Jin Zhang is an Academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, a Boya Distinguished Professor at Peking University, a recipient of the National Science Fund for Distinguished Young Scholars, a Changjiang Scholar Distinguished Professor appointed by the Ministry of Education, a Fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry (FRSC), and the principal investigator of a National Key R&D Program of China.

Professor Zhang has long been engaged in research on the physical chemistry of nanocarbon materials. His work focuses on elucidating the growth mechanisms of carbon nanotubes and other nanocarbon structures, developing spectroscopic characterization methods for nanomaterials, and overcoming the challenges of controlled synthesis and efficient growth of carbon nanotubes through catalyst design, thereby advancing fundamental research on nanocarbon materials in China. He pioneered the preparation of graphene/aramid-III composite fibers and proposed a strategy for fabricating structurally and functionally integrated carbon nanotube fibers, providing new insights for high-performance graphene-based fibers. Furthermore, he developed scalable production techniques for graphene composite fibers, laying the foundation for their industrial applications. He has published over 350 papers in prestigious journals such as Nature and Nature Materials and holds more than 40 authorized patents.