2007－2009，日本学术振兴会（JSPS）外国人特别研究员，日本东北大学多元物质科学研究所
2006—2007，外国人研究员，日本东北大学多元物质科学研究所
2005—2006，国家纳米科学研究中心研究助理
2002—2005，理学博士，中国科学院物理研究所
1995—2002，理学学士、硕士，郑州大学物理工程学院
 

1) 低维纳米结构的可控生长，包括石墨烯、氮化硼、二硫化钼等；
2) 低维纳米结构原子分辨的形貌、电子结构、物理化学特性等；
3) 低维纳米材料主要是石墨烯的表面物理化学反应、能带调控以及输运特性等。
 

澳门太阳娱乐网站官网百人计划特聘研究员、博士生导师，2138cn太阳集团古天乐前沿交叉学科研究院特聘研究员，国家优秀青年科学基金获得者。中科院物理所博士(2005)，日本东北大学博士后、日本学术振兴会(JSPS)外国人研究员(2006-2009)。2010年受聘2138cn太阳集团古天乐“百人计划”特聘研究员，加入澳门太阳娱乐网站官网材料系至今。主要从事二维原子晶体材料的可控制备和精确表征、新奇物理化学特性的探索，以及在能源等领域的应用研究。在Science, Phys. Rev. Lett, Nano Lett.等杂志发表论文80余篇。曾获全国百篇优秀博士论文（2007），中科院杰出科技成就奖（2005）等奖项。回国后获得了国家重大科学研究计划“量子调控”项目、国家自然科学基金面上/重大项目、国家优秀青年科学基金等项目的资助。目前承担的科研项目包括：国家自然科学基金面上项目一项、全国百篇优秀博士论文获得者科研启动经费一项、国家重点基础研究发展计划“量子调控”项目两项（其中一项担任课题组长，一项为科研骨干），国家优秀青年科学基金一项。
 

获得荣誉：

1.       2007年全国百篇优秀博士论文。
2.       2006年中国科学院(50篇)优秀博士论文。
3.       2005年中国科学院杰出科技成就奖，集体奖。
4.       2004年中国真空科学与技术硕士/博士优秀论文。
 

代表性学术论文 :

1.Zhiyu Zou, Lei Fu, Xiuju Song, Yanfeng Zhang* and Zhongfan Liu*, “Carbide-Forming Groups IVB-VIB Metals: A New Territory in the Periodic Table for CVD Growth of Graphene,” Nano Lett. 14 (2014) 3832−3839.
2.Qingqing Ji, Yu Zhang, Yanfeng Zhang* and Zhongfan Liu*, “Chemical vapour deposition of group-VIB metal dichalcogenide monolayers: engineered substrates from amorphous to single crystalline,” Chem. Soc. Rev. DOI: 10.1039/c4cs00258j.
3.Mengxi Liu, Yuanchang Li, Pengcheng Chen, Jingyu Sun, Donglin Ma, Qiucheng Li, Teng Gao, Yabo Gao, Zhihai Cheng, Xiaohui Qiu, Ying Fang, Yanfeng Zhang* and Zhongfan Liu*, “Quasi-Freestanding Monolayer Heterostructure of Graphene and Hexagonal Boron Nitride on Ir(111) with a Zigzag Boundary,” Nano Lett.14(2014)6342-6347.
4.Jianping Shi, Donglin Ma, Gao-Feng Han, Yu Zhang, Qingqing Ji, Teng Gao, Jingyu Sun, Xiuju Song, Cong Li, Yanshuo Zhang, Xing-You Lang*, Yanfeng Zhang* and Zhongfan Liu, “Controllable Growth and Transfer of Monolayer MoS2 on Au Foils and Its Potential Application in Hydrogen Evolution Reaction,” ACS Nano 8 (2014) 10196–10204.
5.Jingyu Sun, Teng Gao, Xiuju Song, Yanfei Zhao, Yuanwei Lin, Huichao Wang, Donglin Ma, Yubin Chen, Wenfeng Xiang, Jian Wang, Yanfeng Zhang* and Zhongfan Liu*, “Direct Growth of High-Quality Graphene on High-κ Dielectric SrTiO3 Substrates,” J. Am. Chem. Soc. 136 (2014) 6574–6577.
6.Yu Zhang, Yanfeng Zhang*, Qingqing Ji, Jing Ju, Hongtao Yuan, Jianping Shi, Teng Gao, Donglin Ma, Mengxi Liu, Yubin Chen, Xiuju Song, Harold Y. Hwang, Yi Cui and Zhongfan Liu, "Controlled Growth of High-Quality Monolayer WS2 Layers on Sapphire and Imaging Its Grain Boundary," ACS Nano 7(2013)8963-8971.
7.Qingqing Ji, Yanfeng Zhang*, Teng Gao, Yu Zhang, Donglin Ma, Mengxi Liu, Yubin Chen, Xiaofen Qiao, Ping-Heng Tan, Min Kan, Ji Feng, Qiang Sun and Zhongfan Liu*, "Epitaxial Monolayer MoS2 on Mica with Novel Photoluminescence," Nano Lett. 13(2013)3870-3877
8.Yabo Gao, Yanfeng Zhang*, Pengcheng Chen, Yuanchang Li, Mengxi Liu, Teng Gao, Donglin Ma, Yubin Chen, Zhihai Cheng, Xiaohui Qiu, Wenhui Duan and Zhongfan Liu*, "Toward Single-layer Uniform Hexagonal Boron Nitride–Graphene Patchworks with Zigzag Linking Edges," Nano Lett.13(2013) 3439−3443
9.Wei Yan, Mengxi, Liu, Ruifen Dou, Lan Meng, Lin Feng, Zhaodong Chu, Yanfeng Zhang*, Zhongfan Liu, Jiacai Nie, Lin He, Angle-dependent van Hove singularities in a slightly twisted graphene bilayer. Phys. Rev. Lett. 109(2012) 126801.
10.Yanfeng Zhang, Teng Gao, Yabo Gao, Shubao Xie, Qingqing Ji, Kai Yan, Hailin Peng, Zhongfan Liu, Defect-like structures of graphene on copper foils for strain relief investigated by high-resolution scanning tunneling microscopy. ACS Nano 5(2011)4014-4022.
11.Yanfeng Zhang, Jinfeng Jia, Tiezhu Han, Zhe Tang, Quantong Shen, Yang Guo, Ziqiang Qiu, Qikun Xue, Band structure and oscillatory electron-phonon coupling of Pb thin films determined by atomic-layer-resolved quantum-well states. Phys. Rev. Lett. 95(2005)096802.
12.Yang Guo, Yanfeng Zhang, XinYu Bao, Tiezhu Han, Zhe Tang, Lixin Zhang,; Wenguang Zhu, Enge Wang, Qian Niu, Ziqiang Qiu, Jinfeng Jia, Zhongxian Zhao; Qikun Xue, “Superconductivity modulated by quantum size effects”, Science 306(2004)1915-1917. (The first three authors contributed equally to this work) .