Nov 2023 - Now:   Postdoc researcher, Alexander von Humboldt Postdoctoral Fellow at the Chair for Reliability Engineering, TU Dortmund University, Germany.

Apr 2022-Now:  Associate professor, Faculty of Civil Engineering, Beijing University of Technology

Jul 2019-Mar 2022: Assistant research fellow, Faculty of Civil Engineering, Beijing University of Technology

Sep 2016-Jun 2019: Doctoral Student, Civil Engineering, Central South University, China

Aug 2015-Dec 2015: Visiting Student, Civil Engineering, Norwegian University of Technology, Norway

Sep 2013-Jun 2016: Master Student, Civil Engineering, Central South University, China

Sep 2009-Jun 2013: Bachelor Student, Civil Engineering, Central South University, China

• 2020-2022 Most Loved Class of Beijing university of Technology (three consecutive years)
• 2021 Excellent paper award, 6 th International Engineering Mechanics Forum.
• 2018 National scholarship for doctoral student

1. Zhang, X. Y., Lu, Z. H. * , Zhao, Y. G. The GCO method for time-dependent structural reliability assessment. Journal of engineering mechanics, 2023, 149(1): 04022086.
2. Lu, Z. H., Qiao, H. P., Zhang, X. Y. * , Zhao, Y. G. An innovative method for space-time-dependent reliability analysis. Structural Safety, 2023, 102: 102326.
3. Zhang, X. Y., Lu, Z. H. * , Zhao, Y. G., Li, C. Q. Optimum maintenance strategy for CRTS II slab track based on time-dependent system reliability [J]. Structures, 2023, 50: 387-399.
4. Zhang, X. Y., Lu, Z. H. * , Zhao, Y. G., Li, C. Q. The GLO method: an efficient algorithm for time-dependent reliability analysis based on outcrossing rate. Structural Safety, 2022, 97: 102204.
5. Zhang, X. Y., Lu, Z. H. * , Wu, S. Y., Zhao, Y. G. An efficient method for time-variant reliability including finite element analysis. Reliability Engineering & System Safety, 2021, 210: 107534.