He received his Ph.D from University of Science and Technology of China. After he worked as postdoc and visiting scientist at Shantou University, National University of Singapore, Linköping University (Sweden), and University of Washington, he started his Assistant Professor position at Linköping University in 2011 and promoted to Docent in 2014.05. He joined University of Macau in 2015. His research focuses multifunctional probes for biomedical imaging and sensing. Dr. Zhang has published more than 80 articles in international recognized journals including J. Am. Chem. Soc.; Angew. Chem. Int. Ed.; ACS Nano; Coord. Chem. Rev.; etc. and as reviewer for more than 30 journals. Dr. Zhang has served technical program committees and organizing committees for several international conferences.