Dynamic process in the deep sea; Ocean mixing; Dynamics in the small and Micro-structure (Thermohaline staircase); Hydrothermal Plume and turbulent thermal convection.  

2003: Postgraduate Research Physicist, Institute for Quantum and Complex Dynamics (iQCD), Department of Physics, University of California, Santa Barbara, CA, USA.

2002: Ph. D. from Physics Department of The Chinese University of Hong  Kong.

2000: M. Phil. from Physics Department of The Chinese University of Hong  Kong.

1995: B.S. from Physics Department of Lanzhou University, China

2009:  Research Professor, The South China Sea Institute of Oceanology, Chinese Academy of Sciences.

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1. Guo, S.-X., S.-Q. Zhou, L. Qu, and Y.-Z.Lu, Laboratory experiments on diffusive convection layer thickness and its oceanographic implications, J.  Geophys. Res. Oceans，121, DOI: 10.1002/2016JC012172  (2016).

2. Wang, F., S.-D. Huang, S.-Q. Zhou, and K.-Q. Xia, Laboratory simulation of the geothermal heating effects on ocean overturning circulation, J. Geophys. Res. Oceans, 121, DOI: 10.1002/2016JC012068  (2016).

3. S.-Q. Zhou, Y.-C. Xie, C. Sun and K.-Q. Xia, Statistical characterization of thermal plumes in turbulent thermal convection, Phy. Rev. Fluids 1, 054301 (2016).

4. Zhou, S.-Q., Y.-Z. Lu, X.-L. Song, and I. Fer , New layer thickness parameterization of diffusive convection in the ocean. Dynam. Atmos. Oceans, 73, 87-97 (2016).

5. R Xiang, W.-D. Fang and S.-Q Zhou, The anticyclonic circulation in the southern South China Sea: Observed structure, seasonal development and interannual variability, J. Marine Sys, 154,131-145 (2016).

6. S.-X. Guo, S.-Q. Zhou, X.-R. Cen, L. Qu，Y.-Z. Lu, L. Sun and X.-D. Shang, The effect of cell tilting on turbulent thermal convection in a rectangular cell, J. Fluid Mech. 762, 273-287 (2015).

7. S.-Q. Zhou, L. Qu, X.-Z. Zhao, W. Wan. Laboratory simulation of the influence of geothermal heating on the interior ocean. Acta Oceanologica Sinica, 10, 127-134 (2014).

8. S.-Q. Zhou，L. Qu, Y.Z. Lu, X. L. Song, The Instability of Double Diffusive Convection and Its Implication for the Thermohaline Staircases in Deep Arctic Ocean, Ocean Sci, 10, 1343-1366 (2014).

9. S.-Q. Zhou, and Y.-Z. Lu, Characterization of double diffusive convection steps and heat budget in the deep Arctic Ocean, J. Geophys. Res. Oceans, 118, 6672–6686, (2013).

10. Y Cheng, S.-Q. Zhou. Characteristics of the atmospheric ducts over the South China Seapre- and post-monsoon onset in 1998. The International Conference on Remote Sensing, Environment and Transportation Engineering (RSETE 2013). Jiangsu:Nanjing, 7.26-28, (2013)

11. *R. Ni, S.-Q. Zhou, and K.-Q.Xia, An experimental investigation of turbulent thermal convection in water-based alumina nanofluid, Phys. Fluids, 23, 022005  (2011).

12. K. Sugiyama, R. Ni, R. Stevens, T. S. Chan, S.-Q. Zhou, H.-D. Xi, C. Sun, S. Grossmann, K.-Q. Xia, and D. Lohse, Flow reversals in thermally driven turbulence, Phys. Rev. Lett. 105, 034103 (2010).

13. S.-Q. Zhou, R. Ni, and D. Funfschilling, Effects of shear rate and temperature on viscosity of alumina polyalphaolefins nanofluids, J. Appl. Phys.,  107, 054317  (2010).

14. D.C. Venerus, J. Buongiorno, R. Christianson, J. Townsend, I.C. Bang, G. Chen, S.J. Chung, M. Chyu, H. Chen, Y. Ding, F. Dubois, G. Dzido, D. Funfschilling, Q. Galand, J. Gao, H. Hong, M. Horton, Lin-wen Hu, C.S. Iorio, A.B. Jarzebski, Y. Jiang, S. Kabelac, M.A Kedzierski, C. Kim, Ji-Hyun Kim, S. Kim, T. McKrell, R. Ni, J. Philip, N. Prabhat, P. Song, S. Van Vaerenbergh, D. Wen, S. Witharana, X.-Z. Zhao, and S.-Q. Zhou, Viscosity measurements on colloidal dispersions (nanofluids) for heat transfer applications, Appl. Rheol. 20 44582 (2010).

15. J. Buongiorno, D. C. Venerus, N. Prabhat, T. McKrell1, J. Townsend, R. Christianson, Y. V. Tolmachev, P. Keblinski, L. Hu, J. L. Alvarado, I. C. Bang, S. W. Bishnoi, M. Bonetti, F. Botz, A. Cecere, Y. Chang, G. Chen, H. Chen, S. J. Chung, M. K. Chyu, S. K. Das, R. D. Paola, Y. Ding, F. Dubois, G. Dzido, J. Eapen, W. Escher, D. Funfschilling, Q. Galand, J. Gao, P. E. Gharagozloo, K. E. Goodson, J. G. Gutierrez, H. Hong, M. Horton, K. S. Hwang, C. S. Iorio, S. P. Jang, A. B.  Jarzebski, Y. Jiang, L. Jin, S. Kabelac, A. Kamath, M. A. Kedzierski, L. G. Kieng, C. Kim, J.-H. Kim, S. Kim, S. H. Lee, K. C. Leong, I. Manna, B. Michel, R. Ni, H. E. Patel, J. Philip, D. Poulikakos, C. Reynaud, R. Savino, P. K. Singh, P. Song, T. Sundararajan, E. Timofeeva, T. Tritcak, A. N. Turanov, S. Van Vaerenbergh, D. Wen, S. Witharana, C. Yang, W.-H. Yeh, X.-Z. Zhao, and S.-Q. Zhou, A benchmark study on the thermal conductivity of nanofluids, J. Appl. Phys., 106, 094312 (2009).

16. Q.  Zhou，H-D Xi，S-Q Zhou，C Sun，K-Q Xia, Oscillations of the large-scale circulation in turbulent Rayleigh-Bénard convection: the off-center mode and its relationship with the torsional mode, J. Fluid Mech. 630, 367 (2009).

17. H.-D. Xi , S-Q Zhou, Q. Zhou, T.-S. Chan and K.-Q. Xia, Origin of the temperature oscillation in turbulent thermal convection,  Phys. Rev. Lett. 102, 044503 (2009).

18. S.-Q. Zhou and R. Ni, Measurement of the specific heat capacity in water-based Al₂O₃ nanofluid, Appl. Phys. Lett.  92, 093123  (2008).

19. S.-Q. Zhou, C. Sun and K. –Q. Xia,  Measured oscillations of the velocity and temperature fields in turbulent Rayleigh-B´enard convection in a rectangular cell, Phys. Rev. E, 76, 036301 (2007).

20. S.-Q. Zhou, and G. Ahlers, Spatio-temporal chaos in electro-convection of a homeotropically aligned nematic liquid crystal, Phys. Rev. E, 74, 046212 (2006).

21. S.-Q. Zhou, N. Eber, A. Buka, W. Pesch and G. Ahlers, Onset of electro-convection of homeotropically aligned nematic liquid crystals, Phys. Rev. E, 74, 046211 (2006).

22. K.-Q. Xia, S.-Q. Zhou and C. Sun, Statistics and Scaling of the velocity field in turbulent thermal convection, in Progress in Turbulence edited by J. Peinke, A. Kittel, S. Barth, and M. Oberlack, Springer, p163-170, (2005).

23. K.-Q. Xia, C. Sun and S.-Q. Zhou, Particle Image Velocimetrymesuremnet of the velocity field in turbulent  thermal convection, Phys. Rev. E 68, 006843 (2003).

24. S.-Q. Zhou, and K.-Q. Xia , Plumes statistics in thermal turbulence — The mixing of an active scalar, Phys. Rev. Lett., 89, 184502 (2002).

25. S. Lam, X.-D. Shang, S.-Q. Zhou, and K.-Q. Xia , Prandtl number dependence of the viscous boundary layer and the Reynolds numbers in Rayleigh-Benard convection, Phys. Rev. E  65, 066306 (2002).

26. K.-Q. Xia , S. Lam, and S.-Q. Zhou, Heat-Flux Measurement in High-Prandtl-Number Turbulent Rayleigh-Benard Convection, Phys. Rev. Lett. 88, 64501 (2002).

27. S.-Q. Zhou and K.-Q. Xia, Scaling Properties of the Temperature Field in Convective Turbulence, Phys. Rev. Lett. 87, 64501 (2001).

28. S.-Q. Zhou and K.-Q. Xia, Spatially correlated temperature fluctuations in turbulent convection, Phys. Rev. E 63, 46308 (2001).

29. K.-Q. Xia and S.-Q. Zhou, Temperature power spectra and the viscous boundary layer in thermal turbulence: the role of Prandtl number, Physica A,  288, 308 (2000).

30. K.-Q. Xia and S.-Q. Zhou, Probing the viscous boundary layer by measuring temperature fluctuations in turbulent Rayleigh-Benard convection, AIP Conf. Proc. 519, 122 (2000)

31. X.G. Diao, F.S. Li, Z.J. Zhao, and S. Q. Zhou, Preparation and characterization of g'-Ni₃FeN, J. Mater. Sc. Lett., 15, 1590 (1996).

Thermodynamic process in the oceanic mixed layer; Heat /Salt mass transport and intrinsic scale in the double diffusive convection (Salt finger and diffusive layer); Exploration of ocean mixing with Thorpe method and other parameterizations.

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