Engaged in teaching and research work in the Business School, University of Shanghai for Science and Technology (USST) after obtaining a Ph.D. in Management from the School of Economics and Management at Tongji University in 2014. Previously worked in corporate and government sector for more than 6 years.

Member of Shanghai Key Discipline and Plateau Discipline Management Science and Engineering; Senior Visiting Scholar of the University of California, Berkeley; Expert Reviewer of National Natural Science Foundation of China Project; was invited to Shuangqing Forum hosted by the National Natural Science Foundation of China. Now the vice dean of the Business School, University of Shanghai for Science and Technology, director of the USST MBA program.

Presided over the National Natural Science Foundation of China and the National Social Science Foundation of China projects; published more than 60 papers in core journals; research results have been included in the Shanghai Science and Technology Yearbook.

Scientific Research projects:

1. Project Investigator. Mechanism and Implementation Means of M&A Synergy Based on Technology Innovation Capability of Manufacturing Industry in China. National Natural Science Foundation of China. 2014.01–2017.12

2. Project Investigator. Research on Mergers & Acquisitions Integration Model and its Policy Choices of Chinese Automobile Industry Based on Sustainable Innovation Capability. National Social Science Fund of China. 2009.07–2011.12

Recent Papers:

1. Zhang Zheng, Wang HongQian. How Online Social Ties and Product-related Factors Influence Purchasing Intention in Mobile Social Commerce Context? [J]. International Journal of Mobile Communications, 2019,17(02):191-212.

2. Zhang Zheng, Nie Si. Research on M&A Innovation Performance of Listed Chinese Manufacturing Companies [J]. Scientific Research Management, 2016,37(4):36-43.

3. Zhang Zheng, Bai Chunhua, He Yuan. Dynamic Simulation of Merger and Acquisition in China's Automotive Industry [J]. System Engineering Theory and Practice, 2013,33(01):99-105.

4. Zhang Zheng, Bai Chunhua, He Yuan. Simulation of M&A Integration of Automobile Industry Based on Continuous Innovation Capability [J]. System Engineering Theory and Application Method, 2012,21(05):662-667,683.

5. Zhang Zheng, Liu Xiaojing, He Yuan. Research on the Model of Chinese Automobile Industry Merger and Integration based on Continuous Innovation Ability [J]. Shanghai Economic Research, 2012:102-108.

6. Zhang Zheng, Liu Xiaojing, He Yuan. Study on Dynamic Simulation of Innovation Capability of China’s Automobile Enterprises [J]. Automotive Engineering, 2012,34(10):958-962.

Monographs：

1. Zhang Zheng. Mechanism and Implementation Means of M&A Synergy Based on Technology Innovation Capability of Manufacturing Industry in China. Beijing: Tsinghua University Press, 2017. 

2. Zhang Zheng. Research on Mergers & Acquisitions Integration Model of Chinese Automobile Industry Based on Sustainable Innovation Capability. Shanghai: Shanghai Jiao Tong University Press, 2013.

Postgraduates: Enterprise Innovation Management 

Undergraduates: Entrepreneurship and Innovation Management; Strategic Management

Director, Chinese Society of Optimization, Overall Planning and Economical Mathematics

Director, Technical Innovation Committee of Shanghai Institute of Engineering Management

Standing Director, Shanghai Marketing Society

Member, Modern Management Branch of China Society of Automotive Engineers

Member, Shanghai MBA Teaching Guiding Committee

Convener, Shanghai MBA Teaching Guiding Committee for Industry-Education Integration

Outstanding Leader Award for Chinese MBA Education, 2019

Excellent Employment Guider of USST, 2017

Excellent Works of Shanghai Automotive Industry Education Foundation (the third prize), 2014