于北京大学获得本科和硕士学位，于牛津大学获得博士学位。

先后于牛津大学和德国马克斯普朗克结构动态研究所从事博士后研究工作，在德国的工作期间受到洪堡学者资助。2013年加入南京大学现代工程与应用科学学院。

研究兴趣包括量子光学，量子信息工程。主要研究工作为非经典光学态的制备，操控和检测及其在成像、通讯、精密测量和量子模拟中的应用。

更多内容请见课题组网站：http://quantum.nju.edu.cn

中国电子学会量子信息分会委员

中国激光杂志社青年编委，《中国激光》编委

主持及参与多项自然科学基金、国家重点研发计划项目。

2020年江苏省光学学会青年光学科技奖

2021年教育部长江学者奖励计划

在Science、Nature Photonics、Physical Review Letters、Light: Science & Applications发表论文40余篇。

1. Liang Xu, Huichao Xu, Tao Jiang, Feixiang Xu, Kaimin Zheng, Ben Wang, Aonan Zhang, and Lijian Zhang*, “Direct Characterization of Quantum Measurements Using Weak Values”, Physical Review Letters 127(18), 180401 (2021)

2. Feixaing Xu^#, Xiao-Ming Zhang^#, Liang Xu, Tao Jiang, Man-Hong Yung* and Lijian Zhang*, “Experimental Quantum Target Detection Approaching the Fundamental Heltrom Limit”, Physical Review Letters 127(4), 040504 (2021)

3. Aonan Zhang, Hao Zhan, Junjie Liao, Kaimin Zheng, Tao Jiang, Minghao Mi, Penghui Yao* and Lijian Zhang*, “Quantum verification of NP problems with single photons and linear optics”, Light: Science & Applications 10, 169 (2021)
   

4. Jie Xie, Aonan Zhang, Ningping Cao, Huichao Xu, Kaimin Zheng, Yiu-Tung Poon, Nung-Sing Sze, Ping Xu, Bei Zeng* and Lijian Zhang*, “Observing geometry of quantum states in a three-level system”, Physical Review Letters 125, 150401 (2020)

5. Liang Xu, Zexuan Liu, Animesh Datta, George C. Knee, Jeff S. Lundeen, Yan-qing Lu* and Lijian Zhang*, “Approaching Quantum-limited Metrology with Imperfect Detectors by using Weak-value Amplification”, Physical Review Letters 125, 080501 (2020) (Cover)

6. Lin Li, Zexuan Liu, Xifeng Ren, Shuming Wang*, Vin-Cent Su, Mu-Ku Chen, Cheng Hung Chu, Hsin Yu Kuo, Biheng Liu, Wenbo Zang, Guangcan Guo, Lijian Zhang*, Zhenlin Wang*, Shining Zhu* and Din Ping Tsai*, “Metalens-array-based high-dimensional and multi-photon quantum source”, Science 368, 1487-1490 (2020)

7. Huichao Xu, Feixiang Xu, Thomas Theurer, Dario Egloff, Zi-Wen Liu, Nengkun Yu, Martin B. Plenio* and Lijian Zhang*, “Experimental quantification of coherence of a tunable quantum detector”, Physical Review Letters 125, 060404 (2020)

8. Aonan Zhang, Jie Xie, Huichao Xu, Kaimin Zheng, Han Zhang, Yiu-Tung Poon, Vlatko Vedral* and Lijian Zhang*, “Experimental Self-Characterization of Quantum Measurements”, Physical Review Letters 124, 040402 (2020)

9. Aonan  Zhang, Huichao Xu, Jie Xie, Han Zhang, Brian J. Smith*, M. S. Kim and  Lijian Zhang*, “Experimental test of contextuality in quantum and  classical systems”, Physical Review Letters 122, 080401 (2019)

10. L. Zhang*, A. Datta and I.A. Walmsley, “Precision metrology using weak measurements”, Physical Review Letters 114, 210801 (2015)

11. L. Zhang*, H. Coldenstrodt-Ronge, A. Datta, G. Puentes, J.S. Lundeen, X.-M. Jin, B.J. Smith, M.B. Plenio, I.A. Walmsley, “Mapping Coherence in Measurement via Full Quantum Tomography of a Hybrid Optical Detector”, Nature Photonics 6, 364-368 (2012)

12. L.  Zhang*, Ch. Silberhorn and I.A. Walmsley, “Secure Quantum Key  Distribution using Continuous Variables of Single Photons”, Physical Review Letters 100, 110504 (2008)