Dr. Zhang Qiyan, is currently an Assistant Professor and Distinguished Associate Researcher at the School of Electronics and Information Engineering, Shenzhen University. He also serves as a Master's supervisor. Dr. Zhang is recognized as a Shenzhen Overseas High-Level Talent (Peacock Plan, Category C) and a Shenlong Talent. He earned his Bachelor's degree from Sichuan University in 2015 and completed his Ph.D. at Tsinghua University in 2020. From 2018 to 2019, he was a visiting scholar in the Department of Electrical Engineering at Penn State University, sponsored by the China Scholarship Council. Between 2020 and 2022, Dr. Zhang worked as a Senior Engineer at Huawei's 2012 Laboratories.

Dr. Zhang has received numerous honors, including the Huawei Rising Star Award, the Huawei Minister Award, the Outstanding Doctoral Dissertation Award from Tsinghua University, the National Scholarship for Doctoral Students, the Beijing Outstanding Graduate Award, the First Prize for Outstanding Undergraduate Thesis from Sichuan University, the National Scholarship for Undergraduates, and the Sichuan University Outstanding Graduate Award. He has led five national, provincial, municipal, and university-level research projects, published over 20 SCI-indexed papers, and holds seven invention patents.

[1]2018.9-2019.9 Pennsylvania State University Visiting Scholar

[2]2015.9- 2020.6 Tsinghua University, Ph.D.

[3]2011.9- 2015.7 Sichuan University, Bachelor

[1]2022.07-Present, Shenzhen University, Assistant Professor

[2]2020.06-2022.06 Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd., Senior Engineer    

[1]Huawei Rising Star Award

[2]Huawei Minister Award

[3]Tsinghua University Outstanding Doctoral Dissertation

[4]Beijing Outstanding Graduate

[1]Flexible electronic materials and devices

[2]High-temperature film capacitor dielectrics

[3]Advanced packaging technology and materials

[1]National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC) Youth Science Fund Project, Principal Investigator, 2023-2025.

[2]Shenzhen Outstanding Scientific and Technological Innovation Talent Training Program, Principal Investigator, 2023-2025.

[3]Shenzhen High-Level Talent Research Start-up Project, Principal Investigator, 2023-2025.

[4]Guangdong Key Laboratory Development Project, Principal Investigator, 2024-2026.

[5]Shenzhen University Young Faculty Research Start-up Fund, Principal Investigator, 2023-2025.

[6]Shenzhen Key Technology Research and Development Project, Participant, 2022-2024.

[1]Qiyan Zhang*, Dongmou Li, Yueqi Zhong, Yuna Hu, Shuangwu Huang*, Shuxiang Dong, Qiming Zhang*. Low-entropy Amorphous Dielectric Polymers for High-Temperature Capacitive Energy Storage. Energy & Environmental Science, 2024, DOI: 10.1039/d4ee02455a.

[2]Zhuo Jun-Tian, Lin Ming-Hao, Zhang Qi-Yan*, Huang Shuang-Wu. Design, fabrication, and high-temperature dielectric energy storage performance of thermoplastic polyimide / aluminum oxide sandwich-structured flexible dielectric films. Acta Phys. Sin., 2024, 17: 177701.

[3]Xin Chen†, Qiyan Zhang†, Ziyu Liu, Yifei Sun, Q. M. Zhang. High dielectric response in dilute nanocomposites via hierarchical tailored polymer nanostructures. Appl. Phys. Lett., 2022, 120: 162902.

[4]Qiyan Zhang†, Xin Chen†, Bing Zhang†, Tian Zhang, Wengchang Lu, Zhe Chen, J. Bernholc, Q. M. Zhang*. High-temperature polymers with record-high breakdown strength enabled by rationally designed chain-packing behavior. Matter, 2021, 4(7): 2448-2459.

[5]Qiyan Zhang*, Xin Chen, Tian Zhang, Qiming Zhang*. Giant permittivity materials with low dielectric loss over a broad temperature range enabled by weakening intermolecular hydrogen bonds. Nano Energy, 2019,64: 103916.

[6]Qiyan Zhang, Bo-Yuan Zhang, Bao-Hua Guo, Zhao-Xia Guo*, Jian Yu*. High-temperature polymer conductors with self-assembled conductive pathways. Composites Part B: engineering, 2020, 192:107989.

[7]Qiyan Zhang, Jingxia Wang, Bo-Yuan Zhang, Bao-Hua Guo, Zhao-Xia Guo*, Jian Yu*. Improved electrical conductivity of polymer/carbon black composites by simultaneous dispersion and interaction-induced network assembly. Composites Science and Technology, 2019,179(28): 106-114.

[8]Qiyan Zhang, Jingxia Wang, Bao-Hua Guo, Zhao-Xia Guo*, Jian Yu*. Electrical conductivity of carbon nanotube-filled miscible poly(phenylene oxide)/polystyrene blends prepared by melt compounding. Composites Part B: engineering, 2019,176: 107213.

[9]Qiyan Zhang, Jingxia Wang, Jian Yu*, Zhao-Xia Guo*. Improved electrical conductivity of TPU/carbon black composites by the addition of COPA and selective localization of carbon black at the interface of sea-island structured polymer blend. Soft Matter, 2017,13: 3431-3439.

[10]Qiyan Zhang, Hansong Li, Bao-Hua Guo, Zhao-Xia Guo*, Jian Yu*. Facile preparation of electromagnetic interference shielding materials enabled by constructing interconnected network of Multi-walled carbon nanotubes in miscible polymeric blend. Chinese J. Polym. Sci., 2020, 38: 593-598.

[11]Qiyan Zhang, Bo-Yuan Zhang, Zhao-Xia Guo*, Jian Yu*. Comparison between the efficiencies of two conductive networks formed in carbon black-filled ternary polymer blends by different hierarchical structures. Polymer Testing, 2017,63: 141-149.

[12]Qiyan Zhang, Bo-Yuan Zhang, Zhao-Xia Guo*, Jian Yu*. Tunable electrical conductivity of carbon-black-filled ternary polymer blends by constructing a hierarchical structure. Polymers, 2017,9(9): 404.

[13]Qiyan Zhang, Bo-Yuan Zhang, Wei-Jia Wang, Zhao-Xia Guo*, Jian Yu*. Highly efficient electrically conductive networks in carbon-black-filled ternary blends through the formation of thermodynamically induced self-assembled hierarchical structures. Journal of Applied Polymer Science, 2018,135(8): 45877

[14]Qiyan Zhang, Zhengfang Chen, Bing Wang, Jinyao Chen, Feng Yang, Jian Kang*, Ya Cao*, Ming Xiang, Huilin Li. Effects of melt structure on crystallization behavior of isotactic polypropylene nucleated with α/β compounded nucleating agents. Journal of Applied Polymer Science, 2015,132(4): 41355

[15]Qiyan Zhang, Hongmei Peng,Jian Kang*, Ya Cao, Ming Xiang. Effects of melt structure on non-isothermal crystallization behavior of isotactic polypropylene nucleated with α/β compounded nucleating agents. Polymer Engineering and Science, 2017, 57(9): 989-997.

[16]Xin Chen, T.N. Yang, Qiyan Zhang, L.Q. Chen, Vid Bobnar, C. Rahn, Q.M. Zhang*. Topological Structure Enhanced Nanostructure of High Temperature Polymer Exhibiting More Than Ten Times Enhancement of Dipolar Response. Nano Energy, 2021, 88(9):106225.

[17]Tian Zhang†, Xin Chen†, Yash Thakur, Biao Lu, Qiyan Zhang, James Runt, Qiming Zhang*. A highly scalable dielectric metamaterial with superior capacitor performance over a broad temperature. Science Advances, 2020, 6: eaax6622.

[18]Hansong Li, Qiyan Zhang, Bao-Hua Guo, Zhao-Xia Guo*, Jian Yu*. Conductive nylon-MXD6 composites prepared by melt compounding associated with formation of carbon black-covered PET domains serving as big conductive particles. Polymer, 2019, 182:121809.

[19]Tian Zhang, Xin Chen, Qiyan Zhang, Qiming Zhang*. Dielectric enhancement over a broad temperature by nanofiller at ultra-low volume content in poly(ether methyl ether urea. Appl. Phys. Lett., 2020, 117: 072905.

[20]Xin Chen; Tian Zhang, Yash Thakur, Qiyan Zhang, Qiming Zhang*. Dielectric polymers and dielectric metamaterials for high-energy capacitors. Advanced Dielectric Materials for Electrostatic Capacitors. IET Digital Library, 2020.