研究方向包括: 微纳界面流体力学、流动稳定性和流体力学中的（随机）偏微分方程数值分析方法，提出纳尺度界面流体涨落动力学的理论和计算模型，相关成果发表在JFM, PRF, PRE, PoF等流体力学权威期刊上，并被Physics Today等科普媒体报道。获批计算流体力学软件著作权三项。研究得到国自然青年项目、博士后引进项目、博士后面上项目、非线性力学国家重点实验室基金等项目资助。

代表性论文：

1. Zhao C, Qiao R, Mu K, et al. Inertia and slip effects on the instability of a liquid film coated on a fibre. Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 2024, 982: A13.

2. Zhao C, Zhang Y, Si T. Slip-enhanced Rayleigh–Plateau instability of a liquid film on a fibre. Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 2023, 954: A46.

3. Zhao C, Sprittles J E, Lockerby D A. Revisiting the Rayleigh–Plateau instability for the nanoscale. Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 2019, 861: R3.

4. Qiao R, Zhao C, Ding Z, et al. Velocity modulation on the linear instability of liquid jets in ambient gas. Physics of Fluids, 2024, 36(1).
   

5. Zhao C, Zhang Z, Si T. Fluctuation-driven instability of nanoscale liquid films on chemically heterogeneous substrates. Physics of Fluids, 2023, 35(7): 072016.

6. Liu J#, Zhao C#, Lockerby D A#, et al. Thermal capillary waves on bounded nanoscale thin films. Physical Review E, 2023, 107(1): 015105
   

7. Zhao C, Liu J, Lockerby D A, et al. Fluctuation-driven dynamics in nanoscale thin-film flows: physical insights from numerical investigations. Physical Review Fluids, 2022, 7(2): 024203.

8. Zhao C, Zhao J, Si T, et al. Influence of thermal fluctuations on nanoscale free-surface flows: A many-body dissipative particle dynamics study. Physics of Fluids, 2021, 33(11): 112004.

9. Dallaston M C, Zhao C, Sprittles J E, et al. Stability of similarity solutions of viscous thread pinch-off. Physical Review Fluids, 2021, 6(10): 104004.

10. Zhao C, Lockerby D A, Sprittles J E. Dynamics of liquid nanothreads: Fluctuation-driven instability and rupture. Physical Review Fluids, 2020, 5(4): 044201.

论文链接：https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Chengxi-Zhao-2