Personal profile
Author IDs
ORCID iD: 0000-0002-8659-5396
Scopus Author ID: 55699319100
Impact
Qualifications (Brief)
PhD – New York University, USA
Qualifications/Experiences
Bachelor of Science, Fudan University, Oct 1982
Master of Science, New York University, Jun 1983
Doctor of Philosophy, New York University, Oct 1986
Research Experience
Jul 1986 – present
- Scientific computing – large scale numerical simulation - front tracking
- Compressible Rayleigh-Taylor instability
- Nonlinear theory of Richtmyer-Meshkov instability
- Environmental protection – ground water ecology – oil recovery process
- Stochastic PDE – random field – heterogeneous porous media – nonFickian dispersion
- Turbulent mixing – scaling laws – multifractal theory – transient behavior
- Applications of renormalization group theory to multi-phase flow.
- Fluid dynamics – gas dynamics
- Algorithm design – data structure design – dynamical grid generation
- Computational geometry – computer graphics
- Financial mathematics – option pricing – portfolio management – risk analysis
Aug 1983 – Jul 1986
- The s-d mixing – local moment in metals – Anderson model
- Magnetic coupling between moments in metals
- Interaction in spin glasses
Biography
Prof. Qiang Zhang receives his BSc from Fudan University, MA and PhD from New York University. Prior to joining City University of Hong Kong, Prof. Zhang had been with New York University and State University at Stony Brook. Prof. Zhang's research interests include financial mathematics, risk management, optional portfolio selection, fluid dynamics, granular materials and mathematical physics.
Research Interests/Areas
- Mathematical Finance
- Interfacial Instabilities
- Computational Fluid Dynamics
- Mathematical Physics
Research areas
- Financial Mathematics
- Computational Fluid Dynamics
- Fluid Instability
- Turbulence
- Nonlinear Dynamics
- Chaos
- Ground Water Ecology
- Environmental Protection and Remedation
- Applied Physics
- Computer Science
Services in CityUHK
Advisor for Research Students
PhD
- Shuyan DENG
- Yuan FANG
- Ming GAO
- Lei GE
- Wenxuan GUO
- Mary Jane GRAHAM
- Jiguang HAN
- Ju-Hong KIM
- Tatiana KUZNETSOVA
- Won-Suck LEE
- Qian LI
- Weiling NIE
- Sung-Ik SON
- Guangming WANG
- Tailun WANG
- Mingjie YU
- Yunfei ZHAN
MPhil
- Leung-Lung CHAN
- Jialing DENG
- Yuhui DENG
- Yuan FANG
- Ming GAO
- Wenxuan GUO
- Junbo HUANG
- Yun LI
- Xiaodan ZHOU
Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals
In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):
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SDG 7 Affordable and Clean Energy -
SDG 9 Industry, Innovation, and Infrastructure
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Research output
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Numerical Solutions to Optimal Portfolio Selection and Consumption Strategies under Stochastic Volatility
Ge, L. & Zhang, Q., 1 Sept 2020, In: Complexity. 2020, 16 p., 9548060.Research output: Journal Publications and Reviews › RGC 21 - Publication in refereed journal › peer-review
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Universality and scaling laws among fingers at Rayleigh–Taylor and Richtmyer–Meshkov unstable interfaces in different dimensions
Guo, W. & Zhang, Q., Feb 2020, In: Physica D: Nonlinear Phenomena. 403, 132304.Research output: Journal Publications and Reviews › RGC 21 - Publication in refereed journal › peer-review
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Quantitative Theory for the Growth Rate and Amplitude of the Compressible Richtmyer-Meshkov Instability at all Density Ratios
Zhang, Q., Deng, S. & Guo, W., 26 Oct 2018, In: Physical Review Letters. 121, 17, 174502.Research output: Journal Publications and Reviews › RGC 21 - Publication in refereed journal › peer-review
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Comportement dynamique d'un flux granulaire rapide convergent
Guo, W., Zhang, Q. & Wylie, J. J., 1 Aug 2016, In: Comptes Rendus Mathematique. 354, 8, p. 864-868Research output: Journal Publications and Reviews › RGC 21 - Publication in refereed journal › peer-review
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Intermittency in dilute granular flows
Guo, W., Zhang, Q. & Wylie, J. J., 1 Jul 2016, In: EPL. 115, 1, 14003.Research output: Journal Publications and Reviews › RGC 21 - Publication in refereed journal › peer-review
Projects
- 10 Finished
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GRF: Unstable Shock-Driven Interfacial Mixing in Cylindrical Tubes
ZHANG, Q. (Principal Investigator / Project Coordinator)
1/07/18 → 15/09/20
Project: Research
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GRF: Scaling Laws Between Fingers at Richtmeyer-Meshkov Unstable Interfaces in Different Dimensions
ZHANG, Q. (Principal Investigator / Project Coordinator)
1/07/17 → 8/10/20
Project: Research
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GRF: Understanding the Dynamics of Embedded Objects in Inelastic Particle Systems
ZHANG, Q. (Principal Investigator / Project Coordinator)
1/01/17 → 31/12/20
Project: Research
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GRF: Studying Universality in the Dynamics of Shock-induced Interfacial Instability
ZHANG, Q. (Principal Investigator / Project Coordinator)
1/01/15 → 19/12/18
Project: Research
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GRF: Studying the Dynamics of Intermittency in Convergent Rapid Granular Flows
ZHANG, Q. (Principal Investigator / Project Coordinator) & WYLIE, J. J. (Co-Investigator)
1/07/12 → 6/12/16
Project: Research