Education
Ph.D., 2009, Institute of Oceanology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Qingdao, China.
M.S., 2006, Ocean University of China, Qingdao, China.
B.S., 2003, Ocean University of China, Qingdao, China.

Work Experience
2018 – Now, Professor, Institute of Oceanology, Chinese Academy of Sciences
2013 – 2014, Postdoctoral Fellow, International Pacific Research Center, University of Hawaii
2013 – 2017, Associate Professor, Institute of Oceanology, Chinese Academy of Sciences
2010 – 2012, Assistant Professor, Institute of Oceanology, Chinese Academy of Sciences

Research Interests
Dr. Zhang is working on the structure and variability of the ocean circulation and water masses in the western Pacific based on mooring and Argo data. His work improved our understanding to the 3D structure of the ocean circulation in the western Pacific, and revealed its strong intraseasonal variability. His work also illustrated the significant contribution of the deep ocean and salinity in the Pacific sea level rise, and revealed the strengthening of the south Pacific subtropical gyre in the past 20 years. Based on above works, Dr. Zhang has published more than 20 research articles. Moreover, he organized and participated in a series of recent cruise in the western Pacific, and played a key role in the building and maintaining of the oceanic observation network of China in the western Pacific.

Honors and Awards
Outstanding Science and Technology Achievement Award of Chinese academy of sciences (2017)

Selected Publications
1. Zhang L., D. Hu, S. Hu, F. Wang, F. Wang, and D. Yuan, 2014, Mindanao Current/Undercurrent measured by a subsurface mooring, J. Geophys. Res., doi: 10.1002/2013JC009693.
2. Zhang L., F. Wang, Q. Wang, S. Hu, F. Wang D. Hu, 2017, Structure and Variability of the North Equatorial Current/Undercurrent from Mooring Measurements in the Western Pacific, Scientific Reports, 7:46310, doi: 10.1038/srep46310.
3. Wang F., L. Zhang*, D. Hu, Q. Wang, F. Zhai, S. Hu,, 2017, The vertical structure and variability of the western boundary currents east of the Philippines from direct observations, J. Oceanogr., doi: 10.1007/s10872-017-0429-x.
4. Zhang L., and T. Qu, 2015, Low frequency variability of the South Pacific Subtropical Gyre as seen from satellite altimetry and Argo, J. Phys. Oceanogr., 45(12), 3083-3098, doi:10.1175/JPO-D-15-0026.1.
5. Zhang L., and T. Qu, 2014, Low frequency variability of South Pacific Tropical Water from Argo, Geophys. Res. Lett., 41 (7), 2441-2446, doi:10.1002/2014GL059490.
6. Qi J., L. Zhang*, T Qu, B. Yin*, et al., 2019, Salinity variability in the tropical Pacific during the Central-Pacific and Eastern- Pacific El Nino events, J. Mar. Sys. (in press).
7. Zhang L., X. Yan, C. Sun, D. Hu, 2016, Variability of Antarctic Intermediate Water south of Australia and its relationship with frontal waves, Sci. China Earth Sci., 59, 1674-1682, doi:10.1007/s11430-015-0179-5.
8. Zhang L., C. Sun, 2012, A geostrophic empirical mode based on altimetric sea surface height, Sci. China Earth Sci., 55(7), 1193-1205, doi:10.1007/s11430-011-4293-z.
9. Zhang L., C. Sun, D. Hu, 2012, Interannual variability of the Antarctic Circumpolar Current strength based on merged altimeter data, Chinese Science Bulletin, 57(16), 2012-2021, doi:10.1007/s11434-012-5040-3.
10. Zhang L., C. Sun, Hu D., 2012, Relationship between oceanic heat content and sea surface height on interannual time scale, Chinese Journal of Oceanology and Limnology, 30(6), 1094-1100.