Beijing Institute of Technology
China
Dr. Xuan ZHANG is an Associate Professor in the Department of Energy and Power Engineering, School of Mechanical Engineering, Beijing Institute of Technology (BIT). He received his B.S. and Ph.D. degrees from Beijing Institute of Technology and Tsinghua University (THU) in 2014 and 2019, and then worked at Nanyang Technological University (NTU) as a Postdoctoral Research Fellow before joining Beijing Institute of Technology in 2022.
Dr. ZHANG focuses on the mechanisms and applications of heat/mass transfer and fluid flow coupling processes, especially phase change problems (e.g., icing/frosting/freezing, condensation/evaporation/boiling, solidification/melting). He has published/co-authored 120+ SCI journal papers on Science, Nature Communications, Cell Reports Physical Science, Advanced Science, Advanced Functional Materials, Nano Letters, Nano Energy, ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, Chemical Engineering Journal, International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer, Applied Thermal Engineering, Journal of Colloid and Interface Science, Physics of Fluids, Applied Physics Letters (with 50+ papers being first/corresponding authors and 10 selected as ESI Highly Cited/Hot, Featured, Editor’s Pick, Front Cover, and CNKI Highly Cited papers) and 5 books/chapters, given 10 invited reports in conferences, and applied for/authorized 20+ patents and 10+ software. His works have been cited by 3200+ times in Google Scholar with a h-index of 32 and have been reported 50+ times by famous science and technology media, such as The New York Times, EurekAlert! (a news website operated by the American Association for the Advancement of Science), Phys.org and Tech Xplore (two branches of Science X Network focusing on science and technology), Scienmag, Bioengineer, People's Daily, and China Science Daily. He has also been granted several talent programs, such as Young Elite Scientist Sponsorship Program by Beijing Municipal Association for Science and Technology, International Postdoctoral Exchange Fellowship Program, Postdoctoral Supporting Program by Tsinghua University, and listed among the World’s Top 2% Scientists by Stanford University/Elsevier (since 2023) and the 0.5% Top Scholars by ScholarGPS Rankings (since 2025).
