September 2012 to July 2017：Fudan University，Macromolecular Chemistry and Physics，Ph.D.（Advisor: Huisheng Peng）

September 2008 to July 2012：East China University of Science and Technology，Polymer Materials and Engineering，B.S. 

July 2022 to Present：Shanghai Jiao Tong University，School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering，Associate Professor

October 2017 to April 2022：Stanford University，Chemical Engineering, Postdoc（Collaboration Advisor: Zhenan Bao）

Focus on designing and developing high-performance, soft and stretchable polymer semiconductors and optoelectronic devices as well as their applications in wearable electronics and bioelectronics.

Conjugated polymer materials: Develop high-performance, flexible and stretchable semiconducting polymer and conducting polymer through chemical-engineering or chemical methods.

Novel, flexible and stretchable light-emitting "e-skin" and "e-textile": Use the designed polymer materials to construct high-performance, flexible and stretchable polymer light-emitting devices, including polymer light-emitting diode, polymer light-emitting electrochemical cell and polymer light-emitting capacitor.

Important applications: Use developed polymer-based materials and devices to solve key issues in the area of wearable electronics, bio-implantable electronics and optogenetics.

To date, Zhitao has published over 60 papers in top international journals, with a total citation of >7,000 times, and h-index of 37. In particular, Zhitao has published 25 first (include co-first) and corresponding authored papers, including 1 in Nature, 2 in Science, 1 in Nat. Photon., 1 in Nat. Rev. Mater., 2 in Nat. Commun., 1 in Natl. Sci. Rev., 2 in Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 4 in Adv. Mater. and 2 in Adv. Energy Mater..

1.       Zhang, Z.†, Wang, W.†, Jiang, Y.†, Wang, Y.†, Wu, Y., Lai, J., Niu, S., Xu, C., Shih, C., Wang, C., Yan, H., Galuska, L., Prine, N., Wu, H., Zhong, D., Chen, G., Matsuhisa, N., Zheng, Y., Yu, Z., Wang, Y., Dauskardt, R., Gu, X., Tok, J., Bao, Z.* "High-Brightness All-Polymer Stretchable LED with Charge-Trapping Dilution", Nature 2022, 603, 624-630. (†Equal contribution) (Highlighted by Nature Reviews Materials)

2.       Jiang, Y.†, Zhang, Z.†, Wang, Y.†*, Li, D.†, Coen, C., Hwaun, E., Chen, G., Wu, H., Zhong, D., Niu, S., Wang, W., Saberi, A., Lai, J., Wu, Y., Wang, Y., Trotsyuk, A., Loh, K., Shih, C., Xu, W., Liang, K., Zhang, K., Bai, Y., Gurusankar, G., Hu, W., Jia, W., Cheng, Z., Dauskardt, R., Gurtner, G., Tok, J., Deisseroth, K., Soltesz, L., Bao, Z.* "Topological Supramolecular Network Enabled High Conductivity Stretchable Organic Bioelectronics", Science 2022, 375, 1411-1417. (†Equal contribution)

3.       Wang, W.†, Jiang, Y.†, Zhong, D.†, Zhang, Z.†, Choudhury, S., Lai, J-C., Gong, H., Niu, S., Yan, X., Zheng, Y., Shih, C., Ning, R., Lin, Q., Li, D., Kim, Y-K., Kim, J., Wang, Y., Zhao, C., Xu, X., Ji, X., Nishio, Y., Lyu, H., Tok, J., Bao., Z* "Neuromorphic sensorimotor loop embodied by monolithically integrated low-voltage soft e-skin", Science 2023, 380, 735-742. (†Equal contribution)

4.       Zhang, Z., Guo, K., Li, Y., Li, X., Guan, G., Li, H., Luo, Y., Zhao, F., Zhang, Q., Wei, B., Pei, Q., Peng, H.* "A Colour-Tunable, Weavable Fibre-Shaped Polymer Light-Emitting Electrochemical Cell", Nature Photonics 2015, 9, 233-238. (Highlighted as a News and Views article by Nature Photonics; Nature provided a specific press information)

5.       Zhang, Z.*, Wang, Y., Jia, S., Fan, C. "Body-conformable light-emitting materials and devices", Nature Photonics 2023, accepted. 

6.       Zhang, Z.* "Light-Emitting Materials for Wearable Electronics", Nature Reviews Materials 2022, 7, 839-840.

7.       Zheng, H.†, Zhang, Z.†, Jiang, S.†, Yan, B.†, Shi, X., Xie, Y., Huang, X., Yu, Z., Liu, H., Weng, S., Nurmikko, A., Zhang, Y., Peng, H.*, Xu, W.*, Zhang, J.* "A Shape-Memory and Spiral Light-Emitting Device for Precise Multisite Stimulation of Nerve Bundles", Nature Communications 2019, 10, 2790. (†Equal contribution)

8.       Liu, J.†, Wang, J.†, Zhang, Z.†, Lopez, P., Wang, G., Schroeder, B., Yan, X., Zeng, Y., Zhao, O., Tran, H., Lei, T., Lu, Y., Wang, Y., Tok, J., Dauskardt, R., Chung, J., Yun, Y.*, Bao, Z.*, "Fully Stretchable Active-Matrix Organic Light-Emitting Electrochemical Cell Array", Nature Communications 2020, 11, 8907. (†Equal contribution)

9.       Zhang, Z., Bao. Z.* "High luminescent polymers for stretchable displays", National Science Review 2023, 10, nwac093.

10.     Zhang, Z., Li, X., Guan, G., Pan, S., Zhu, Z., Ren, D., Peng, H.* "A Lightweight Polymer Solar Cell Textile that Functions when Illuminated from Either Side", Angewandte Chemie International Edition 2014, 53, 11571-11574. (Awarded as a "VIP paper" by this journal and highlighted by Nature)

11.      Sun, X.†, Zhang, Z.†, Lu, X., Guan, G., Li, H., Peng, H.* "Electric Current Test Paper Based on Conjugated Polymer and Aligned Carbon Nanotube", Angewandte Chemie International Edition 2013, 52, 7776-7780. (†Equal contribution)

12.      Zhang, Z.†, Cui, L.†, Shi, X., Tian, X., Wang, D., Gu, C., Chen, E., Cheng, X., Xu, Y., Hu, Y., Zhang, J., Zhou, L., Fong, H., Ma, P., Jiang, G., Sun, X., Zhang, B., Peng, H.* "Textile Display for Electronic and Brain-Interfaced Communications", Advanced Materials 2018, 30, 1800323. (†Equal contribution)

13.     Zhang, Z., Liao, M., Lou, H., Hu, Y., Sun, X., Peng, H.* "Conjugated polymers for flexible energy harvesting and storage", Advanced Materials 2018, 30, 1704261.

14.     Zhang, Z., Chen, X., Chen, P., Guan, G., Qiu, L., Lin, H., Yang, Z., Bai, W., Luo, Y., Peng, H.* "Integrated Polymer Solar Cell and Electrochemical Supercapacitor in a Fiber Format", Advanced Materials 2014, 26, 466-470. (Highlighted by MaterialsViewsChina)

15.     Zhang, Z.†, Deng, J.†, Li, X., Yang, Z., He, S., Chen, X., Guan, G., Ren, J., Peng, H.* "Superelastic Supercapacitors with High Performances during Stretching", Advanced Materials 2015, 27, 356-362. (†Equal contribution)

16.     Zhang, Z., Yang, Z., Wu, Z., Guan, G., Pan, S., Zhang, Y., Li, H., Deng, J., Sun, B., Peng, H.* "Weaving Efficient Polymer Solar Cell Wires into Flexible Power Textiles", Advanced Energy Materials 2014, 4, 1301750.

17.     Zhang, Z., Wang, L., Li, Y., Zhang, J., Guan, G., Pan, Z., Peng. H.* "Nitrogen-Doped Core-Sheath Carbon Nanotube Array for Highly Stretchable Supercapacitor", Advanced Energy Materials 2016, 7, 1601814.