电子工程系研究员、博士生导师，青年长江学者、上海科技青年35人引领计划、全球前2%顶尖科学家年度榜单。围绕片上亚波长结构中光场调控的科学问题开展光电子集成芯片研究：提出亚波长结构与片上波导结合，克服相位耦合条件易失配的难题，研制拓扑高带宽电光调制器；提出压电光调谐的低功耗方案，功耗比传统热光方案低三个数量级；提出片上多维度联合调控方法，开发亚波长芯片制造工艺，自主研制多维复用光芯片，实现芯片数据量成倍提升。成果实现亚波长芯片的国内自主制造，已应用于中兴光电子等国内23家单位的光芯片研发，被Nature综述论文评价为器件具有优异容忍度，被IBM公司评为印象深刻的结果。

主持国家自然科学基金重点项目、重点研发计划课题等项目10多项。在Light Science Applications等期刊发表第一/通讯作者论文27篇，其中1篇入选ESI高被引论文，4篇入选封面论文；授权/申请美国/中国发明专利20余件，编写英文专著和中文著作章节，受邀在国内外学术会议作特邀报告17次。担任IEEE光子学会上海分会副主席，任多个期刊的客座编辑与编委，ACP2022等学术会议的技术委员会委员。

2024年教育部青年长江学者

2023年上海科技青年35人引领计划

2023年全球前2%顶尖科学家年度榜单

2023年“季寒冰教学基金”青年教师基金

2018年上海交通大学晨星-优秀青年学者

2016年上海交通大学SMC-晨星青年学者奖励计划C类

1. 国家自然科学基金重点项目，基于压电效应的光子集成芯片研究（项目负责人，2024-2028）
2. 科技部重点研发计划，面向前沿研究的硅基光电子芯片研发平台（课题负责人，2020-2024）
3. 张江国家实验室青年创新专项，硅光集成器件先进技术研究（项目负责人，2023-2024）
4. 国家自然科学基金面上项目，双层锗纳米天线辅助硅波导上偏振调控集成器件的研究 （项目负责人，2020-2023，已结题）
5. 国家自然科学基金青年项目，基于亚波长光栅的硅基片上模式复用器（项目负责人，2017-2019，已结题）
6. 科技部重点研发计划，超大容量硅基多维复用与处理基础研究（课题参与，2020-2022，已结题）
7. 上海市硅光子重大专项课题，大规模硅基光开关芯片关键工艺与控制电路开发（课题负责人，2017-2021，已结题）
8. 国家自然科学基金重点项目子课题，二氧化硅基混合集成光量子芯片基础研究（子课题负责人，2018-2022，已结题）

1. IEEE光子学会上海分会副主席（Vice Chair）
2. 期刊Frontiers of Optoelectronics青年编委
3. SCI期刊Science China Information Sciences（IF= 2.188）客座编辑
4. 期刊Journal of Semiconductors的编委
5. 多个国际会议技术委员会委员
6. 国际电气和电子工程师协会(IEEE)会员，美国光学学会（OSA）会员
7. Light Science & Applications, Laser & Photonics Reviews, Photonics Research等期刊审稿人

1. Chenglong Feng, Yong Zhang*, Jian Shen, Zihan Xu, Yihang Dong, Xuecheng Fu, Ying Wang, Lu Sun, Xuetao Gan, and Yikai Su*, "Ultra-low-power Tunable Topological Photonic Filter on Hybrid Integrated Lithium Tantalite and Silicon Platform," Laser & Photonics Reviews, accepted.

2. Jian Shen, Yong Zhang*, Chenglong Feng, Zihan Xu, Lei Zhang, and Yikai Su*, "Hybrid lithium tantalite-silicon integrated photonics platform for electro-optic modulation," Optics Letters, vol. 48, no. 23, 2023, pp. 6176-6179.

3. Yong Zhang*, Jian Shen, Jingchi Li, Hongwei Wang, Chenglong Feng, Lei Zhang, Lu Sun, Jian Xu, Min Liu, Ying Wang, Yonghui Tian, Jian-Wen Dong, and Yikai Su*, "High-speed electro-optic modulation in topological interface states of a one-dimensional lattice," Light: Science & Applications, vol. 12, no. 206, 2023, pp. 1-10.

4. Jian Shen, Yuyan Fan, Zihan Xu, Liying Wu, Ying Wang, Xiuyan Li*, Xuetao Gan, Yong Zhang*, and Yikai Su*, "Ultra-low-power piezo-optomechanically tuning on CMOS-compatible integrated silicon-hafnium-oxide platform," Laser & Photonics Reviews, vol. 17, no. 2, 2023, pp. 2200248(1-10). (Front Cover paper)
5. Zihan Xu, Yong Zhang*, Jian Shen, Yihang Dong, Liying Wu, Jian Xu, and Yikai Su, "Hybrid aluminum nitride and silicon devices for integrated photonics," Optics Letters, vol. 47, no. 19, 2022, pp. 4925-4928. (Editor's pick)
6. Jian Shen, Yong Zhang*, Yihang Dong, Zihan Xu, Jian Xu, Xueling Quan, Xihua Zou, and Yikai Su, "Ultra-broadband on-chip beam focusing enabled by GRIN metalens on silicon-on-insulator platform," Nanophotonics, vol. 11, no. 16, 2022, pp. 3603-3612.
7. Y. Zhang, Y. He, H. Wang, L. Sun, and Y. Su, "Ultra-broadband Mode Size Converter Using On-chip Metamaterial-based Luneburg Lens," ACS Photonics, 8(1): 202-208 (2021). (Cover paper)
8. Y. Zhang, R. Zhang, Q. Zhu, Y. Yuan, and Y. Su*, "Architecture and Devices for Silicon Photonic Switching in Wavelength, Polarization and Mode," IEEE/OSA J. Lightw. Technol.,  38(2): 215-225 (2020). (Invited paper)
9. H. Wang, Y. Zhang*, Y. He, et al. "Compact silicon waveguide mode converter employing dielectric metasurface structure," Adv. Opt. Mater., 7(4): 1801191 (2019). (Invited paper)
10. Y. Zhang, Y. He, Q. Zhu, X. Jiang, X. Guo, C. Qiu, and Y. Su, "On-chip silicon polarization and mode handling devices," Frontiers of Optoelectronics, 11(1): 77-91 2018. (Invited review paper)
    
11. Y. He, Y. Zhang*, H. Wang , et al. "On-chip silicon mode blocking filter employing subwavelength-grating based contra-directional coupler," Opt. Express, 26(25): 33005-33012 (2018).
12. Y. He, Y. Zhang*, Q. Zhu, et al. "Silicon High-Order Mode (De)Multiplexer on Single Polarization," IEEE/OSA J. Lightw. Technol., 36(24): 5746-5753 (2018).
13. Y. Zhang, Y. He, Q. Zhu, et al. "Single-resonance silicon nanobeam filter with an ultra-high thermo-optic tuning efficiency over a wide continuous tuning range," Opt. Lett., 43(18): 4518-4521 (2018).
14. Y. Zhang, Y. He, Q. Zhu, et al. "On-chip silicon photonic 2 × 2 mode- and polarization- selective switch with low inter-modal crosstalk," Photon. Res., 5(5): 521-526 (2017).
15. B. Liu, Y. Zhang*, Y. He, et al. "Silicon photonic bandpass filter based on apodized subwavelength grating with high suppression ratio and short coupling length," Opt. Express, 25(10): 11359-11364 (2017).
16. Y. Zhang, Y. He, X. Jiang, et al. "Ultra-compact and highly efficient silicon polarization splitter and rotator," APL Photon., 1(9): 091304 (2016).
17. Y. Zhang, Y. He, J. Wu, et al. "High-extinction-ratio silicon polarization beam splitter with tolerance to waveguide width and coupling length variations," Opt. Express, 24(6): 6586-6593 (2016).
18. Y. Zhang, D. Li, J. Xia, et al. "Slow-Light Dispersion in One-Dimensional Photonic Crystal Racetrack Ring Resonator." IEEE Photon. Tech. Lett., 27(10):1120-1123 (2015).
19. Y. Zhang, C. Zeng, J. Xia, et al. "Single-Mode Emission from Ge Quantum Dots in Photonic Crystal Nanobeam Cavity." IEEE Photon. Tech. Lett., 27(9): 1026-1029 (2015).
20. C. Gui+, Y. Zhang+, J. Xia, J. Wang, et al. "Experimental demonstration of analog signal transmission in a silicon photonic crystal L3 resonator." Opt. Express, 23 (10): 13916-13923 (2015).
21. S Yan+, Y. Zhang+, J Dong, J Xia, et al. "Operation Bandwidth Optimization of Photonic Differentiators." Opt. Express, 23 (15): 18925-18936 (2015).
22. Y. Zhang, D. Li, J. Xia, et al. "Low Power and Large Modulation Depth Optical Bistability in an Si Photonic Crystal L3 Cavity." IEEE Photon. Tech. Lett., 26 (23): 2399-2402 (2014).
23. Y. Zhang, C. Zeng, J. Xia, et al. "Enhanced light emission from Ge quantum dots in photonic crystal ring resonator." Opt. Express, 22 (10): 12248-12254 (2014).
24. Y. Zhang, D. Li, J. Xia, et al. "Silicon optical diode based on cascaded photonic crystal cavities." Opt. Lett., 39 (6): 1370-1373 (2014).
25. Y. Zhang, C. Zeng, J. Xia, et al. "High-quality-factor photonic crystal ring resonator." Opt. Lett., 39 (5): 1282-1285 (2014).
26. Y. Zhang, C. Zeng, J. Xia, et al. "Enhanced 1524-nm Emission From Ge Quantum Dots in a Modified Photonic Crystal L3 Cavity." IEEE Photon. J., 5 (5): 4500607 (2013).
27. Y. Zhang, D. Li, J. Xia, et al. "Ultralow Power Nonlinear Response in an Si Photonic Crystal Nanocavity." IEEE Photon. J., 5 (4): 6601409 (2013).