2010年本科毕业于哈尔滨工业大学电子科学与技术系，2012年获得华中科技大学光学工程专业硕士学位，2017年在加拿大渥太华大学获得电子与计算机工程博士学位。2018年加入暨南大学

微波光子学，光电集成技术，光信号处理，光通信，光纤传感

1. J. Zhang and J. P. Yao, “Parity-time symmetric optoelectronic oscillator, Science Advances, vol. 4, no. 6, eaar6782, Jun. 2018.

2. J. Zhang and J. P. Yao, “Time stretched sampling of a fast microwave waveform based on the repetitive use of a linearly chirped fiber Bragg grating in a dispersive loop,” Optica, vol. 1, no. 2, pp. 64-69, Aug. 2014

3. J. Zhang and J. P. Yao, “Photonic dispersive delay line for broadband microwave signal processing,” IEEE Trans. Microw. Theory Tech., vol. 65, no. 5, pp. 1891-1903, May 2017. (Invited)

4. J. Zhang R. S. Guzzon, L. A. Coldren, and J. P. Yao, “Optical dynamic memory based on an integrated active ring resonator,” Opt. Lett., vol. 43, no. 19, pp. 4687-4690, Oct. 2018.

5. J. Zhang and J. P. Yao, “A microwave photonic signal processor for arbitrary microwave waveform generation and pulse compression,” IEEE/OSA J. Lightw. Technol., vol. 34, no. 24, pp. 5610-5615, Dec. 2016.