
Dr. Sheng Zhang is a Professor at the University of Chinese Academy of Sciences and a Research Scientist at Shanghai Institute of Applied Physics. He also serves as the Director of Advanced Thermal Hydraulics Laboratory (https://www.shengzhangath.com) and Associate Editor for the Journal of Nuclear Engineering and Radiation Science.
Prior to this, he was a Research Investigator (research faculty) in the Department of Nuclear Engineering and Radiological Sciences at the University of Michigan, where he previously held a position as a Postdoctoral Research Fellow. He received his Ph.D. in Nuclear Engineering and Radiological Sciences from the University of Michigan in 2020.
He has authored/co-authored over 30 peer-reviewed publications and chaired sesstions at international coferences, such as the International Topical Meeting on Nuclear Reactor Thermal Hydraulics (NURETH 2022) and Advances in Thermal Hydraulics (ATH 2022).
Research Areas
Advanced reactor design; Nuclear reactor thermal hydraulics and safety analysis; Reactor multi-scale & multi-physics modeling