​Hi, here is Xianjun Zhang (Cho). I was born in Guizhou province, China, in 1994. I completed my B.S. degree at Northeast Forestry University, Harbin City, China, in July 2017. In April 2018, I moved to Sendai City, Japan, and started a doctoral course in Professor Shen Ye’s Lab at the Department of Chemistry of Tohoku University, and received my Ph.D. degree in March 2024. While studying for the Ph.D. course, I used advanced microscopic spectroscopies to study the light-harvesting process within a single algae cell. I also developed and used a new single-molecule spectroscopy method to investigate the energy transfer processes within the natural photosynthetic proteins. After completing Ph.D. degree, I am a JSPS postdoctoral researcher at Shen Ye Lab and I am developing the measurement techniques of super-resolution spectral microscopy (advisor: Assoc. Prof. Yutaka Shibata). From July 2024, I start the second PD research activity in MIT Prof. Gabriela Lab.

    I am interested in biophysics, light-matter interaction, technical development of advanced spectroscopies. Besides doing science in daily life I also enjoy cooking, loving city walking, listening to music, and looking for interesting stores.