2014-2019, Co-PI.

Education:

1.      2008/12, Ph.D. in Mathematics/ Minor in Computational Science, Penn State University.

2.      2003/12, Master in Computational Mathematics, Chinese Academy of Sciences.

3.      1997/07, B.S. in Computational Mathematics, Peking University, China.

Research interests:

1.      Scientific computing and numerical methods of Partial Differential Equations

2.      Computational biology

3.      Computational materials science

Experience：

2013/06 - Present, Associate Professor, Beijing International Center for Mathematical Research, Peking University, China

2012/07 – 2013/06, Assistant Professor, Department of Mathematics, City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong.

2009/08 – 2012/06, Visiting Assistant Professor, Department of Mathematics, University of California, Irvine.

2009/01 – 2009/08, Postdoctoral Researcher, Department of Mathematics, Penn State University.

Selected publications:

1.Lingxia Qiao#, Wei Zhao#, Chao Tang*, Qing Nie*, Lei Zhang*, Network Topologies That Can Achieve Dual Function of Adaptation and Noise Attenuation, Cell Systems 9, 1–15, 2019.

2. Yucen Han, Zirui Xu, An-Chang Shi*,Lei Zhang*. Pathways connecting two opposed bilayers with a fusion pore: A molecularly-informed phase field approach, Soft Matter 2020, DOI: 10.1039/C9SM01983A.

3. Bihai Shi#, Xiaolu Guo#, Ying Wang, Ken-ichiro Hayashi, Jinzhi Lei, Lei Zhang*, Yuling Jiao*, Feedback from Lateral Organs Controls Shoot Apical Meristem Growth by Modulating Auxin Transport, Developmental Cell, 44, 204-216, 2018.

4.Weikang Wang#, Kuan Tao#, Jin Wang, Gen Yang, Qi Ouyang, Yugang Wang, Lei Zhang*, Feng Liu*, Exploring the inhibition effect of membrane tension on cell polarization, PLoS Comput Biol 13(1): e1005354. doi:10.1371/ journal.pcbi.1005354, 2017.

5. Lei Zhang, Qiang Du, Zhenzhen Zheng, Optimization-based Shrinking Dimer Method for Finding Transition States, SIAM Journal on Scientific Computing 38:1, A528-A544, 2016.

Funding support

The Recruitment Program of Global Youth Experts, RMB 2,000K, 2012-2015, PI.

NSFC Major Project Plan, RMB 3,5000K, 2015-2019, Co-PI.

NSFC Asia 3 Foresight Program, RMB 4,000K,