RESEARCH INTERESTS

Dr. Qing Zhang's research is motivated by understanding light-matter interaction of optoelectronic materials in nanoscale and their applications in nanophotonics and optoelectronics. Her group at Peking University is committed to the fabrication, and photophysics of metal halide perovskite and two dimensional semiconductors as well as their applicationsfor nanolasers, sensors and so on. Recently, Dr. Qing Zhang's group has studied the strong exciton-photon interaction of lead halide perovskite crystals, with the recent demonstration of room temperature exciton polariton, continuous-wave pumped lasingand Bose-Einstein Condensationof perovskite crystals. Her group has also explored excitonic and optical properties of two dimensional semiconductors such as MoS₂, InSe, with emphasis on the novel properties under high pressure and lasing sources.

EDUCATION

2005–2011, Ph.D., Department of Physics, Tsinghua University (Supervisor: Professor Qi kun Xue and Professor Jinfeng Jia)

2001–2005, B.S., Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Science and Technology of China

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

2022–present, Associate Professor, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Peking University

2016–2022, Assistant Professor, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Peking University

2011–2016, Postdoc, Division of Physics and Applied Physics, Nanyang Technological University (Advisor: Prof. Qihua Xiong)

HONORS, AWARDS & FELLOWSHIPS

· NG Teng Fong/Sino Scholarship for Outstanding Youth, Peking University 2024

· Outstanding Teaching Award, Peking University 2024

· Outstanding Teaching Award, Peking University 2023

· Beijing Outsanding Young Scholar Funding, 2021

· NR45 Young Innovators Award, Nano Research, 2021

· World's Top 2% Scientists, 2020-2024

· Bank of Beijing Annual Teacher Award, Peking University, 2019

· Nanochemistry Edge-cutting Award, Chinese Chemical Society-Wiley, 2018

· Second Prize and the Best Lesson Plan Award, Teaching Skills Competition for Junior Teachers, Peking University, 2018

· Boya Assistant Professor, Peking University, 2017

SERVICE TO SCHOOL

· Associate Director, Institute of Optoelectronic Materials, School of Materials Science and Engineering, PKU (Since 2024)

· Member of academic degrees subcommittee , School of Materials Science and Engineering, PKU (Since 2022)

SERVICE TO PROFESSIONAL COMMUNITY

· Editoral Board Member,Scientific Reports (Nature Publishing, since 2024)

· Editoral Board Member,Journal of Physics: Photonics(IOP publishing, since 2022)

· Editoral Board Member,Chinese Laser Journal(since 2022)

· Early CareerEditorialBoard Member,Frontiers of Physics(since 2022)

· Early CareerEditorialBoard Member,Chinese Journal of Luminescence(since 2021)

· Early Career Editorial Board Member,eLight,since2021;

· Early Career Editorial Board Member,Materials Today Physics,since2021;

· Early Career Editorial Board Member,Journal of Semiconductor(2020-2023);

· Council member of Chinese Materials Research Society-Youth Branchsince2017;

· Lead Guest Editor of “Perovskite Photonics” Issue (2020) inPhotonics Research;

· Guest Editor of “Optical Gain Materials Towards Enhanced Light-Matter Interaction” Issue (2020) inScience China Materials;

· Guest Editor of “Nanophotonic Materials” Issue (2022) inChinese Laser Journal;

· Guest Editor of “Semiconductor Laser” Issue (2020) inChinese Laser Journal;

· Chair of Room Temperature Exciton-Polaritons and Polaritonic Devices Session, Progress In Electromagnetics Research Symposium, Hang Zhou, China (PIERS 2021);

· Co-chair ofOptical Gain Materials Towards Enhanced Light-Matter Interaction Session, inthe 10^thInternational Conference on Materials for Advanced Technologies, Singapore(MRS-S, ICMAT 2019);

· Co-chair ofNanolaser Session, Progress In Electromagnetics Research Symposium, Toyama, Japan, (PIERS 2018);

· Co-chair of Nanocharacterizations and Standard Session, ChinaNano 2021;

· Co-chair of Semiconductor Laser and Advanced Optoelectronic Devices Session,The 16^thNational Symposium for Laser Technology and Optoelectronics, Shanghai, China (LTO 2021);

· Programme Committee member of Plasmonics and Metamaterials Session, The 14th Pacific Rim Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO-PacRim 2020);

· Programme Committee member of Advanced 2D and Nanocarbon Materials for Photonics and Energy Session, The 15th Pacific Rim Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO-PacRim 2022);

TEACHING

· Materials Physics (undergraduate,3 scores per year)

· Fundamentals and Applications of Optical Spectroscopies (graduate,2scores per year)

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS

1. J.P. Song, S. Ghosh, X.Y. Deng, C. Li, Q.Y. Shang, X.F. Liu , Y.B. Wang , X.Y. Gao, W.K. Yang, X.J. Wang, Q. Zhao , K.B. Shi , P. Gao, , Q.H. Xiong*, and Q. Zhang*, "Room-temperature continuous-wave pumped exciton polariton condensation in a perovskite microcavity", Sci. Adv. 2025, 11, eadr1652.

2. X.X. Wu, S. Zhang, J.P. Song, X.Y. Deng, W.N. Du, Y.Y. Zhang, Z.Y. Zhang, Y.Z. Chen, Y.B. Wang, C.X. Jiang, Y.G. Zhong, B. Wu, Z.Y. Zhu,Y. Liang, Q. Zhang*, Q.H. Xiong*, X.F. Liu*, "Exciton Polariton Condensation from Bound States in the Continuum at Room Temperature", Nat. Commun. 2024, 15, 3345.

3. Y.Y. Gong, S. Yue, Y. Liang, W.N. Du, C.X. Jiang, S. Zhang, X.T. Bao, G.F. Zhou, M.Z. Long, J. Yin, T.Y. Bian, S.B. Deng, Q. Zhang*, B. Wu* and X.F. Liu*, "Boosting Exciton Mobility Approaching Mott-Ioffe-Regel Limit in Ruddlesden−Popper Perovskites by Anchoring the Organic Cation", Nat. Commun. 2024, 15, 1893.

4. J. Li, G. Hu, L. Shi, N. He, D. Li, Q. Shang, Q. Zhang*, H. Fu, L. Zhou, W. Xiong*, J. Guan, J. Wang, S. He, L. Chen*, "Full-Color Enhanced Second Harmonic Generation Using Rainbow Trapping in Ultrathin Hyperbolic Metamaterials", Nat. Commun. 2021, 12, 6425.

5. J.P.Song, Q.Y. Shang, X.Y. Deng, Y. Liang, C. Li, X.F. Liu, Q.H. Xiong* and Q. Zhang*, "Continuous-wave Pumped Perovskite Lasers with Device Area Below 1μm²", Adv. Mater. 2023, 35, 2302170.

6. Y. Liang, L.Y. Zhao, C. Li, J. Du, Q.Y. Shang, Z.M. Wei, Q. Zhang*, "Strong Exciton–Exciton Scattering of Exfoliated van der Waals InSe toward Efficient Continuous-Wave Near-Infrared P-Band Emission", Nano Lett. 2023, 23, 4058-4065.

7. L.Y. Zhao*, Y.J. Jiang, C. Li, Y. Liang, Z.M. Wei, X.D. Wei* and Q. Zhang*, "Probing Anisotropic Deformation and Near-infrared Emission Tuning in Thin-Layered InSe Crystal under High Pressure", Nano Lett. 2023, 23, 3493-3500.

8. L.Y. Zhao^#, Y. Liang^#, X. Cai, J. Du, X. Wang, X. Liu, M. Wang*, Z.M. Wei*, J. Zhang, Q. Zhang*, "Engineering Near-Infrared Light Emission in Mechanically Exfoliated InSe Platelets through Hydrostatic Pressure for Multicolor Microlasing", Nano Lett. 2022, 22, 3840-3847.

9. Q.Y. Shang, M.L. Li, L.Y. Zhao, D. Chen, S. Zhang, S.L. Chen, P. Gao, C. Shen, J. Xing, G.C. Xing, B. Shen, X.F. Liu, Q. Zhang*, "Role of the Exciton–Polariton in a Continuous-Wave Optically Pumped CsPbBr₃ Perovskite Laser", Nano Lett. 2020, 20, 6636-6643.

10. Q.Y. Shang, C. Li, S. Zhang, Y. Liang, Z. Liu, X.F. Liu and Qing Zhang*. "Enhanced optical absorption and slowed light of reduced-dimensional CsPbBr₃ nanowire crystal by exciton-polariton" Nano Lett. 2020, 20, 1023-1032.