2003-2007 Fudan University, B. Sc. in Optical Science and Engineering

2008-2011 Georg-August-University Göttingen, B. Sc. in Physics

2011-2014 Georg-August-University Göttingen, M. Sc. in Physics

2014-2018 Georg-August-University Göttingen & Max-Planck-Institute for Dynamics and Self-organization, Dr. rer. nat. in Physics

2018-2021 Technical University of Dresden, Post-doctoral Researcher

2022-now Tongji University, Associate Professor (tenure-track)

Research interests: Dynamics on complex networks, Self-organization and collective behaviors in complex systems, Nonlinear dynamics

Selected publications:

[1] Xiaozhu Zhang*, Sarah Hallerberg, Moritz Matthiae, Dirk Witthaut, and Marc Timme*. Fluctuation-induced distributed resonances in oscillatory networks. Science Advances, 5(7):eaav1027, 2019.

[2] Xiaozhu Zhang*, Dirk Witthaut, and Marc Timme*. Topological determinants of perturbation spreading in networks. Physical Review Letters, 125:218301, Nov 2020.
[3] Xiaozhu Zhang*, Cheng Ma, and Marc Timme*. Vulnerability in dynamically driven oscillatory networks and power grids. Chaos: An Interdisciplinary Journal of Nonlinear Science, 30(6):063111, 2020.
[4] Xiaozhu Zhang* and Marc Timme. Fluctuation response patterns of network dynamics –an introduction. European Journal of Applied Mathematics, page 1–38, 2022.
[5] Xiaozhu Zhang*, Christian Kuehn*, and Sarah Hallerberg*. Predictability of critical transitions. Physical Review E, 92(5):052905, 2015.