researcher with Cross-field Impact, Clarivate Analytics and Web of Science.
2018 Highly Cited Researchers (top1%), Clarivate Analytics and Web of Science.
2014 The Richard A. Glenn Award from the ENFL Division of ACS
2011 Elected Fellow of the American Chemical Society
2009 Elected Fellow of the American Physical Society
2009-present, Adjunct Professor of Beijing Institute of Science and Technology
2009-present, Adjunct Professor of Nanyang University of Science and Technology, Nanyang, Henan, China
2007 Elected Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
2008-present, Adjunct Professor of Nanjing University, Nanjing, China.
2006-present, Guest Professor, Northeast Normal University, Changchun, China
2007-2009, Overseas Young Investigator Award, NSF of China, Sponsored by Tsinghua University, Beijing, China
2005-2007, Senior Visiting Scholar, Fudan University, Shanghai, China
2006-present, Member of AAAS
1991-present, Member of the American Chemical Society
1988-present, Member of the American Physical Society
1984-85, Doering Chemistry Graduate Program (CGP) Fellowship, University of Washington, Seattle
1983, Recipient of CGP Award by the Chinese Education Commission
1983, Outstanding Student Award, Fudan University, China

Current Group Members (graduate students and postdoctors only)

MariamKhvichia
David Zeitz
Heng Zhang
Kevin Chou
Celia Todd
Vivien Cherrette

Past Group Members (graduate students and postdoctors only)

Dr. Melissa Guarino-Hotz
Dr. A’Lester Allen (currently postdoctor at University of Illinois Chicago)
Dr. Ke Xu (visiting student, currently in Guangzhou, China)
Dr. Evan Vickers
Dr. Yi-Hsuan Chiu (visiting student, National Chiao Tung University, Taiwan)
Longshi Rao (visiting South China University of Technology, now Professor of Shantou University, China)
Dr. Sara Bonabi, Intel
Dr. Sarah Lindley, Coreless Inc.
Dr. Staci Adams
Ghada Abdelmageed
Dr. Binbin Luo, currently Professor at Shantou University
Dr. Bob Fitzmorris, currently postdoctor at Oregon State University
Dr. Damon Wheeler, currently at IPG Photonics
Liat Zanodivker, MS
Dr. Jason Cooper, currently postdoctor at LBNL
Dr. Sheraz Gul, currently postdoctor at LBNL
Dr. Tzarara Luke-Lopez, currently at Institute of Optics, Leon, Mexico
Dr. Nadya Rozanova
Dr. Carley Corrado, currently postdoctor at UCSC, physics
Dr. Rebecca Newhouse, currently California Council of Science and Technology
Dr. Jenny Hensel, currently postdoctor at University of Oregon
Dr. Tammy Olson, currently at Lawrence Livermore National Lab
Dr. Abe Wolcott, assistant professor at SJSU
Dr. Leo Seballos, assistant professor of College of Saint Benedict and Saint John’s University
Dr. Adam Schwartzberg, currently at Sandia National Lab
Dr. Thaddeus Norman, Jr., currently at SRI.
Dr. Chris Grant, currently at LLNL.
Dr. Fanxin Wu, currently at SRI
Dr. Sarah Gerhardt, Assistant professor of Monterey Penisula College
Dr. Melissa Kreger
Dr. Mike Brelle, currently Professor at Sierra College, CA
Dr. Brian Smith
Dr. Archita Sengupta, currently at Intel
Dr. Greg Smestad, Sol Ideas
Dr. Nerine Cherepy, currently at Lawrence Livermore National Lab.
Dr. Trevor Roberti
Dr. Lori Howe
Janet McGowen, MS, currently at Intel.