Dr. Zhang's research focuses on photochemistry of small gas-phase molecules and free radicals, high-temperature reaction mechanisms of hydrocarbon fuels and chemical vapor deposition precursors, atmospheric chemical reaction mechanisms, analytical instrumentation development, and air pollutant measurements.
Dr. Zhang received a Camille and Henry Dreyfus New Faculty Award in 1996 and was an Alfred P. Sloan Research Fellow in 2001-2003. He served on the Executive Committee of the Physical Chemistry Division, American Chemical Society in 2006-2009.