2005年本科毕业于山东大学药学院。2008年硕士毕业于北京协和医学院bobapp官方中国有限公司 。2013年毕业于新加坡国立大学化学系药物化学专业，获得博士学位。同年获得中国优秀自费留学生奖学金。2017年入选国家级高层次人才项目。2017年4月作为中国医学科学院“高端人才引进计划”首位入选者，到北京协和医学院药物所工作，任课题组长。《药学学报》中英两刊青年编委。

化学生物学和创新药物发现。
（1）利用化学蛋白质组学技术，阐明活性分子的蛋白靶标和作用机制，开展机制指导的先导化合物发现。
（2）设计、合成小分子荧光探针，用于先导化合物的发现。

（1）Liu, S.#; Wei, C.#; Liu, T.#; Ma, S.-G.#; Chen, C.; Lin, H.; Zhang, L.; Wang, H.*; Zhang, C.-J.*; Yu, S.-S.* “A heme-activatable probe and its application in the high-throughput screening of Plasmodium falciparum ring-stage inhibitors”. Signal Transduct Target Ther, 2022, 7, 160.
(2) Ye, Z.#; Wang, K.#; Chen, L.; Jin, X.; Chen, H.; Tang, G.; Yao, S.Q.; Feng, Z.*; Zhang, C.-J.* “A targeted covalent inhibitor of p97 with proteome-wide selectivity”. Acta Pharm. Sin. B. 2022,12, 982-989.
(3) Chen, L.; Wang, H.; Ji, T.-F.*; Zhang, C.-J.* “Chemoproteomics-based target profiling of sinomenine reveals multiple protein regulators of inflammation”. Chem. Commun., 2021, 57, 5981-5984.
(4) Zhao, C.; Liu, T.; Xu, M.; Lin, H.; Zhang, C.-J.* “A fundamental study on the fluorescence-quenching effect of nitro groups in tetraphenylethene AIE dyes with electron-withdrawing groups”. Chin. Chem. Lett. 2021, 32, 1925-1928.
(5) Wei, C.; Zhao, C.; Liu, S.; Zhao, J.; Ye, Z; Wang, H.*; Yu, S.*; Zhang, C.-J.* “Activity-based protein profiling reveals thatsecondary-carbon-centered radicals of synthetic 1,2,4-trioxolanes are predominately responsible for modification of protein targets in malaria parasites”. Chem. Commun., 2019, 55, 9535.
(6) Lin, H.; Yang, W.-Q; Ye, Z; Zhang, C.-J*. “Identification of Potent Caspase-8 Inhibitors from a Library of Fluorescent Natural Products Screened by an AIEgen-based Light-up Probe.” ChemBioChem, 2019, 20, 1292 – 1296. (Invited paper in the special issue of young ChemBio Talent).
(7) Lin, H.; Yang, H.; Huang, S.; Wang, F.; Wang, D.-M.; Liu, B*.; Tang, Y.-D*.; Zhang, C.-J*., Caspase‑1 Specific Light-Up Probe with Aggregation-Induced Emission Characteristics for Inhibitor Screening of Coumarin-Originated Natural Products. ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces. 2018, 10, 12173−12180.
(8) Feng, G.; Liu, J.; Zhang, C.-J*.; Liu, B*. Artemisinin and AIEgen Conjugate for Mitochondria-Targeted and Image-Guided Chemo- and Photodynamic Cancer Cell Ablation. ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces. 2018, 10, 11546−11553.
(9) Yang, H.#; Wang, F.#; Zheng, J.; Lin, H.; Liu, B*.; Tang, Y.-D*.; Zhang, C.-J*. Super-quenched Molecular Probe Based on Aggregation-Induced Emission and Photoinduced Electron Transfer Mechanisms for Formaldehyde Detection in Human Serum. Chem Asian J. 2018, 13, 1432-1437.
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(14) Zhang, C.-J.; Tan, C. Y. J.; Ge, J.; Na, Z.; Chen, G. Y. J.; Uttamchandani, M.; Sun, H.; Yao, S. Q*. Preparation of Small-Molecule Microarrays by trans-Cyclooctene Tetrazine Ligation and Their Application in the High-Throughput Screening of Protein–Protein Interaction Inhibitors of Bromodomains. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 2013, 52, 14060-14064. (Selected as Hot Paper).
(15) Yuan, Y.#; Zhang, C.-J.#; Kwok, R. T. K.; Xu, S.; Zhang, R.; Wu, J.; Tang, B. Z.; Liu, B*. Light-up Probe for Targeted and Activatable Photodynamic Therapy with Real-time In-situ Reporting of Sensitizer Activation and Therapeutic Responses. Adv. Funct. Mater, 2015, 25, 6586-6595.
(16) Yuan, Y.#; Zhang, C.-J.#; Liu, B*. A Photoactivatable AIE Polymer for Light-Controlled Gene Delivery: Concurrent Endo/Lysosomal Escape and DNA Unpacking. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 2015, 54, 11419-11423.
(17) Yuan, Y.#; Zhang, C.-J.#; Gao, M.; Zhang, R.; Tang, B. Z.; Liu, B*. Specific Light-Up Bioprobe with Aggregation-Induced Emission and Activatable Photoactivity for the Targeted and Image-Guided Photodynamic Ablation of Cancer Cells. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 2015, 54, 1780-1786. *corresponding author； # equal contribution