Qun Zhang earned a PhD in chemical physics from the University of Science and Technology of China (USTC) in 1999. After a seven-year stint as a postdoctoral fellow & research associate with the late professor Moshe Shapiro (1944–2013) at the Weizmann Institute of Science (2000–2003) and the University of British Columbia (2003–2007), he joined USTC working initially on gas-phase molecular spectroscopy & reaction dynamics [with 30 papers (as a PI) published in peer-reviewed journals]. Since 2011, he has been devoted to establishing a USTC Ultrafast Laser Laboratory (UULL) from scratch and then focusing his research on condensed-phase ultrafast spectroscopy & dynamics. In this topical field, he has authored 90 papers (as a PI) in peer-reviewed journals [including 51 in the Nature-Index Journals such as JACS/ACIE/AM (28), PRL/APL/NL/JPCL (17), and NComm/SA (2)]. As of November 2024, the total citation of his journal publications is 13000+ (H-Index: 48, according to the Clarivate™ Web of Science). Currently, he holds a position of chair professor at USTC and he is also an adjunct PI in Hefei National Research Center for Physical Sciences at the Microscale (HFNRC) & Hefei National Laboratory (HFNL).

[1] Ph.D. in Chemical Physics, USTC

[1] 2022–present, Chair Professor, USTC

[2] 2014–present, Professor, USTC

[3] 2007–2014, Associate Professor, USTC

[4] 2003–2007, Postdoctoral Fellow & Research Associate, University of British Columbia

[5] 2000–2003, Postdoctoral Fellow, Weizmann Institute of Science