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 Prof. Moshe Shapiro 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 86 papers (as a PI) in peer-reviewed journals [including 50 in the Nature-Index Journals: Adv. Mater. (8), Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. (9), Appl. Phys. Lett. (1), Chem. Commun. (2), Chem. Sci. (1), Inorg. Chem. (1), J. Am. Chem. Soc. (10), J. Phys. Chem. Lett. (14), Nat. Commun. (1), Nano Lett. (1), Phys. Rev. Lett. (1), Sci. Adv. (1)]. As of January 2024, the total citation of his journal publications is 11000+ with an H-Index of 43. Currently, he holds a position of chair professor at USTC and is an adjunct PI in Hefei National Research Center for Physical Sciences at the Microscale & Hefei National Laboratory (HFNL). He has been admitted as a Fellow of International Association of Advanced Materials (FIAAM, 2022) in recognition for his contribution to "Analytical Methods and Spectroscopy".

[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