研究员/博导，中国科学院特聘研究骨干。2007年获中国科学院大学理学博士学位，2009年进入上海同步辐射光源工作。长期从事X射线谱学显微和相干衍射成像方法学发展和应用，建成国内首个X射线扫描相干衍射成像(ptychography)平台，实现了低剂量、高分辨（7nm）、大视场（百微米）、高效率的ptychography方法，有力支持了光源用户的高水平研究工作。先后主持5项国家和上海市自然基金项目，主持1项国家重点研发课题，发表论文80余篇。

1. 高分辨X射线显微方法学

2. X射线相干衍射成像方法学及应用研究  

3. 图像恢复/重建算法  

4. 同步辐射实验技术及应用

1. 国家科技部，国家重点研发计划，课题负责人，2022.12-2027.11  

2. 国家自然科学基金，面上项目，项目负责人，2019.1-2022.12  

3. 国家自然科学基金，联合基金项目，项目负责人，2019.1-2021.12  

4. 国家自然科学基金，面上项目，项目负责人，2016.1-2019.12  

5. 国家自然科学基金，青年基金，项目负责人，2013.1-2015.12  

6. 上海市自然科学基金，面上项目，项目负责人，2011.4-2014.3  

7. 国家科技部，国家重点研发计划课题，骨干参与，2022.01-2026.12  

8. 国家自然科学基金，重点项目，子课题负责人，2024.1-2028.12 

9. 上海市科委，基础研究重点项目，子课题负责人，2021.10-2024.9

[1] S. Wu, Z. Xu*, R. Li, S. Chen, Y. Zhang, X. Zhang, Z. Chen, and R. Tai. Enhanced imaging in scanning transmission X-ray microscopy assisted by ptychography. Nanomaterials 15, 496, 2025

[2] Y. Zhang, Z. Xu*, B. Zhao, X. Zhang, R. Li, S. Chen, and S. Wu. Dynamic coherent diffractive imaging with modulus enforced probe and low spatial frequency constraints. Sensors 25, 2323, 2025 

[3] Y. Jiao, X. Zhang*, Z. Xu*, Z. Yao, T. Sun, Y. Zhang, at al. New online beam intensity synchronous monitoring system in scanning transmission X-ray microscopy. J. Synchrotron Rad. 32, 424, 2025

[4] R. Li, Z. Xu*, S. Chen, et al. Strategies for suppression and compensation of signal loss in ptychography. Photonics 12, 636, 2025 

[5] M. Liu, Y. Han, X. Xi, Qi Zhong, L. Zhang, L. Li, Z. Xu*, X. Zhang, and B. Yan. A denoising method for X-ray ptychography by combining a physical diffraction model with a deep image prior network. IEEE T. Nucl. Sci., in press.

[6] X. Luo, M. Zhang, Y. Hu, Y. Xu, H. Zhou, Z. Xu, Y. Hao, et al. Wrinkled metal-organic framework thin films with tunable Turing patterns for pliable integration. Science 385, 647, 2024 

[7] X. Tong, V. Dhamgaye, Q. Chen, Q. Wu, B. Deng, L. Zhang, J. Zhao, Y. Chen*, Zijian Xu*, et al. A study of structural effects on the focusing and imaging performance of hard X-rays with 20–30 nm zone plates. J. Synchrotron Rad. 31, 1457, 2024 

[8] M. Liu, Y. Han, X. Xi, L. Li, Z. Xu*, X. Zhang, L. Zhu, and B. Yan. A reconstruction method for ptychography based on residual dense network. J. X-Ray Sci. Technol. 32, 1505-1519, 2024 

[9] S. Liu; Z. Xu*; Z. Xing; X. Zhang; et al. Periodic Artifacts Generation and Suppression in X-ray Ptychography. Photonics, 2023, 10: 532

[10] S. Liu; Z. Xu*; X. Zhang; et al. Position-guided ptychography for vibration suppression with the aid of a laser interferometer. Opt. Laser Eng. 2023, 160: 107297 

[11] Z. Qin; Z. Xu*; R. Li; H. Liu; et al. Initial probe function construction in ptychography based on zone-plate optics. Applied Optics, 2023, 62: 3542

[12] S. Chen, C. Fan, Zijian Xu, M. Pei, et al. Mechanochemical synthesis of organoselenium compounds. Nature Commun. 2024, 15: 769 

[13] Z. Xing, Z. Xu*, R. Tai, et al. Virtual depth-scan multi-slice ptychography for improved three-dimensional imaging, Optics Express 29, 16214, 2021

[14] T. Sun, X. Zhang, Z. Xu*, R. Tai，et al., A bidirectional scanning method of scanning transmission X-ray microscopy, J. Synchrotron Rad. 28, 512, 2021 

[15] Xing Z., Xu Z.*, Tai R., et al. Research on Signal-Noise Separation Algorithm of Ptychography，Acta Optica Sinica 41, 2234001, 2021 

[16] Z. Xing, Z. Xu*, X. Zhang, H. Liu, et al. Position correction algorithm combined with Fresnel CDI for Ptychography, Proc. SPIE 2020, 11571: 115710O

[17] L. Ma, X. Zhang, Z. Xu*, et al., Three-dimensional focal stack imaging in soft X-ray microscopy with an improved reconstruction algorithm. Optics Express 27, 7787, 2019