Associate Professor, Department of Physics, Southern University of Science and Technology. His primary research areas focus on high-pressure physics, solid-state batteries, and clathrate hydrates, encompassing quantum, energy, and environment-related functional materials. He has long utilized Large Research Infrastructure—including neutron instruments and synchrotron radiation beamlines, to conduct systematic investigations on the structure and properties of advanced materials. He is responsible for the construction and operation of High-Pressure Neutron Diffractometer (CSNS-BL15) and the Extreme Conditions Research Platform of Major Science and Technology Infrastructure Project of Material Genome Big-science Facilities Platform supported by Municipal Development and Reform Commission of Shenzhen. He has led and participated in numerous national and provincial research projects, including NSFC General Programs and NSFC/RGC  Joint Research Scheme, the National Key R&D Program for Basic Research of China, Guangdong Provincial Quantum Science Strategic Initiative Projects and Guang dong Basic and Applied Basic Research Programs, Shenzhen Peacock Team Projects, and Shenzhen Fundamental Research Program. He has also contributed to key projects hosted by the Key Laboratories of the Ministry of Education, the Guangdong–Hong Kong–Macao Joint Laboratory, and Guangdong Provincial and Shenzhen Municipal Key Laboratories. To date, he has secured and managed research funding totaling approximately RMB 30 million. He has published over 280 journal articles, authored 2 academic monographs, and contributed to the drafting of 1 industry standard. His publications have accumulated over 7,300 citations, with an h-index of 44. He has filed or authorized more than 60 patents. He serves as a Council Member of the Chinese Crystallographic Society, a Young Editorial Board Member of *Chinese Journal of High Pressure Physics*, Deputy Director of the Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Energy Materials for Electric Power, and a Member of the User Committees for both the Hefei Steady High Magnetic Field Facility and Synergetic Extreme Condition User Facility at Huairou.

• High-Pressure Physics

• High-Pressure Neutron and Synchrotron Radiation Studies

• Solid-State Batteries

• Natural Gas Hydrates

-2009. Ph. D. in Condensed Matter Physics, Institute of Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China.

Advisor: Changqing Jin

Dissertation: “High Pressure tuned functional ceramics”

-2004, B. S. in Materials Science and Engineering, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China.

Jun 2019- present, Associate Professor, Department of Physics, Southern University of Science and Technology, Shenzhen China

Dec 2016- Jun 2019, Staff Scientist, Center for High Pressure Science and Technology Advanced Research (HPSTAR), Beijing China

May 2015- Nov 2016, Associate Research Fellow, University of Nevada Las Vegas, NV USA

Jan 2014- May 2015, Joint Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Nevada and HPSynC, Argonne National Laboratory, USA

Aug 2010-Dec 2013, Postdoctoral Fellow, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, NM, USA

Aug 2012-Jan 2015, Associate Research Fellow, Institute of Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China

May 2009-Aug 2012, Assistant Research Fellow, Institute of Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China

The 13rd “Thousand talents” Young program, 2017

1) Y. Li, Y. Luo, X. Yao, Y. Bai, J. Wang, J. Zhu*, “Phase diagram of CuInP2S6 across wide temperature and pressure ranges”, APPLIED PHYSICS REVIEWS 12 (2025)

2) Xiaodong Yao, Yinxin Bai, Cheng Jin, Xinyu Zhang, Qunfei Zheng, Zedong Xu, Lang Chen, Shanmin Wang, Ying Liu, Junling Wang*, Jinlong Zhu* “Anomalous polarization enhancement in a van der Waals ferroelectric material under pressure” Nature Communications 14 4301 (2023)

3) M. Zheng, X. Xu, X. Wang*, H. Lin, C. Hou, M. Khan, J. Zhu*, S. Han*, “Vapor Deposition Engineering for Thin-Film Microbatteries: From Nanoscale Ionics to Interface-Integrated Architectures”, Nano-Micro Lett 18 (2026)

4) B. Hong, L. Gao*, B. Zhang, P. Nan, R. Zhang, Y. Li, Z. Lei, M. Liu, J. Wu, L. Di, H. Ni, S. Han*, J. Zhu*, “Nitrogen-triggered amorphization enables high-performance solid-state electrolytes”, Energ Environ Sci (2025)

5) Pengfei Wang, Yun Li, Ningru Sun, Songbai Han, Xiaomeng Wang, Qinqin Su, Yanjun Li, Jian He, Xiaohui Yu*, Shiyu Du*, Joseph S. Francisco*, Jinlong Zhu*, Yusheng Zhao, “Hydrate Technologies for CO2 Capture and Sequestration: Status and Perspectives” Chemical Reviews DOI: 10.1021/acs.chemrev.2c00777 (2024)