Zhang joined the School of Public Health at the University of Hong Kong in 2023. He earned his BSc and PhD in bioinformatics from Tianjin Medical University and Beijing Institute of Genomics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, respectively. Dr. Zhang's research involves computational biology, the construction of multi-omics databases, and machine learning with big data. His PhD thesis focused on the development of a fast, accurate, and automated virus classification tool based solely on genome sequences. His current research focuses on viral discovery and evolution using high-throughput sequencing technologies and bioinformatics approaches.