1998年9月至2001年12月于华东理工大学攻读化学工程专业博士学位；

2002年2月至2004年4月于上海交通大学机械与动力工程博士后流动站从事博士后研究。

2004年４月至今于华东理工大学生物反应器工程国家重点实验室从事有关生物过程工程领域的科研与教学工作；

2010年9月至2011年9月赴英国伯明翰大学生命学院从事访问学者交流工作

1 动物细胞大规模培养过程中的关键工程问题研究。

2 基于资源循环的生物过程工程和生物反应器工程

(1) Hong wang, Xu Zhang, Minglong Zhang, Wenson Tan, Effects of dissolved oxygen and carbon dioxide under oxygen-rich conditions on the biooxidation process of refractory gold concentrate and the microbial community, Minerals Engineering, 2015,80: 37-44.

(2) Bin Lei, Xu Zhang, Minglong Zhu, Wensong Tan, Effect of fluid shear stress on catalytic activity of biopalladium nanoparticles produced by Klebsiella Pneumoniae ECU-15 on Cr(VI) reduction reaction, Bioresources and Bioprocessing, 2014,1: 28

(3) Xu Zhang, Determination of Optimal Reaction Conditions and Influence of Metal Ions on Cellulose Degradation by Cellulase in the Dioctyl Sulfosuccinate Sodium Salt (AOT)/n-Hexanol/Cyclohexane Reversed Micelle System, Journal of Dispersion Science and Technology, 2014，35(1):1–8

(4 ) Yan Xiao, Xu Zhang, Minglong Zhu, Wensong Tan, Effect of the culture media optimization, pH and temperature on the biohydrogen production and the hydrogenase activities by Klebisiella Pneumonia ECU-15, Biresource Technology, 2013，137：9-17

(5) Mark D. Redwood, Raveen Dhillon, Rafael L. Orozco, Xu Zhang, David J. Bnks, Mark Dickinson and Lynne E. Macaskie, Enhanced photosynthetic output via dichroic beam-sharing， Biotechnology letters，2012,34(12): 2229-2234.

(6) Lixin Sun, Xu Zhang, Wensong Tan, Minglong Zhu, Effect of agitation intensity on the biooxidation process of refractory gold ores by Acidithiobacillus ferrooxidans，Hydrometallurgy, 2012, 127-128(1):99-103，

(7) Lixin Sun, Xu Zhang, Wensong Tan, Minglong Zhu, Effect of Dissolved Oxygen on the Biooxidation Process of Refractory Gold Ores， Journal of Bioscience and Bioengineering, 2012 ,114(5): 531-536.

(8) Lixin Sun, Xu Zhang, Wensong Tan, Minglong Zhu, Rheology of pyrite slurry and its dispersant for the biooxidation process，Hydrometallurgy, 2010,104(2): 178-185

(9) Kun Niu, Xu Zhang, Wensong Tan, Minglong Zhu, Effect of culture conditions on producing and uptake hydrogen ?ux of biohydrogen fermentation by metabolic ?ux analysis method ，Bioresource Technology, 2011,102:7294-7300

(10)Xu Zhang, Study of CMC and Thermodynamic Properties on Formation Micelle of 1-Phenyl-3-methyl-4-benzoyl-pyrazolane-5 Salts in the Organic Solvent plus Sec-octyl Alcohol Systems at 298.15K Using a Microcalorimetric Method，JOURNAL OF DISPERSION SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY，2011, 32(3): 299-304

(11) Xujie Duan, Xu Zhang, Wensong Tan, Mechanism analysis of effect of oxygen on molecular weight of hyaluronic acid produced by Streptococcus zooepidemicus，Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology，2009,19(3): 299-306

(12) Kun Niu, Xu Zhang, Wensong Tan, Minglong Zhu, Characteristics of fermentative hydrogen production with Klebsiella Pneumoniae ECU-15 isolated from anaerobic sewage sludge，International Journal of Hydrogen Energy，2010, 35:71-80

(13) Xu Zhang, Xujie Duan, Wensong Tan, Mechanism for effect of agitation on molecular weight of hyaluronic acid produced by streptococcus zooepidemicus，Food Chemistry， 2010，119：1643-1646

(14) Xu Zhang, Studies on the critical micelle concentration and thermodynamic properties of mono(2-ethyl-hexyl) -2-ethyl-hexyl phosphate salts in organic solvent+sec-octyl alcohol system at 298.15K using a microcalorimetric method，Journal of Chemical and Engineering Data，2010,55:1684-1687

(15) Xu Zhang, Microcalorimetric study on the CMC and thermodynamic functions of di(2-ethyl-hexyl) phosphate salts in organic solvent + sec-octyl alcohol systems at 298.15 K，Journal of Chemical and Engineering Data，2009,54:2827-2830

(16) Kun Niu, Xu Zhang, Wensong Tan, Minglong Zhu, Enhanced enzymatic hydrolysis of rice straw pretreated by alkali assisted with photocatalysis technology，Journal of Chemical Technology and Biotechnology, 2009 ,84: 1240-1245

(17) Xujie Duan, Xu Zhang , Wensong Tan, Effect of oxygen and shear stress on molecular weight of Hyaluronic acid produced by streptococcus zooepidumicus，Journal of Microbial. Biotechnol，2008,18(4): 718-724

(18) Liang Zhao, Xu Zhang, Wensong Tan,The role of microenvironment in aggregation of the 293-human embryonic Kidney cells，Korean J. Chem. Eng., 2007,24(5): 796-799

(19) Xuping Liu, Li Fan, Xu Zhang, Wensong Tan, The improvement of adenovirus vector production by increased expression of coxsackie adenovirus receptor,Biotechnology Letters,2009, 31: 939-944

(20) Xuping Liu, Li Fan, Xu Zhang, Wensong Tan,Effect of calcium ion on adenovirus production with high densities of HEK293 cell culture ，Biotechnology and Bioprocess. Engineering, 2010, 15: 414-420.