Research Professor, Center for Transformative Science; Adjunct Asso. Prof., School of Biomedical Engineering
Major in Accelerator Physics and Application,
including Beam Dynamics, Ultrafast Electron Diffraction UED, Medical Accelerators, Proton Therapy PT, Very High Energy Electron Radiotherapy VHEE-RT, Flash Therapy
Background
2003-2007 B. E., Engineering Physics, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China
2008-2015 Ph.D., Physics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, USA
2015-2017 Accelerator Physicist, Antaya Science and Technology, Hampton, USA
2017-2022 Accelerator Scientist, Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron DESY, Hamburg, Germany
2022-2024 Accelerator Physicist, Varian Medical Systems Particle Therapy GmbH & Co. KG, Germany
2025.02-2025.04 Asso. Staff Scientist, Quantum Science Center of Guandong Hongkong Macao Greater Bay Area, China
2025.05- Research Professor, Center for Transformative Science; Adjunct Asso. Prof., School of Biomedical Engineering, ShanghaiTech University, China
Interested Topics
1, Ultrafast Electron Diffraction (UED)
Ultrafast electron diffraction can realize real-time observation of structural changes in materials at the atomic-resolution scale, and reproduce the ultrafast dynamics at the atomic scale. UED can be applied to study of dynamic processes such as structural phase transitions, electron-phonon coupling, and molecular dynamics. The high-repetition-rate MeV UED system would greatly improve the spatio-temporal resolution and efficiency.
2, Medical Accelerators, Very High Energy Electron (VHEE-RT) and Flash Therapy
Various particles, including photons, electrons, protons, heavy ions, and neutrons, have been used for Radiotherapy for cancer treatment. Ultra-high dose rate FLASH Therapy will further promote the development of radiotherapy and benefit humankind. Combining with SHINE superconducting accelerator technology, an experimental platform for VHEE-RT and FLASH-RT is to be established.
Selected Publications
J.X. ZHANG, author of “Injection Scheme” in “PETRA IV, Upgrade of PETRA III to the Ultimate 3D X-ray Microscope, Conceptual Design Report”. 2019
https://bib-pubdb1.desy.de/record/426140/files/DESY-PETRAIV-Conceptual-Design-Report.pdf
J.X. Zhang, I.V. Agapov, et al, “The Injection System and the Injector Complex for PETRA IV”, International Particle Accelerator Conference 2019 (JACoW, Melbourne, Australia, 2019), TUPGW029,
http://accelconf.web.cern.ch/ipac2019/papers/tupgw029.pdf
JieXi Zhang, B. J. Munroe, Haoran Xu, M. A. Shapiro, and R. J. Temkin, “High power experimental studies of hybrid photonic band gap accelerator structures”, Phys. Rev. Accel. Beams 19, 081304 (2016),
http://journals.aps.org/prab/abstract/10.1103/PhysRevAccelBeams.19.081304
J. X. Zhang, T. A. Antaya, R. E. Block, “Beam dynamics of a compact SC isochronous cyclotron-preliminary study of central region”, International Particle Accelerator Conference 2011 (JACOW, San Sebastián, Spain, 2011), MOPS021,
http://accelconf.web.cern.ch/AccelConf/IPAC2011/papers/mops021.pdf
