2018-Present: Associate Professor, Department of Biological Science and Engineering, University of Science and Technology Beijing
2015-2017: Postdoctoral Fellow in Chemistry, School of Chemistry and Biological Engineering, University of Science and Technology Beijing
2007-2015: Ph. D. in Biochemical Engineering, College of Life Science and Technology, Beijing University of Chemical Technology
2010-2012: Visiting Ph. D. student in Computational Systems Biology, Department of Cell and Molecular Biology, Uppsala University, Sweden
2003-2007: B. S. in Information and Computational Science, College of Science, Beijing University of Chemical Technology Funding Source
We acknowledge funding and support from the National Natural Science Foundation of China, Beijing Natural Science Foundation, China Postdoctoral Science Foundation, and the Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities.

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Publications (2015-Present)
1. Qianqian Xu, Jinhui Fan, Hai Yan,* Shahbaz Ahmad, Zhenzhen Zhao; Chunhua Yin, Xiaolu Liu, Yang Liu, Haiyang Zhang.* Structural Basis of Microcystinase Activity for Biodegrading Microcystin-LR. Chemosphere, 2019, DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2019.07.012.
2. Xiaoxia Chen, Haiyang Zhang, Yacine Hemar, Na Li, Peng Zhou. Glycerol Induced Stability Enhancement and Conformational Changes of β-Lactoglobulin. Food Chemistry, 2019, DOI: 10.1016/j.foodchem.2019.125596.
3. David van der Spoel,* Sergio Manzetti, Haiyang Zhang, Andreas Klamt. Prediction of Partition Coefficients of Environmental Toxins Using Computational Chemistry Methods. ACS Omega, 2019, 4(9): 13772-13781.
4. Chunhua Yin, Ziheng Cui, Yang Jiang, David van der Spoel, Haiyang Zhang.* Role of Host–Guest Charge Transfer in Cyclodextrin Complexation: A Computational Study. The Journal of Physical Chemistry C, 2019, 123(29): 17745-17756.
5. Haiyang Zhang, Yang Jiang, Ziheng, Cui, Chunhua Yin.* Force Field Benchmark of Amino Acids: II. Partition Coefficients between Water and Organic Solvents. Journal of Chemical Information and Modeling, 2018, 58(8): 1669-1681.
6. Haiyang Zhang, Chunhua Yin, Yang Jiang, David van der Spoel.* Force Field Benchmark of Amino Acids: I. Hydration and Diffusion in Different Water Models. Journal of Chemical Information and Modeling, 2018, 58(5): 1037-1052.
7. Haiyang Zhang, Yang Jiang, Hai Yan,* Ziheng, Cui, Chunhua Yin.* Comparative Assessment of Computational Methods for Free Energy Calculations of Ionic Hydrations. Journal of Chemical Information and Modeling, 2017, 57(11): 2763-2775.
8. Haiyang Zhang, Yang Jiang, Hai Yan,* Chunhua Yin, Tianwei Tan,* David van der Spoel. Free Energy Calculations of Ionic Hydration Consistent with the Experimental Hydration Free Energy of the Proton. The Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters, 2017, 8(12): 2705-2712.
9. Yang Jiang, Haiyang Zhang, Ziheng Cui, Tianwei Tan.* Modeling Coordination-Directed Self-Assembly of M2L4 Nanocapsule Featuring Competitive Guest Encapsulation. The Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters, 2017, 8(9): 2082-2086
10. Haiyang Zhang, Chunhua Yin, Hai Yan, David van der Spoel.* Evaluation of Generalized Born Models for Large Scale Affinity Prediction of Cyclodextrin Host–Guest Complexes. Journal of Chemical Information and Modeling, 2016, 56(10): 2080-2092.
11. Yang Jiang, Haiyang Zhang, Tianwei Tan.* Rational Design of Methodology-Independent Metal Parameters Using a Nonbonded Dummy Model. Journal of Chemical Theory and Computation, 2016, 12(7): 3250-3260.
12. Haiyang Zhang, Yongqin Lv*, Tianwei Tan*, David van der Spoel. Atomistic Simulation of Protein Encapsulation in Metal–Organic Frameworks. The Journal of Physical Chemistry B, 2016, 120(3): 477-484.
13. Haiyang Zhang, Tianwei Tan, David van der Spoel.* Generalized Born and Explicit Solvent Models for Free Energy Calculations in Organic Solvents: Cyclodextrin Dimerization. Journal of Chemical Theory and Computation, 2015, 11(11): 5103-5113.

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