2023.8–Present, Associate Professor, Department of Hydraulic Engineering, School of Civil Engineering, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China

2016.8–2023.7, Assistant Professor (tenured associate professor effective 2023.8), Department of Civil, Structural and Environmental Engineering, University at Buffalo, The State University of New York, USA

2016.1–2016.7, Postdoctoral Research Associate, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, USA

Fluvial Hydraulics (undergraduate course）

Urban water system; smart urban water management; urban hydrology and hydraulics; particle movement in turbulent flows

Urban stormwater and water environment management

2023-Present，Editorial Board Member, Environmental Modelling & Software

2022-Present，Editorial Board Member, Frontiers in Water
2020-Present，Editorial Board Member, Frontiers in Sustainable Cities

2021, Editor’s Choice Award, Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences
2019, Best Conference Paper Award, ASCE-EWRI World Environmental & Water Resources Congress

40+ Journal papers，among which 20+ as first/corresponding author（IF is journal’s impact factor）：
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.