Computational fluid dynamics

Hemodynamic modeling and simulation

​High performance computing

Parallel scientific computing

2008.09-2014.06, Ph.D. in Computer Science, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences

2004.09-2008.06, B.Eng. in Thermal Energy and Power Engineering, Northwestern Polytechnical University

2017.01-Present, Assistant, Associate professor, Shenzhen Institutes of Advanced Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences

2014.07-2016.12, Postdoctoral fellow, Chinese Academy of Sciences

1. Yan, Z.,  Chen, R., Qi, F.,  and Cai, X.-C., 2026. A functional region-based approach for the numerical simulation of patient-specific cerebral blood flows with clinical validation. IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering, 73,(3), pp. 1346-1357.
2. Liu, Y., Yan, Z., Li, Z., Liu, Y., Ma, S.H., Ip, B.Y.M., Leung, T.W.H., Liu, J. and Leng, X., 2026. Is invasive fractional flow measurement accurate in intracranial stenosis? A computational simulation study. Journal of NeuroInterventional Surgery, 18. pp. 1151-1156. (Co-first author)
3. Yan, Z., Shang, D., Chen, R., Liu, J. and Cai, X.-C., 2025. A computational study of the connection between coronary revascularization and cardio-cerebral hemodynamics. Computer Methods and Programs in Biomedicine, p.108667.
4. Yan, Z., Wang, X. and Chen, R., 2025. Exploring the impact of adenoid obstruction on the human nasal airflow through parallel computational fluid dynamics. Engineering Reports, 7(1), p.e12972.
5. Chen, W., Zheng, H., Yan, Z. and Chen, R., 2023. Shape design of an artificial pump-lung using high-resolution hemodynamic simulation with high-performance computing. Physics of Fluids, 35(3): p.031909. (Corresponding author)
6. Yan, Z., Chen, R., Wang C., Xu L. and Li J., 2023. Parallel domain decomposition-based solver for the simulation of flow over an Ahmed reference model. Advances in Applied Mathematics and Mechanics,  15(3): pp.769-785.
7. Yan, Z., Yao Z., Guo W.,  Shang D., Chen, R., Liu J., Cai, X.-C., and Ge J., 2023. Impact of  pressure wire on fractional flow reserve and hemodynamics of the coronary arteries: a computational and clinical study. IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering, 70(5), pp.1683-1691.
8. Yan, Z., Chen, R. and Cai, X.-C., 2022. Large eddy simulation of the wind flow in a realistic full-scale urban community with a scalable parallel algorithm. Computer Physics Communications, 270, p.108170.
9. Yan, Z., Shang, D., Li J. and Chen, R., 2022. A parallel numerical method for risk assessment of myocardial infarction during liver transplantation: a case study. Advances in Applied Mathematics and Mechanics, 14(6), pp. 1225-1245.

1. National Natural Science Foundation of China , 2025.01-2028.12

2. Guangdong Natural Science Foundation , 2023.01-2025.12.

3. Shenzhen Fundamental Research Program , 2022.06-2025.05.

4. National Natural Science Foundation of China , 2020.01-2022.12.

5. China Postdoctoral Science Foundation, 2016.03-2016.12.