本人长期从事核天体物理研究，主要围绕关键核天体反应的直接与间接测量、高性能实验靶材研制及相关理论工作。基于锦屏深地实验装置（JUNA），成功将¹⁹F(p,αγ)¹⁶O和¹⁹F(p,γ)²⁰Ne反应的截面测量推进至世界最低能区，并发现¹⁹F(p,γ)²⁰Ne的新共振，使相关反应率显著提高，揭示了第一代恒星SMSS0313-6708的钙元素起源，成果分别发表于《Nature》和《Physical Review Letters》（编辑推荐）。在技术层面，自主研制出高稳定性耐强流氟注入靶，为深地实验提供了关键支撑。另有多项成果发表于ApJ、NIMB等期刊，主持国家自然科学基金优青，面上以及青年基金各一项。

(1) Liyong Zhang; Jianjun He; Richard J. deBoer; Michael Wiescher; Alexander Heger; Daid

Kahl; Jun Su; Daniel Odell; Yinji Chen; Xinyue Li; Jianguo Wang; Long Zhang; Fuqiang Cao; Hao

Zhang; Zhicheng Zhang; Xinzhi Jiang; Luohuan Wang; Ziming Li; Luyang Song; Hongwei Zhao;

Liangting Sun; Qi Wu; Jiaqing Li; Baoqun Cui; Lihua Chen; Ruigang Ma; Ertao Li; Gang Lian; Yaode

Sheng; Zhihong Li; Bing Guo; Xiaohong Zhou; Yuhu Zhang; Hushan Xu; Jianping Cheng; Weiping Liu ;

Measurement of 19F(p, γ)20Ne reaction suggests CNO breakout in first stars, Nature, 2022,

61(7933): 656-660 

(2) Zhang, L. Y.; Su, J.; He, J. J.; Wiescher, M.; deBoer, R. J.; Kahl, D.; Chen, Y. J.; Li,

X. Y.; Wang, J. G.; Zhang, L.; Cao, F. Q.; Zhang, H.; Zhang, Z. C.; Jiao, T. Y.; Sheng, Y. D.;

Wang, L. H.; Song, L. Y.; Jiang, X. Z.; Li, Z. M.; Li, E. T.; Wang, S.; Lian, G.; Li, Z. H.;

Tang, X. D.; Zhao, H. W.; Sun, L. T.; Wu, Q.; Li, J. Q.; Cui, B. Q.; Chen, L. H.; Ma, R. G.; Guo,

B.; Xu, S. W.; Li, J. Y.; Qi, N. C.; Sun, W. L.; Guo, X. Y.; Zhang, P.; Chen, Y. H.; Zhou, Y.;

Zhou, J. F.; He, J. R.; Shang, C. S.; Li, M. C.; Zhou, X. H.; Zhang, Y. H.; Zhang, F. S.; Hu, Z.

G.; Xu, H. S.; Chen, J. P.; Liu, W. P. ; Direct Measurement of the Astrophysical F-19(p,alpha

gamma)O-16 Reaction in the Deepest Operational Underground Laboratory, Physical Review Letters,

2021, 127(15) 

(3) Zhang, Li-Yong; He, Jian-Jun; Kusakabe, Motohiko; He, Zhen-Yu; Kajino, Toshitaka ;

Thermonuclear 17O(n,g)18O Reaction Rate and Its Astrophysical Implications, Astrophysical

Journal, 2022, 927(1) 

(4) Zhang, L. Y.; López, A. Y.; Lugaro, M.; He, J. J.; Karakas, A. I. ; Thermonuclear 19F(p,

alpha)16O Reaction Rate Revised and Astrophysical Implications, Astrophysical Journal, 2021,

913(1) 

(5) Zhang, Liyong; Chen, Yinji; He, Jianjun; Su, Jun; Li, Xinyue; Zhang, Hao; Li, Yunju; Liu,

Weiping ; Strong and durable fluorine-implanted targets developed for deep underground nuclear

astrophysical experiments, Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section B: Beam

Interactions with Materials and Atoms, 2021, 496: 9-15