2007年-2011年，南京大学材料系，学士学位   

2011年-2014年，南京大学现代工程与应用科学学院，硕士学位   

2014年-2018年，沙特阿卜杜拉国王科技大学，博士学位

2018年2月-2019年2月，日本物质材料研究所 (NIMS)，博士后  

2019年4月-2021年6月，香港浸会大学物理系，博士后

2022年6月，加入南京大学从事教学和科研工作

人工微结构材料，超构材料，拓扑物理学

1. Y.-F. Liu†, Y. Ru†, Z.-G. Chen*, Z.-X. Chen, G.-C. He, X.-M. Zhang, M. Xiao*, M.-H. Lu*, and Y.-F. Chen, Morphing interface localization via nonlinearity, Newton 2, 100555 (2026).

2. Z.-X. Chen†, Y. Ru†, G.-C. He, M.-H. Lu, Y.-F. Chen, Y.-Q. Lu*, and Z.-G. Chen*, Nonlinear coupling induced anomalous state transfer and complete multistate excitation via adiabatic control, Phys. Rev. Lett. 136, 037202 (2026).

3. X.-M. Zhang, G.-C. He, Z.-X. Chen, Z.-G. Chen*, M.-H. Lu*, and Y.-F. Chen*, Coherent control of transient acoustic wave under programmable Bloch dynamics, Sci. China Phys. Mech. Astron. 69, 234312 (2026).

4. X.-M. Zhang, Z.-G. Chen*, G. Ma*, M.-H. Lu*, and Y.-F. Chen, Zeno freezing and anti-Zeno acceleration of the dynamic evolution of topological boundary states, Phys. Rev. Lett. 135, 216601 (2025).

5. Z.-X. Chen†, W.-G. Song†, G.-C. He, X.-M. Zhang, Z.-G. Chen*, H. Xu*, and E. Prodan*, Emulation of Schrödinger dynamics with metamaterials, Sci. Bull. 70, 1347 (2025). （综述论文）

6. Z. Chen†, L. Ma†, S. Ge, Z.-G. Chen*, M.-H. Lu, Y.-F. Chen, and Y.-Q. Lu*, Transient logic operations in acoustics through dynamic modulation, Phys. Rev. Appl. 21, L011001 (2024).

7. Z.-X. Chen†, Y.-G. Peng†, Z.-G. Chen*, Y. Liu, P. Chen, X.-F. Zhu*, and Y.-Q. Lu*, Robust temporal adiabatic passage with perfect frequency conversion between detuned acoustic cavities, Nat. Commun. 15, 1478 (2024).

8. X.-J. Zhang, F. Zangeneh-Nejad, Z.-G. Chen, M.-H. Lu*, and J. Christensen*, A second wave of topological phenomena in photonics and acoustics, Nature 618, 687–697 (2023). （综述论文）

9. Z.-G. Chen, R.-Y. Zhang, C. T. Chan, and G. Ma*, Classical non-Abelian braiding of acoustic modes, Nat. Phys. 18, 179–184 (2022).

10. Z.-G. Chen, W. Zhu, Y. Tan, L. Wang, and G. Ma*, Acoustic realization of a four-dimensional higher-order Chern insulator and boundary-modes engineering, Phys. Rev. X 11, 011016 (2021).

11. Z.-G. Chen, W. Tang, R.-Y. Zhang, Z. Chen, and G. Ma*, Landau-Zener transition in the dynamic transfer of acoustic topological states, Phys. Rev. Lett. 126, 054301 (2021).

12. Z.-G. Chen and Y. Wu*, Tunable topological phononic crystals, Phys. Rev. Appl. 5, 054021 (2016).

13. Z.-G. Chen, X. Ni, Y. Wu, C. He, X.-C. Sun, L.-Y. Zheng, M.-H. Lu*, and Y.-F. Chen, Accidental degeneracy of double Dirac cones in a phononic crystal, Sci. Rep. 4, 4613 (2014).