2018年毕业于西北工业大学，获化学博士学位，相关的成果已经发表在Journal of Materials Chemistry A, Journal of the American Ceramic Society, Materials & Design, Scientific Reports等期刊上，其中单篇最高他引近70次。

有机硅聚合物的合成与改性、聚合物转化含过渡金属陶瓷的合成与性能、多孔杂化材料的合成与性能等

主要从事与聚合物转化磁性陶瓷相关的研究工作

1. Xiaofei Zhang, Lixin Chen, Jin Yun, Xiaodong Wang, and Jie Kong. Constructing magnetic Si-C-Fe hybrid microspheres for room temperature nitroarenes reduction[J]. Journal of Materials Chemistry A, 2017, 5(22): 10986-10997（SCI收录，中科院分区：1区，Top期刊，IF=8.867）.

2. Xiaofei Zhang, Lixin Chen, Chunjia Luo and Jie Kong. Polymer-derived ceramic microspheres with controlled morphology via novel phase-separation assisted pyrolysis[J]. Journal of the American Ceramic Society, 2016, 99(5): 1485-1493（SCI收录，中科院分区：1区，Top期刊，IF=2.841）.

3. Xiaofei Zhang, Lixin Chen, Lala Meng, Fangfang Chen and Jie Kong. Nickel silicide nanocrystal-containing magnetoceramics from the bulk pyrolysis of polysilazane and Nickelocene[J]. Ceramics International, 2014, 40(5): 6937-6947（SCI收录，中科院分区：1区，Top期刊, IF=2.986）.

4. Xiaofei Zhang, Lixin Chen, Jin Yun and Jie Kong. Novel ferrocene-containing organosilicon polymers and uniform microspheres prepared by free radical copolymerization: Precursors for magnetic Si-C-Fe-(O) nanomaterials[J]. Materials and Design, 2018, 144: 86-97. （SCI收录，中科院分区：2区， Top期刊，IF=4.364）.

5. Lala Meng, Xiaofei Zhang（共同第一）, Yusheng Tang, Kehe Su and Jie Kong, Hierarchically porous silicon-carbon-nitrogen hybrid materials towards highly efficient and selective adsorption of organic dyes[J]. Scientific Reports, 2015, 5: 7910（SCI收录，中科院分区：3区，IF=4.259）.