Qun Zhang earned his 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 100+ papers (as a PI) in peer-reviewed journals [including 57 in the Nature-Index Journals, such as ACIE (12), AM (9), JACS (11), JPCL (16), NComm (1), NL (1), PRL (1), and SA (1)]. As of October 2025, the total citations of his journal publications (190+) exceeded 14800 (w/o self-citations) with an H-Index of 51 (according to Clarivate Web of Science). He was a Highly Cited Researcher (Cross-Field, 2025) according to Clarivate Analytics. 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 (HFNRC) & Hefei National Laboratory (HFNL).

[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