北京大学深圳研究生院副研究员，研究方向为有机固废无害化处理及资源化利用。主要涵盖：
1 生物质基功能性材料制备研究：针对农林废弃生物质，采用热化学及生物转化工艺，通过对生物质复杂组分的分级提纯及定向转化，实现全组分资源化利用；
2 有机废水处理及资源回收研究：针对有机废水污染性与资源性并存的特点，开展有毒有害物质风险识别，生物、化学处理与资源转化研究。
教育工作经历:
2020年9月－至今，北京大学深圳研究生院助理研究员
2015年4月－2017年9月，北京航空航天大学，博士后
2014年1月－2015年4月，中国科学院大连化学物理研究所国家洁净能源实验室，助理研究员
2011年9月－2013年9月，威斯康辛大学麦迪逊分校(University of Wisconsin, Madison)/美国农业部林产品实验室(Forest Products Laboratory, US Forest Service, USDA)公派联合培养博士研究生
2010年9月－2014年1月，天津大学化工学院，博士
2008年9月－2010年9月，天津大学化工学院，硕士
2004年9月－2008年7月，燕山大学环境与化学工程学院，学士
科研项目:
[1] 国家自然科学基金青年科学基金项目，复合离子液体高固载量预处理生物质工艺及机理研究，项目编号：201406223，负责人
[2] 第58批中国博士后科学基金面上资助一等资助，微藻化学组分表征方法建立和水热反应机理研究,资助编号：2015M580036，负责人
代表性论文:
[1] Chao Zhang, Qi Bao, Qindong Chen, Huanan Wu, Mingshuai Shao, Ning Wang, Qiyong Xu*, Membrane fouling behaviors and evolution during food waste digestate treatment, Journal of Membrane Science, 2022, 660, 120883
[2] Chao Zhang, Xue Wang, Mingshuai Shao, Huan Li, Qindong Chen, Ning Wang, Qiyong Xu*, Synthesis of nitrogen-enriched hydrochar via co-hydrothermal reaction of liquid digestate and corn stalk, Science of the Total Environment, 2022, 836, 155572
[3] Chao Zhang, Qi Bao, Huanan Wu, Mingshuai Shao, Xue Wang, Qiyong Xu*, Impact of polysaccharide and protein interactions on membrane fouling: Particle deposition and layer formation, Chemosphere, 2022, 296, 134056
[4] Chao Zhang, Mingshuai Shao, Huanan Wu, Ning Wang, Xue Wang, Qian Wang, Qiyong Xu, Mechanism insights into hydrothermal dewatering of food waste digestate for products valorization, Science of the Total Environment, 2022, 804: 150145
[5] Chao Zhang, Mingshuai Shao, Huanan Wu, Ning Wang, Qindong Chen, Qiyong Xu, Management and valorization of digestate from food waste via hydrothermal, Resource, Conversion & Recycling, 2021, 171: 105329
[6] Chao Zhang, Xiaohan Tang, Xiaoyi Yang, Overcoming the cell wall recalcitrance of heterotrophic Chlorella to promote the efficiency of lipid extraction, Journal of Cleaner Production, 2018, 198: 1224-1231
[7] Chao Zhang, Xiaohan Tang, Lili Sheng, Xiaoyi Yang, Enhancing the performance of Co-hydrothermal liquefaction for mixed algae strains by Maillard reaction, Green Chemistry, 2016, 18: 2542-2553
[8] Chao Zhang, R. Gleisner, C.J. Houtman, X. Pan, J.Y. Zhu, Sulfite Pretreatment to Overcome the Recalcitrance of Lignocelluloses for Bioconversion of Woody Biomass, doi:10.1016/B978-0-12-802323-5.00022-0, In: Biomass Fractionation Technologies for a Lignocellulosic Feedstock Based Biorefinery, S.I. Mussatto (Ed.), Elsevier, 2016, pp. 499–541 (论著)
[9] Chao Zhang, Wenjuan Xu, Peifang Yan, Xiumei Liu, Z Conrad Zhang, Overcome the recalcitrance of eucalyptus bark to enzymatic hydrolysis by concerted ionic liquid pretreatment, Process Biochemistry, 2015, 50: 2208-2214
[10] Chao Zhang, Xiaochun Lei, C. Tim Scott, J.Y. Zhu, Kecheng Li，Comparison of Dilute Acid and Sulfite Pretreatment for Enzymatic Saccharification of Earlywood and Latewood of Douglas-fir, Bioenergy Research, 2014, 7: 362-370
[11] Chao Zhang, C.J. Houtman, J.Y. Zhu, Using low temperature to balance enzymatic saccharification and furan formation during SPORL pretreatment of Douglas-fir, Process Biochemistry, 2014, 49: 466-473
[12] Chao Zhang, Feng Pang, Bing Li, Shunlin Xue, Yong Kang, Recycled aqueous ammonia(RAAE) pretreatment to improve enzymatic digestibility of corn stalks, Bioresource Technology, 2013, 138: 314-320
[13] Chao Zhang, Xinshu Zhuang, Zhaojiang Wang, Fred Matt, Franz St. John, J.Y.Zhu, Xylanase Supplementation on Enzymatic Saccharification of Dilute Acid Pretreated Poplars at different Severities, Cellulose, 2013, 20: 1937-1946
[14] Chao Zhang, J.Y. Zhu, Roland Gleisner, John Sessions, Fractionation of Forest Residues of Douglas-fir for Fermentable Sugar Production by SPORL Pretreatment, BioEnergy Research, 2012, 5:978-988
论著
[1] Chao Zhang, R. Gleisner, C.J. Houtman, X. Pan, J.Y. Zhu, Sulfite Pretreatment to Overcome the Recalcitrance of Lignocelluloses for Bioconversion of Woody Biomass, doi:10.1016/B978-0-12-802323-5.00022-0, In: Biomass Fractionation Technologies for a Lignocellulosic Feedstock Based Biorefinery, S.I. Mussatto (Ed.), Elsevier, 2016, pp. 499–541 (论著)
专利
[1]康勇，张超，庞锋，于胜栓，梯度流化氨循环爆破法对植物秸秆去晶化的装置，中国专利， ZL 2009 2 0097741.0，2010-3-24
[2]康勇，庞锋，张超，于胜栓，梯度流化氨循环爆破法对植物秸秆去晶化的方法，中国专利， 200910069711.3，2009-7-13
