2023年8月至今，清华大学，水利水电工程系，副教授
2016年8月至2023年7月，美国纽约州立大学布法罗分校，土木结构与环境工程系，助理教授
2016年1月至2016年7月，美国伊利诺伊大学香槟分校，土木与环境工程系（周文德水系统实验室），博士后研究员

河川水力学（本科生）

城市水系统，城市智慧水利，城市水文水力学，水流中的颗粒运动

城市雨洪与水环境管理。在研，主持。

2023年至今，Environmental Modelling & Software期刊编委
2022年至今，Frontiers in Water期刊编委
2020年至今，Frontiers in Sustainable Cities期刊编委
2018年至2023年，美国土木工程师协会环境与水资源部(ASCE-EWRI)学生和教育活动委员会委员
2020年至2022年，ASCE-EWRI“Global Science Exchange”研讨会组委委员

2021年Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences推荐论文奖(Editor’s Choice Award)
2019年美国土木工程师协会环境与水资源年会最佳会议论文奖

发表SCI收录论文40余篇，其中第一/通讯作者20余篇如下（IF是期刊影响因子）：
1.Alali, S. Wang, Z. Zhu*, and J. Atkinson. “Formation of oil-particle aggregates with motor oil and kaolinite clay in cold and warm freshwater”. Environmental Science: Processes & Impacts (IF=5.5). 2023, 25:566-576.
2.S. H. Ghodsi, Z. Zhu*, L. S. Matott, A. Rabideau, and M. N. Torres. “Optimal siting of rainwater harvesting systems for reducing combined sewer overflows at city scale”. Water Research (IF=13). 2023, 230:119533.
3.L. Li, J. Qiao, L. Wang, G. Yu, H. Li, C. Liao*, and Z. Zhu*. “Interpretable tree-based ensemble model for predicting beach water quality”. Water Research (IF=13), 2022, 211:118078.
4.G. Abeshu, H. Li*, Z. Zhu*, Z. Tan, and R. Leung. “Median bed-material sediment particle size across rivers in the contiguous U.S.”. Earth System Science Data (IF=11), 2022, 14:929-942.
5.Y. Li, Z. Zhu*, D. Soong*, H. Khorasani, S. Wang, F. Fitzpatrick, and M. Garcia. “FluOil: A Novel Tool for Modeling the Transport of Oil-Particle Aggregates in Inland Waterways”. Frontiers in Water (IF=2.9), 2022, 3:771764.
6.A. M. Saharia, Z. Zhu*, and J. F. Atkinson. “Compound flooding from lake seiche and river flow in a freshwater coastal river”. Journal of Hydrology (IF=6.4), 2021, 603:126969.
7.H. Khorasani and Z. Zhu*. “Phosphorus Retention in Lakes: A Critical Reassessment of Hypotheses and Static Models”. Journal of Hydrology (IF=6.4), 2021, 603:126886.
8.S. H. Ghodsi, Z. Zhu*, H. Gheith, A. Rabideau, M. N. Torres, and K. Meindl. “Modeling the Effectiveness of Rain Barrels, Cisterns, and Downspout Disconnections for Reducing Combined Sewer Overflows in a City-Scale Watershed”.  Water Resources Management (IF=4.3), 2021, 35(9), 2895-2908.
9.H. Khorasani, J. Xu, T. Nguyen, Z. Kralles, P. Westerhoff, N. Dai, and Z. Zhu*. “Contribution of Wastewater- Versus Non-Wastewater-Derived Sources to Haloacetonitriles Formation Potential in a Wastewater-Impacted River”. Science of the Total Environment (IF=10), 2021, 792:148355.
10.Y. Hui, Z. Zhu*, J. F. Atkinson, and A. M. Saharia. “Impacts of Phosphorus Loading Temporal Pattern on Benthic Algae Growth in Lake Ontario”. Journal of Hydrology (IF=6.4), 2021, 598:126449.
11.L. Wang, Z. Zhu*, L. Sassoubre, G. Yu, C. Liao, Q. Hu, and Y. Wang. “Improving the Robustness of Beach Water Quality Modeling using an Ensemble Machine Learning Approach”. Science of the Total Environment (IF=10), 2021, 765:142760.
12.Liao, J. B. Xavier*, and Z. Zhu*. “Enhanced inference of ecological networks by parameterizing ensembles of population dynamics models constrained with prior knowledge”. BMC Ecology (IF=2.2), 2020, 20:3.
13.M. Shahed Behrouz, Z. Zhu*, L. S. Matott, and A. Rabideau. “A new tool for automatic calibration of Storm Water Management Model (SWMM)”. Journal of Hydrology (IF=6.4), 2020, 581:124436.
14.A. M. Saharia, Z. Zhu*, N. Aich, M. Baalousha, and J. F. Atkinson. “Modeling the transport of titanium dioxide nanomaterials from combined sewer overflows in an urban river”. Science of the Total Environment (IF=10), 2019, 696: 133904.
15.K. Macro, L. S. Matott, A. Rabideau, S. H. Ghodsi, and Z. Zhu*. “OSTRICH-SWMM: A New Multi-Objective Optimization Tool for Green Infrastructure Planning with SWMM”. Environmental Modelling & Software (IF=4.9), 2019, 113: 42-47.
16.Y. Hui, Z. Zhu*, and J. F. Atkinson. “Mass Balance Analysis and Calculation of Wind Effects on Heat Fluxes and Water Temperature in a Large Lake”. Journal of Great Lakes Research (IF=2.2), 2018, 44: 1293-1305.
17.Z. Zhu, D. T. Soong*, T. Garcia, M. Shahed Behrouz, S. E. Butler, E. A. Elizabeth, M. J. Diana, J. J. Duncker, and D. H. Wahl. “Using Reverse-time Egg Transport Analysis for Predicting Asian Carp Spawning Grounds in the Illinois River”. Ecological Modelling (IF=3.1), 2018, 384(9): 53-62.
18.V. Vijayashanthar, J. Qiao, Z. Zhu*, P. Entwistle, and G. Yu. “Modeling Fecal Indicator Bacteria in Urban Waterways using Artificial Neural Networks”. ASCE-Journal of Environmental Engineering (IF=2.2), 2018, 144(6): 05018003.
19.Z. Zhu*, J. LeRoy, B. Rhoads, and M. García. “HydroSedFoam: A New Parallelized Two-dimensional Hydrodynamic, Sediment Transport, and Bed Morphology Model”. Computers & Geosciences (IF=4.4), 2018, 120(11): 32-39.
20.Z. Zhu*, D. Waterman, and M. García. “Modeling the Transport of Oil-Particle Aggregates Resulting from an Oil Spill in a Freshwater Environment”. Environmental Fluid Mechanics (IF=2.2), 2018, 18(4), 967-984.
21.Z. Zhu*, V. Morales, and M. García. “Impact of Combined Sewer Overflows on Urban River Hydrodynamic Modeling: A Case Study of the Chicago Waterway”. Urban Water Journal (IF=2.7), 2017, 14(9): 984-989.
22.Z. Zhu*, D. Motta, P. R. Jackson, and M. García. “Numerical Modeling of Simultaneous Tracer Release and Piscicide Treatment for Invasive Species Control in the Chicago Sanitary and Ship Canal, Chicago, Illinois”. Environmental Fluid Mechanics (IF=2.2), 2017, 17(2): 211-229.
23.Z. Zhu*, N. Oberg, V. Morales, J. Quijano, B. Landry, and M. García. “Integrated Urban Hydrologic and Hydraulic Modelling in Chicago, Illinois”. Environmental Modelling & Software (IF=4.9), 2016, 77(3): 63-70.