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Research interests
Physics & Astronomy - Soft condensed matter physics
Chemical Engineering - Complex fluids
Chemical Engineering - Liquid crystals (LCs)
Physics & Astronomy - Microfluidics and nanofluidics
Physics & Astronomy - Computational fluid dynamics
Chemical Engineering - Complex fluids
Chemical Engineering - Liquid crystals (LCs)
Physics & Astronomy - Microfluidics and nanofluidics
Physics & Astronomy - Computational fluid dynamics
Position Held
Program Director of MSc in Physics
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Education/Academic qualification
PhD in Physics, PhD, City University of New York
2013
Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals
In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):
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SDG 3 Good Health and Well-being -
SDG 11 Sustainable Cities and Communities
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Computational Study of The Structure and Response of Ferroelectric Nematic Liquid Crystals
ZHANG, R. (PI)
1/01/26 → 31/12/28
Project: Research
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Research on Annotation and Intelligent Recognition Technologies for High-Resolution Human Brain Imaging Data
REN, H. (CoI), ZHANG, R. (CoI) & TANG, W. (CoI)
Ministry of Sciences and Technology of the People’s Republic of China
1/12/25 → 30/11/30
Project: Research
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State Key Laboratory of Displays and Opto-Electronics (SKLDOE)
SRIVASTAVA, A. K. (CoI), POON, A. W. O. (CoI), CHEN, K. J. (CoI), LAU, K. M. (CoI), KWOK, H. S. (CoI), WONG, M. (CoI), NEYTS, K. A. E. (PI), YUE, C. P. (CoI), LIN, Y. H. (CoI), FAN, Z. (CoPI), YAN, H. (CoI), HALPERT, J. E. (CoI), ZHANG, R. (CoI), XIE, Y. (CoI) & ZHOU, Y. (CoI)
Innovation and Technology Commission
1/07/25 → …
Project: Research
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Phase transitions and surface properties in active colloidal solids
TONG, P. (CoPI), XU, Q. (CoPI), ZHANG, R. (CoPI), WANG, Y. (CoPI) & HAN, Y. (PI)
RGC - Collaborative Research Fund
1/03/25 → 29/02/28
Project: Research
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Study of microscale mobile surface layer in polymer glasses
TSUI, O. K. C. (PI) & ZHANG, R. (CoI)
1/01/25 → 31/12/27
Project: Research
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Dynamic creation of topological solitons via nematic vortex lines
Zheng, X., Zhang, J., Tang, W., Asilehan, Z., Chen, Z., Jiang, J., Zhang, R. & Peng, C., 19 May 2026, In: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. 123, 21, 9 p., e2528693123.Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal Article › peer-review
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Emergent discrete space-time crystal of Majorana-like quasiparticles in chiral liquid crystals
Zhao, H., Zhang, R. & Smalyukh, I. I., 15 May 2026, In: Nature Communications. 17, 1, 14 p., 4376.Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal Article › peer-review
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Flexoelectricity-enabled 360° polar locomotion of nematic skyrmions
Chen, J., Tang, W., Tang, X., Ding, Y., Ni, J., Chakraborty, S., Chen, Y., Li, B., Zhang, R., de Pablo, J. J. & Lu, Y., 2 Mar 2026, In: Newton. 100433.Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal Article › peer-review
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Geometric programming of asymmetric colloidal dynamics via topological defect reconfiguration
Zhang, J., Vergara, F., Asilehan, Z., Zheng, X., Lei, Z., Li, H., Tang, W., Wang, L., Zhang, R. & Jiang, J., 6 Aug 2026, In: Nature Communications. 17, 1, 12 p., 9445.Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal Article › peer-review
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Hydrodynamic Modeling of Odd Nematic Elasticity in Liquid Crystals
Mou, Z., Ren, H., Xu, D., Aranson, I. S. & Zhang, R., 17 Mar 2026.Research output: Working paper › Preprint
Open Access
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Defect Ordering in Confined Chiral Active Liquid Crystals
MOU, Z. (Invited speaker) & ZHANG, R. (Contributor)
2026Activity: Talk or presentation › Contributed
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Lattice and Orientational Defects Mediate Collective and Driven Motions of Confluent Cells
ZHANG, R. (Invited speaker)
23 Oct 2025Activity: Talk or presentation › Invited
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Molecular Dynamics and Machine Learning Investigation of Topological Defects in Structured Materials
ZHANG, R. (Invited speaker)
16 Oct 2025Activity: Talk or presentation › Invited
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Lattice and Orientational Defects Mediate Collective Transport of Confluent Cells
ZHANG, R. (Invited speaker)
21 Aug 2025Activity: Talk or presentation › Invited