Education: 2003.9-2009.3: Ph.D. in Chemical Engineering and Technology State Key Laboratory for Heavy Oil Processing, Key Laboratory of Catalysis, CNPC, China University of Petroleum, Qingdao, China. Supervisor: Professor Zifeng Yan, Professor Max (Gao Qing) Lu 1999-2003 B.Eng. in Applied Chemistry State Key Laboratory for Heavy Oil Processing, Key Laboratory of Catalysis, CNPC, University of Petroleum, Dongying, China. Research Experiences: 2009.4- Presentent: Postdoctoral Research Fellowship Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Dalian, China 2007.1-2008.11: Visiting Scholar (Supported by Australian Research Council and China Scholarship Council ) Australian Institute for Bioengineering and Nanotechnology, ARC Centre of Excellence for Functional Nanomaterials, University of Queensland Supervisor: Professor Max (Gao Qing) Lu; Dr Shizhang Qiao 2006.6-2006.8: Visiting Scholar (Supported by National Natural Science Foundation of China) State Key Laboratory of Inorganic Synthesis and Preparative Chemistry, Ji Lin University Academic Activities: 2009 Invited peer reviewer of Catalyst Today 2009 Invited Keynote Report of “the 7th Asia Pacific Conference on Sustainable Energy and Environmental Technologies” 2008 Invited peer reviewer of 14th International Congress on Catalysis Fundings: 2009-2011 Zhang Lei, China Postdoctoral Science Foundation 2009-2012 Zhang Ying, Zhang Lei, Qiao ke et al, Natural Science Foundation for the Youth, NSFC Research Interests: 1. Hydrophobic Functional Groups Initiated Helical Mesostructured Silica for Controlled Drug Release  2. Fabrication and Size-selective Bioseparation of Magnetic Silica Nanospheres with Highly Ordered Periodic Mesostructure 
3. Magnetic Helical Mesostructured Silica for Controlled Drug Release  4. Fabrication and Biosensing of CNTs/ Perpendicularly Aligned Mesostructured SiO2 Core-Shell Nanowires  Representative Publications: 1. Lei Zhang, ShiZhang Qiao, ZiFeng Yan, HuaJun Zheng, Li Li, RongGang Ding, GaoQing(Max) Lu. CNTs/Mesostructured Silica Core-shell Nanowires via Interfacial Surfactant Templating. CHINESE SCIENCE BULLETIN, 2009, 54(3): 516-520. 2. Lei Zhang. Fabrication of Mesoporous Silica with Core-Shell Structure for Bio-application, The 7th Asia Pacific Conference on Sustainable Energy and Environmental Technologies, QingDao, China, 2009 (Keynote). 3. Lei Zhang, Shizhang Qiao,Yonggang Jin, Lina Cheng, Zifeng Yan and Gao Qing Lu. Hydrophobic Functional Groups Initiated Helical Mesostructured Silica for Controlled Drug Release (an invited contribution). Adv. Funct. Mater. 2008, 18(23):3834-3842. 4. Lei Zhang, Shizhang Qiao, Yonggang Jin, Huagui Yang, Sandy Budihartono, Frances Stahr, Zifeng Yan, Xiaolin Wang, Zhengping Hao and Gao Qing Lu. Fabrication and Size-selective Bioseparation of Magnetic Silica Nanospheres with Highly Ordered Periodic Mesostructure. Adv. Funct. Mater. 2008, 18(20):3203-3212. 5. Lei Zhang, Shizhang Qiao, Lina Cheng, Zifeng Yan and Gao Qing (Max) Lu. Fabrication of a magnetic helical mesostructured silica rod. Nanotechnology 2008(19): 435608. 6. Xinmei Liu, Zifeng Yan, Lei Zhang, Xiaodong Dai, Ling Qian, Ke Qiao. Method for preparation of rare earth metal oxide/zirconia catalyst. China Patent, Aug 27, 2008 CN 101249433A. | 
