I am a mineral physicist working at the
GeoSoilEnviroCARS beamline 13-BM-C,
Advanced Photon Source,
Argonne National Laboratory.
I am interested in optical spectroscopy, condensed matter physics, high pressure experiment, and planetary interiors.
Contact information:
9700 S Cass Ave, Bldg 434A
Argonne, IL 60439, USA
Tel: (630)-252-1913
dzzhang_at_cars.uchicago.edu
Education
2015 Ph.D. Geophysics, California Institute of Technology
Thesis: Applications of nuclear resonant scattering to further our understanding of Earth’s interior (Advisor: Prof. Jennifer M. Jackson)
2010 M.S. Geophysics, California Institute of Technology
2008 B.S. Physics, Peking University, China
Positions held
2023-present: Beamline Scientist/ Research Assistant Professor, GeoSoilEnviroCARS, University of Chicago, Argonne, IL
2015-2023: Beamline Scientist, PX^2 program, University of Hawai'i at Manoa/ GeoSoilEnviroCARS, Argonne, IL
2012-2014: Lab Graduate Student, XSD-Sector 3, Advanced Photon Source, Argonne National Laboratory, Argonne, IL
2008-2014: Research assistant in mineral physics, Seismological Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA
2007-2008: Undergraduate research assistant, National Center for Nano Science and Technology, Beijing, China
2007: Visiting scholar, National TsingHua University, Hsinchu, Taiwan R.O.C.
Honors and awards
2015 Mineral and Rock Physics Graduate Research Award, American Geophysical Union.
2014 National Award for Outstanding Self-financed Chinese Students Studying Abroad, China Scholarship Council (one of the 518 recipients from all over the world).
2013 APS/CNM/EMC user meeting best student poster award, Argonne, IL.
2012 Lab graduate student appointment, Argonne National Laboratory.
2008 Gutenberg fellowship, California Institute of Technology.
2007 National scholarship, Ministry of Education of the People’s Republic of China.
2006 Dean’s award for academic excellence, Peking University, China.
As a physicist and mineralogist, I am interested in both microscopic phenomena that govern the properties of condensed matter materials, and in macroscopic phenomena that determine the evolution of the earth. My research spans a huge range of spatial scales. Click on the thumbnail pictures to see different aspects and scales of my research.
The list of my publications can be found on my Google Scholar page. You can click on the images to see my publications in different categories.
