张元竹博士，南方科技大学化学系副教授, 中组部“青年千人”入选者，深圳市孔雀B类人才。2000年和2005年分获北京大学化学与分子工程学院学士、博士学位，导师高松院士。2005年至2013年先后在日本九州大学先导物质化学研究所、美国纽约州立布法罗分校、肯塔基大学及密苏里州立-圣路易斯分校从事博士后研究。2013-2015年美国德州农工大学化学系助理研究员。主要从事功能分子磁性材料的开发研究。在国际学术期刊发表论文三十余篇，被引用2100余次。
2005年，北京大学创新奖
2007年，北京大学优秀博士论文二等奖、全国百篇优秀博士论文提名奖
2017年，入选国家第八批“青年千人计划”
2017年，入选深圳市海外高层次人才“孔雀计划”（B类）
2. 单分子、单链磁体的设计、组装及优化
3. 分子基光磁及复合多功能材料
4. 电子转移、自旋翻转组合体系的开发研究
南方科技大学科研启动经费（主持）
深圳市孔雀B类人才科研经费（主持）
国家“千人计划“青年项目（主持）
国家自然科学基金面上项目（主持）
1. Dong-Qing Wu, Dong Shao, Xiao-Qin Wei, Fu-Xing Shen, Le Shi, David Kempe, Yuan-Zhu Zhang,* Kim R. Dunbar,* and Xin-Yi Wang,*“Reversible On−Off Switching of a Single-Molecule Magnet via a Crystal-to-Crystal Chemical Transformation”J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2017, 139, 11714−11717，
2. Yuan-Zhu Zhang,# Silvia Gómez-Coca,# Andrew J Brown, Mohamed R. Saber, Kim R. Dunbar,* “Trigonal Antiprismatic Co(II) Single Molecule Magnets with Large Unaxial Anisotropies: Importance of Raman and Tunneling Mechanisms”, Chem. Sci. 2016, 7, 6519.
3. Yuan-Zhu Zhang, Edward Funck, Han-Hua Zhao, Kim R. Dunbar, “Single chain magnet tape based on hexacyanomaganate(III)”, Angew. Chem. Ed. Int. 2015, 54, 5583. (High-lighted in Wiley-VCH Hot Topics _Magnetic Materials)4. Yuan-Zhu Zhang, Philip, Ferko, Diana Siretanu, Rodica Ababei, Nigam Rath, Michael Shaw, Rodolphe Clérac, Corine Mathoniere, Stephen Holmes, “Thermochromic and Photoresponsive Cyanometalate Fe/Co Squares: Towards Control of the Electron Transfer Temperature”, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2014, 136, 16854. (High-lighted in CNRS news)
5. Yuan-Zhu Zhang, Uma Prasad Mallik, Nigam Rath, Rodolphe Clérac, and
Stephen M. Holmes, “Pyrazolylborates and Their Importance in Tuning
Single-Molecule Magnet Properties of {FeIII2NiII} Complexes”, Inorg. Chem. 2011,
50, 10537. (Highlighted in an Editorial’s Choice)
6. Yuan-Zhu Zhang, Uma P.
Mallik, Rodolphe Clérac, Nigam Rath, and Stephen M. Holmes, “Irreversible
Solvent-Driven Conversion in Cyanometalate {Fe2Ni}n (n = 2, 3) Single-Molecule
Magnets”, Chem. Commun. 2011, 47, 7194. (Cited 20+)
7. Yuan-Zhu Zhang,
Dong-Feng Li, Rodolphe Clérac, Marguerite Kalisz, Corine Mathonière, Stephen M.
Holmes, “Reversible Thermally and Photoinduced Electron Transfer in a
Cyano-Bridged {Fe2Co2} Square Complex”, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2010, 49, 3752.
(High- lighted in CNRS news)
8. Yuan-Zhu Zhang, Bing-Wu Wang, Osamu Sato, and
Song Gao, “First Fe(II)-Based Cyano-Bridged Single Molecule Magnet [CrIIIFeII2]
with a Large Anisotropy”, Chem. Commun. 2010, 46, 6959. (Highlighted in
CrystEngSelects)
9. Yuan-Zhu Zhang, Uma Prasad Mallik, Nigam Rath, Gordon T.
Yee, Rodophe Clérac and Stephen M Holmes, “A Cyano-Based Octanuclear
{FeIII4NiII4} Single-Molecule Magnet”, Chem. Commun. 2010, 46, 4953. (Cited
25+)
10. Yuan-Zhu Zhang, Osamu sato, “A Cyano-Bridged CrIIICoII Ferromagnet
with a Chiral Nanotubular Structure Constituted of Interlocked Single and Double
Helices”, Inorg. Chem. 2010, 49, 1271. (Cover Picture)
11. Yuan-Zhu Zhang,
Song Gao, Zhe-Ming Wang, Feng Pan, “An azido-bridged disk-like hepta-nuclear
cobalt(II) complex towards single-molecule magnet”, Chem. Commun. 2006, 3302.
(Cited 145+)
12. Yuan-Zhu Zhang, Hai-Yan Wei, Feng Pan, Zhe-Ming Wang, Zhi-Da
Chen and Song Gao, “Two molecular tapes consisting of serial or parallel cyclic
azido-bridged octanuclear copper rings”, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2005, 44, 5841.
(Cited 90+)
13. Yuan-Zhu Zhang, Song Gao, Hao-Ling Sun, Gang Su, Zhe-Ming
Wang and Shi-Wei Zhang, “Linking cyano-bridged ladders by azide to form a
layered metamagnet”, Chem. Commun., 2004, 1906. (Cited 80+)
