2010 - Present, Assistant Professor, Department of Physics, Xiamen University, Xiamen, Fujian, China
2007 - 2010, Post-doc, Chemistry Department, University of Nevada, Las Vegas, NV, USA
2002 - 2007, Ph. D., Physics Department, Boston University, Boston, MA, USA
1998 - 2001, Master, Physics Department, Peking University, Beijing, China
1994 – 1998, Bachelor, Physics Department, Peking University, Beijing, China

Yufeng Zhang, Nanying Lin, Yaping Li, Xiaodan Wang, Huiqiong Wang, Junyong Kang, Regan Wilks, Marcus Bär, and Rui Mu, The isotype ZnO/SiC heterojunction prepared by molecular beam epitaxy - A chemical inert interface with significant band discontinuities, Scientific Reports 6, 23106 (2016);
Rui Mu, Alexander Steigert, Nanying Lin, Regan Wilks, Marcus Bär，and Yufeng Zhang, The chemical structure of the ZnO/SiC heterointerface as revealed by electron spectroscopies, J. Phys. D: Appl. Phys. 48, 305304 (2015);
Tie-Yu L, Jin-Cheng Zheng, and Yufeng Zhang, Degenerate Effect on the Mobility of Holes in Graphane: A Study Based on Density Functional Theory Coupled with Deformation Potential Theory, ChemPhysChem 16, 3015 (2015);
Weiqing Lin, Tien-Mo Shih, Jin-Cheng Zheng, Yufeng Zhang, and Jincan Chen, Coupling of temperatures and power outputs in hybrid photovoltaic and thermoelectric modules, International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer 74, 121 (2014);
T. Hofmann, T.H. Yu, M. Folse, L. Weinhardt, M. Bär, Y. Zhang, B.V. Merinov, D.J. Myers, W.A. Goddard III, and C. Heske, Using Photoelectron Spectroscopy and Quantum Mechanics to Determine d-Band Energies of Metals for Catalytic Applications, J. Phys. Chem. C 116, 24016 (2012);
Y. Zhang, G. Gajjala, T. Hofmann, L. Weinhardt, M. Bär, C. Heske, M. Seelmann-Eggebert, and D.Meisen, “X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy study of the chemical interaction at the Pd/SiC interface”, J. Appl. Phys. 108, 093702 (2010).
S. Pookpanratana, X. Liu, N. R. Paudel, L. Weinhardt, M. Bär, Y. Zhang, F. Khan, M. Blum, W. Yang, A. Compaan, and C. Heske, “Effects of post-deposition treatments on surfaces of CdTe/CdS solar cells”, Appl. Phys. Lett. 97, 172109 (2010).
S. Pookpanratana, I. Repins, M. Bär, L. Weinhardt, Y. Zhang, R. Felix, M. Blum, W. Yang, and C. Heske, “CdS/Cu(In,Ga)Se2 interface formation in high-efficiency thin film solar cells”, Appl. Phys. Lett. 97, 074101 (2010).
M. Bär, M. Wimmer, R.G. Wilks, M. Roczen, D. Gerlach, F. Ruske, K. Lips, B. Rech, L. Weinhardt, M. Blum, S. Pookpanratana, S. Krause, Y. Zhang, C. Heske, W. Yang, and J.D. Denlinger, “Impact of solid-phase crystallization of amorphous silicon on the chemical structure of the buried Si/ZnO thin film solar cell interface”, Appl. Phys. Lett. 97, 072105 (2010).
S. Pookpanratana, R. France, M. Blum, A. Bell, M. Bär, L. Weinhardt, Y. Zhang, T. Hofmann, O. Fuchs, W. Yang, J. D. Denlinger, S. Mulcahy, T. D. Moustakas, and C. Heske, “Chemical structure of vanadium-based contact formation on n-AlN”, J. Appl. Phys. 108, 024906 (2010).
M. Bär, N. Barreau, F. Couzinié-Devy, S. Pookpanratana, J. Klaer, M. Blum, Y. Zhang, W. Yang, J.D. Denlinger, H.-W. Schock, L. Weinhardt, J. Kessler, and C. Heske, “Non-destructive depth-resolved spectroscopic investigation of the heavily intermixed In2S3/Cu(In,Ga)Se2 interface”, Appl. Phys. Lett. 96, 184101 (2010).
I. Tran, R. Felix, M. Bär, L. Weinhardt, Y. Zhang, and C. Heske, “Oxidation of Titanium-Decorated Single-Walled Carbon Nanotubes and Subsequent Reduction by Lithium”, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 132, 5789-5792 (2010).
L. F. J. Piper, S. W. Cho, Y. Zhang, A. DeMasi, K.E. Smith, A. Matsuura, and C. McGuinness, “Soft X-Ray Spectroscopy Study of the Element and Orbital Contributions to the Electronic Structure of Copper Hexadecafluoro-Phthalocyanine (F16CuPc)”, Phys. Rev. B 81, 045201 (2010)
M. Blum, L. Weinhardt, O. Fuchs, M. Bär, Y. Zhang, M. Weigand, S. Krause, S. Pookpanratana, T. Hofmann, W. Yang, J. D. Denlinger, E. Umbach, and C. Heske “Solid And Liquid Spectroscopic Analysis (SALSA) – a soft x-ray spectroscopy synchrotron endstation with a novel flow-through liquid cell”, Rev. Sci. Instrum. 80, 123102 (2009)
I. Reid, Y. Zhang, A. Demasi, A. Blaser, L.F.J. Piper, J. Downes, G. Hughes and K.E. Smith, “Electronic Structure of the Organic Semiconductor Copper Tetraphenylporphyrin (CuTPP)”, App. Surf. Sci. 256, 720 (2009).
Y. Zhang, S.Wang, A. Demasi, A.Y. Matsuura, and K.E. Smith, “Soft X-ray spectroscopy study of electronic structure in the organic semiconductor titanyl phthalocyanine (TiO-Pc)”, J. Mater. Chem. 18, 1792 (2008)
I. Reid, Y. Zhang, A. DeMasi, G. Hughes, and K.E. Smith, "Electronic Structure Characterization of Ultra Low-k Carbon Doped Oxide using Soft X-Ray Emission Spectroscopy", Thin Solid Films 516, 4851 (2008).
A. DeMasi, L.F.J. Piper, Y. Zhang, I. Reid, S. Wang, K.E. Smith, J.E. Downes, N. Peltekis, C. McGuinness, and A. Matsuura, “Electronic Structure of the Organic Semiconductor Alq3 (aluminumtris-8-hydroxyquinoline) from Soft X-ray Spectroscopies and Density Functional Theory Calculations”, J. Chem. Phys. 129, 224705 (2008)
X. Wang, N.N. Kariuki, S. Niyogi, M. Smith, D.J. Myers, T. Hofmann, Y. Zhang, M. Bär, and C. Heske, Bimetallic Palladium-Base Metal Nanoparticle Oxygen Reduction Electrocatalysts”, Proceedings of the Electrochemical Society (ECS), 2008 Fall Meeting, Honolulu, HI. ECS Transactions 16, 109-119 (2008).
T. Learmonth, P.-A. Glans, C. McGuinness, L. Plucinski, Y. Zhang, J.-H. Guo, M. Greenblatt, K.E. Smith, “Electronic Structure of the 1D Conductor K0.3MoO3 studied using Resonant Inelastic X-ray Scattering and Soft X-ray Emission Spectroscopy." , J. Phys. Cond. Mat. 20, 415219 (2008)
Y. Zhang, T. Learmonth, S. Wang, A.Y. Matsuura, J. Downes, L. Plucinski, S. Bernardis, C. O'Donnell, and K.E. Smith, “Electronic Structure of the Organic Semiconductor Vanadyl Phthalocyanine (VO-Pc)”, J. Mater. Chem. 17, 1276 (2007)
Y. Zhang, J.E. Downes, S. Wang, T. Learmonth, L. Plucinski, A.Y. Matsuura, C. McGuinness, P.-A. Glans, S. Bernardis, C. O'Donnell, and K.E. Smith, “Electronic Structure in Thin Film Organic Semiconductors studied using Soft X-Ray Emission and Resonant Inelastic X-Ray Scattering”, Thin Solid Films 515, 394 (2006)
L. Colakerol, T.D. Veal, H.-K. Jeong, L. Plukinski, A. DeMasi, S. Wang, Y. Zhang, L.F.J. Piper, P.H. Jefferson, A. Fedorov, T.C. Chen, T. D. Moustakas, C.F. McConville, and K.E. Smith, “Quantized Electron Accumulation States in Indium Nitride”, Phys. Rev. Lett. 97, 237601 (2006)
L. Colakerol, P.-A. Glans, L. Plucinski, Y. Zhang, K.E. Smith, A. A. Zakharov, R. Nyholm, J. Cabalu and T. D. Moustakas, “Resonant Photoemission at the Ga 3p photothreshold in InxGa1-xN”, J. Elec. Spectroscopy Rel. Phenom. 152, 25 (2006)
L. Plucinski, L. Colakerol, S. Bernardis, Y. Zhang, S. Wang, C.O'Donnell, K. E. Smith, I. Friel and T. D. Moustakas, “Photoemission study of sulfur and oxygen adsorption on GaN(0001)”, Surf. Sci. 600, 116 (2006)
Y. Zhang, S. Wang, T. Learmonth, L. Plucinski, A.Y. Matsuura, S. Bernardis, C. O'Donnell, J.E. Downes, and K.E. Smith, “Electronic Structure of Vanadium Oxide Phthalocyanine Studied via X-Ray Emission and Resonant Inelastic X-Ray Scattering”, Chem. Phys. Lett. 413, 95 (2005)
Y. Zhang, F. Zhang, Q. Gao, D. Yu, X. Peng, and Z. Lin, “Synthesis of Nano-Crystalline Diamond Film in Hot Filament Chemical Vapour Deposition by Adding Ar”, Chin. Phys. Lett. 18, 286 (2001)
Y. Zhang, F. Zhang, Q. Gao, X. Peng, and Z. Lin, “The roles of argon addition in the hot filament chemical vapor deposition system”, Diamond and Related Materials 10, 1523 (2001)
F. Zhang, Y. Zhang, Q. Gao, S. Zhang, T. Lin, X. Peng, and Z. Lin, “Synthesis of Nano-crystalline Diamond Films”, Chin. Phys. Lett. 17, 376 (2000)

2013, PI: Spectroscopic studies of the electronic and chemical structure of amorphous silicon carbide, Natural Science Foundation of Fujian Province of China
2013, PI: Study of electronic structures of transparent conducting oxides, the Fundamental Research Funds for Central Universities of China
2016, PI: Study of amorphous silicon carbide by x-ray spectroscopies, the Fundamental Research Funds for Central Universities of China
2012, Co-PI: SOFTCO – Studying, optimizing, and functionalizing of TCOs in thin-film photovoltaic device structures, the Robert-Bosch Stiftung Sustainable Partners project
2013, Co-PI: Local structures and spin-orbital orders of strained perovskite cobalt oxide films studied by grazing incidence fluorescence XAFS, National Natural Science Foundation of China
2014, Co-PI: Transport and diffusion in low-dimensional systems, the State Key Program of National Natural Science Foundation of China
2015, Co-PI: Multi-scale life prediction method based on crack initiation from inclusions, National Natural Science Foundation of China

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