l  Multi-scale materials modeling

l  Higher-order continuum theories

l  Elastic wave propagation(Band Gap)

l  Magneto-electro-elastic materials

l  Metamaterials

l  2022-present  Associate Professor, School of Civil Engineering, Southeast University, Nanjing 

l  2019-2022  Assistant Professor, School of Civil Engineering, Southeast University, Nanjing 

l  2014-2018 Ph.D., Southern Methodist University, US

l  2013-2014 M.D., The University of Texas at Dallas, US

l  2009-2013 B.Eng., Nanjing Tech University, Nanjing

l  SEU Zhishan Young Scholar

l  Member, American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME)

l  Guest Editor, Crystals, 2021-2022

l  Guo, Z., Qu, Y., Zhang, G., & Mi, C. (2022). Second-order analysis of wave propagation in an MEE microbeam using Mindlin–Medick approximation. Acta Mechanica, 233(10), 4141–4159.

l  He, Z., Zhang, G., Chen, X., Cong, Y., Gu, S., & Hong, J. (2023). Elastic wave harvesting in piezoelectric-defect-introduced phononic crystal microplates. International Journal of Mechanical Sciences, 239, 107892.

l  Qu, Y. L., Guo, Z. W., Zhang, G. Y., Gao, X.-L., & Jin, F. (2022). A New Model for Circular Cylindrical Kirchhoff–Love Shells Incorporating Microstructure and Flexoelectric Effects. Journal of Applied Mechanics, 89(12), 121010.

l  Yin, S., Xiao, Z., Zhang, G., Bui, T. Q., Wang, X., & Liu, J. (2022). Size-dependent postbuckling for microbeams: Analytical solutions using a reformulated strain gradient elasticity theory. Acta Mechanica, 233(12), 5045–5060.

l  Yin, S., Xiao, Z., Zhang, G., Liu, J., & Gu, S. (2022). Size-Dependent Buckling Analysis of Microbeams by an Analytical Solution and Isogeometric Analysis. Crystals, 12(9), 1282.