Academic Qualification

Ph.D. in Space Physics, Wuhan University

Master in Space Physics, Wuhan University

Bachelor in Wuhan University of Science and Technology

Teaching Area

• Common Algorithms in Big Data Analysis

• Advanced Topics in Spatial Big Data

• Application Software and Program Design

• Spatial Topic in Science and Technology–Space Weather

Research Area

• The coupling of the Earth’s magnetosphere with solar wind

• Modeling of energy particles in the Earth’s radiation belt

• Development of data-driven models of particle populations in the magnetosphere

Working Experience

• Jul. 2026 ~ present, Associate Professor, Department of Space Science and Technology, Faculty of Innovation Engineering, MUST

• Jul. 2021 ~ Jun. 2026, Assistant Professor, Faculty of Information Technology, MUST

• Jul. 2008 ~ Jun. 2021, Postdoctoral Fellow, Institute of Space Science and Applied Technology, Harbin Institute of Technology, Shenzhen, China

Academic Publication (selected)

1. Zhengyang Zou, Longji Zhang, Pingbing Zuo, Chunqin Wang, Wen San, Jiahui Hu, et al. (2026). Predicting >2 MeV electron fluxes in geosynchronous orbit using multiple satellite measurements. Physics of Fluids, 38(2), 026608, doi: 10.1063/5.0315198.

2. Hao Yang, Pingbing Zuo, Zhenhua Liu, Peng Zou, Chaowei Jiang, Zhengyang Zou, et al. (2026). Application of a Grid-constrained U-shaped Neural Operator in Real-time Solar Corona Magnetic Field Extrapolation. The Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series, 283(2), doi: 10.3847/1538-4365/ae4025.

3. Qitong Yuan, Wen San, Jiahui Hu, Beiqing Zhu, Zhengyang Zou (*) (2025), Spatiotemporal variations of radiation belt relativistic electron fluxes analyzed by a machine learning tool. Physics of Fluids 37, 076621, doi: 10.1063/5.0273242.

4. Wen San, Zhengyang Zou (*), Jiahui Hu, Qitong Yuan, Beiqing Zhu, (2025), Machine learning-based predictions of source, seed, and relativistic electron phase space density in the outer radiation belt. Physics of Fluids 37, 056610, doi: 10.1063/5.0272217.

5. Beiqing Zhu, Wen San, Jiahui Hu, Qitong Yuan, Zhengyang Zou (*) (2025), Predicting radiation belt electrons in the low Earth orbit using machine learning methods. Physics of Fluids 37, 056624, doi: 10.1063/5.0273026.

6. Jiahui Hu, Zhengyang Zou (*), Qitong Yuan, Wen San, Beiqing Zhu (2025), Spectral distributions of electron phase space density in the Earth's radiation belt. Physics of Fluids 37, 036619, doi: 10.1063/5.0254755.

7. Qitong Yuan, Zhengyang Zou (*), Wen San, Jiahui Hu, Beiqing Zhu (2025), Predicting radiation belt relativistic electron flux from subrelativistic electron fluxes using machine learning. Physics of Fluids 37, 026618, doi: 10.1063/5.0253252.

8. Wen San, Zhengyang Zou (*), Qitong Yuan, Jiahui Hu, Beiqing Zhu (2025), Prediction of radiation belt relativistic electron phase space density using artificial neural networks. Physics of Fluids 37, 016615, doi: 10.1063/5.0247184.

9. Hao Yang, Pingbing Zuo (*), Kun Zhang, Zhenning Shen, Zhengyang Zou, Xueshang Feng (2025), Forecasting long-term sunspot numbers using the LSTM-WGAN model, Front. Astron. Space Sci., doi:10.3389/fspas.2025.1541299.

10. Mengsi Ruan, Pingbing Zuo (*), Zilu Zhou, Jiayun Wei, Xueshang Feng, Yi Wang, Qi Xu, Xiaojun, xu, Zhengyang Zou, Zhenning Shen (2025), Similarities and Differences between ICME-driven Shocks Observed by VEX (∼0.72au) and WIND (∼1.0au), Astrophysical Journal, 980:9 (9pp), doi:10.3847/1538-4357/ada35b.

11. Wen Chen, Ding Yuan (*), Xuesheng Feng, Stefaan Poedts, Zhengyang Zou, Song Feng, Yuxuan Zhu, Tong Xin (2024), Graph-GIC: A smart and parallelized geomagnetically induced current modelling algorithm based on graph theory for space weather applications. Advances in Space Research, doi: 10.1016/j.asr.2024.10.050.

12. Zhengyang Zou, Longji Zhang, Pingbing Zuo (*), Wen San, Qitong Yuan, Beiqing Zhu, Jiahui Hu (2024), Global prediction of sub-relativistic and relativistic electron fluxes in the geosynchronous orbit using artificial neural networks. Physics of Fluids 36, 126638, doi: 10.1063/5.0245593.

13. Zhengyang Zou (*), Jiahui Hu, Wen San, Qitong Yuan (2024), Partial loss and significant depletion of radiation belt electrons during the April 4, 2017, geomagnetic storm. Physics of Fluids 36, 126603, doi: 10.1063/5.0235353.

14. Jiahui Hu, Zhengyang Zou (*), Hanyu Huang, Wen San, Qitong Yuan, Beiqing Zhu (2024), Global features of energetic proton pancake pitch angle distributions in the Earth's radiation belt. Physics of Fluids 36, 096607 (2024), doi: 10.1063/5.0217838.

15. Zhengyang Zou (*), Wentao Zhou, Jiahui Hu (2024), Variability of energetic proton flux and pitch angle distributions in the Earth's radiation belt modulated by geomagnetic storms. Physics of Fluids 36, 086606, doi: 10.1063/5.0223947.

16. Hanyu Huang, Zhengyang Zou (*), Jiahui Hu, Wen San, Qitong Yuan, Beiqing Zhu (2024), Characteristics of radiation belt energetic protons and the movement of their core location in response to geomagnetic disturbances. Physics of Fluids 36, 076601, doi: /10.1063/5.0216361.

17. Zhengyang Zou (*), Hanyu Huang, Jiahui Hu, Wen San, Qitong Yuan (2024), Prompt extinction of bump-on-tail energy spectra for radiation belt electron phase space density. Physics of Fluids 36, 056608 (2024), doi: 10.1063/5.0209277.

18. Zhengyang Zou (*), Pingbing Zuo, Binbin Ni, Hanyu Huang, Jiahui Hu, Jiayun Wei, Qitong Yuan, Wen San (2024), Statistical analysis of the phase space density changes of radiation belt source, seed, and relativistic electrons in response to geomagnetic storms. Physics of Fluids. 36, 036614, doi: 10.1063/5.0201875.

19. Zhengyang Zou (*), Hanyu Huang, Pingbing Zuo, Binbin Ni, Wen San, Qitong Yuan, Jiahui Hu, Jiayun Wei (2024), A Forecast Model of Geomagnetic Indices from the Solar Wind Fluids Observations based on Long Short-Term Memory Neutral Networks. Physics of Fluids. 36, 026616; doi: 10.1063/5.0196284.

20. Zhengyang Zou, Pingbing Zuo (*), Binbin Ni, Jiayun Wei, Wentao Zhou, Hanyu Huang, Yanqiong Xie (2024)，Competition Between the Source and Loss Processes of Radiation Belt Source, Seed, and Relativistic Electrons Induced by a Magnetic Cloud Event. Physics of Fluids. 36, 026603, doi: 10.1063/5.0186605.

21. Jiayun Wei, Zhengyang Zou (*), Pingbing Zuo(*), Binbin Ni, Mengsi Ruan, Xueshang Feng (2024)，Commencement and Interruption of Relativistic Electron Dropout in the Heart of the Outer Radiation Belt Induced by a Magnetic Cloud Event. J. Geophys. Res: Space Phys, doi: 10.1029/2023]A032138.

22. Kun Zhang, Pingbing Zuo (*), Zhengyang Zou, Xueshang Feng, Yanshi Huang, Shijin Wang, Fengsi Wei, Hao Yang (2024), Forecasting Medium-Term F10.7 Using the Deep-Learning Informer Model, Solar Physics, doi: 10.1007/s11207-024-02284-0.

23. Wenrui Li, Tong Liu, Pingbing Zuo (*), Zhengyang Zou, Mengsi Ruan and Jiayun Wei (2024), Low-latitude ionospheric responses and positioning performance of ground GNSS associated with the geomagnetic storm on March 13–14, 2022, Frontiers, doi: 10.3389/fspas.2024.1431611.

24. Zhengyang Zou, Geng Wang, Pingbing Zuo (*), Binbin Ni, Geng Wang, Zhengyu Zhao, Xuesheng Feng, Xiaojun Xu, Chaowi, Jiang, Yi Wang, and Fengsi Wei (2021), Evidence of Wave-wave Coupling Between Frequency Harmonic Bands of Magnetosonic Waves. Plasma of Phys. 28(12): 122903. doi: 10.1063/5.0065582.

25. Geng Wang, Zhonglei Gao, Mingyu Wu, Guoqiang Wang, Sudong Xiao, Yuanqiang Chen, Zhengyang Zou, Tielong Zhang (2021), Trapping and Amplification of Unguided Mode EMIC Waves in the Radiation Belt, J. Geophys. Res: Space Phys, doi: 10.1029/2021JA029322.

26. Geng Wang, Mingyu Wu, Guoqiang Wang, Sudong Xiao, Irina Zhelavskaya3, Yuri Shprits, Yuanqiang Chen, Zhengyang Zou, Zhonglei Gao, Wen Yi, and Tielong Zhang (2021), Reflection of low-frequency fast magnetosonic waves at the local two-ion cutoff frequency: observation in the plasmasphere, Ann. Geophys., 39, 613-625, doi: 10.5194/angeo-39-613-2021.

27. Zhengyang Zou, Yuri Shprits, Binbin Ni, Nikita Aseev, Fengsi Wei (2019), An Artificial Neural Network Model of Electron Fluxes in The Earth’s Central Plasma Sheet: A THEMIS Survey. ApSS. doi: 10.1007/s10509-020-03819-0.

28. Zhengyang Zou, Pingbing Zuo, Binbin Ni, Zhonglei Gao, Geng Wang, Zhengyu Zhao, Xueshang Feng, Fengsi Wei (2020), Two-step Dropouts of Radiation Belt Electron Phase Space Density Induced by a Magnetic Cloud Event. Astrophys. J. Lett. doi: 10.3847/2041-8213/ab9179.

29. Zhonglei Gao, Xiongjun Shang, Pingbing Zuo, Zhengyang Zou, Geng Wang, Xueshang Feng, Chunyi Guan and Fengsi Wei (2020), Lag-correlated rising tones of electron cyclotron harmonic and whistler-mode upper- band chorus waves, Plasma of Phys, doi: 10.1063/5.0008812.

30. Zhengyang Zou, Pingbing Zuo, Binbin Ni, Fengsi Wei, Xing Cao, Song Fu, Sudong Gu, Zhengyu Zhao (2019), Wave Normal Angle Distribution of Fast Magnetosonic Waves: A Survey of Van Allen Probes EMFISIS Observations. J. Geophys. Res: Space Phys, doi:10.1029/2019JA026556.

31. Zhonglei Gao, Zhengyang Zou, Pingbing Zuo, Yi Wang, Zhaoguo He, and Fengsi Wei (2019), Low-frequency hiss-like whistler-mode waves generated by nonlinear three-wave interactions outside the plasmasphere Plasma of Phys, doi: 10.1063/1.5115542.

32. Binbin Ni, Zhengyang Zou, Song Fu, Xing Cao, Xudong Gu, and Zheng Xiang (2018), Resonant Scattering of Radiation Belt Electrons by Off-Equatorial Magnetosonic Waves, Geophys. Res. Lett., 43, doi: 10.1002/2017GL075788.

33. Wenxun Zhang, Song Fu, Xudong Gu, Binbin Ni, Zheng Xiang, Danny Summers, Zhengyang Zou, Xing Cao, Yuequn Lou, and Man Hua (2018), Electron scattering by plasmaspheric hiss in a nightside plume, Geophys. Res. Lett., doi: 10.1002/2018GL077212.

34. Yuequn Lou, Xudong Gu, Danny Summers, Binbin Ni, Kaijun Liu, Song Fu, Zheng Xiang, Zhengyang Zou, Xing Cao, Wenxun Zhang, He Huang, and Ying He (2018), Statistical distributions of dayside ECH waves observations by MMS, Geophys. Res. Lett., doi: 10.1002/2018GL0801252.

35. Yang Zhang, Binbin Ni, Zheng Xiang, Xianguo Zhang, Xiaoxin Zhang, Xudong Gu, Song Fu, Xing Cao, and Zhengyang Zou (2018), Inter-satellite calibration of Fengyun 3 medium energy electron fluxes with POES electron measurements, Adv Space Res., doi: 10.1016/j.asr.2018.02.017.

36. Xing Cao, Binbin Ni, Danny Summers, Zhengyang Zou, Song Fu, and Wenxun Zhang (2017), Bounce resonance scattering of radiation belt electrons by low-frequency hiss: comparison with cyclotron and landau resonances, Geophys. Res. Lett., doi: 10.1002/2017GL075104.

37. Xudong Gu, Qian Yin, Binbin Ni, Zheng Xiang, Xing Cao, Zhengyang Zou, Chen Zhou, Song Fu, Run Shi, Zhengyu Zhao, Jiaqiang Tan, Hao Wang, Chengyao Zheng, and Fengming He (2017), A statistical analysis of the global distribution of inner magnetospheric lower-band chorus waves based on Van Allen Probes EMFISIS observations. Chinese Journal of Geophysics,60(4), doi: 10.6038/cjg20170401.

38. Xudong Gu, Qian Yin, Ruoxian Zhou, Juan Yi, Zheng Xiang, Xing Cao, Zhengyang Zou, Song Fu, Chen Zhou, Run Shi, Zhengyu Zhao, Fengming He, Jiaqiang Tan, Chengyao Zheng and Hao Wang (2017), A statistical analysis of the global distribution of inner magnetospheric upper-band chorus waves based on Van Allen Probes EMFISIS observations. Chinese Journal of Geophysics, 60(4), doi: 10.6038/cjg20170402.

39. Xiang, Jiaqiang Tan, Binbin Ni, Xudong Gu, Xing Cao, Zhengyang Zou, Chen Zhou, Song Fu, Run Shi, Zhengyu Zhao, Fengming He, Chengyao Zheng, Qian Yin, Hao Wang (2017), A statistical analysis of the global distribution of plasmaspheric hiss based on Van Allen Probes wave observations, Acta Physica Sinica, doi: 10.7498/aps.66.039401.

40. Yang Zhang, Run Shi, Binbin Ni, Xudong Gu, Xianguo Zhang, Pingbing Zuo, Song Fu, Zheng Xiang, Qi Wang, Xing Cao, and Zhengyang Zou (2016), Inferring electromagnetic ion cyclotron wave intensity from low altitude POES proton flux measurements: A detailed case study with conjugate Van Allen Probes observations, Adv Space Res., doi: 10.1016/j.asr.2016.12.035.

41. Binbin Ni, Zhengyang Zou, Xinlin Li, Jacob Bortnik, Lun Xie, and Xudong Gu (2016), Occurrence characteristics of outer zone relativistic electron distribution: A survey of Van Allen Probes REPT measurements, Geophys. Res. Lett., 43, doi:10.1002/2016GL069350.

42. Zheng Xiang, Binbin Ni, Chen Zhou, Zhengyang Zou, Xudong Gu, Zhengyu Zhao, Xianguo Zhang, Xiaoxin Zhang, Shenyi Zhang, Xinlin Li, Pingbing Zuo, Harlan Spence, and Geoffrey Reeves (2016), Multi-satellite simultaneous observations of magnetopause and atmospheric losses of radiation belt electrons during an intense solar wind dynamic pressure pulse, Ann. Geophys., 34, 493-509, doi: 10.5194/angeo-34-493-2016.

43. Binbin Ni, Zhengyang Zou, Xudong Gu, Chen Zhou, Richard M. Thorne, Jacob Bortnik, Run Shi, Zhengyu Zhao, Daniel N. Baker, Shrikhanth G. Kanekal, Harlan E. Spence, Geoffrey D. Reeves, Xinlin Li (2015), Variability of the pitch angle distribution of radiation belt ultrarelativistic electrons during and following intense geomagnetic storms: Van Allen Probes observations. J. Geophys. Res: Space Phys, doi: 10.1002/2015JA021065.

44. Binbin Ni, Xing Cao, Zhengyang Zou, Chen Zhou, Xudong Gu, Jacob Bortnik, Jichun Zhang, Song Fu, Zhengyu Zhao, Run Shi, and Lun Xie (2015), J. Geophys. Res: Space Phys, doi: 10.1002/2015JA021466.

Research Grants

• 2024.12 - 2026.06, Analysis and Simulations of Earth Radiation Belt Electron Bump-on-tail Energy Spectra Distribution (FDCT)

• 2024.10 - 2027.10, Analysis and simulations of the inner radiation belt energetic particle evolutions based on Macau science Satellite-1 data (NSFC-FDCT joint)

• 2021.11 - 2024.11, Response of the Earth radiation belt to the solar wind disturbances during non-storm times (FDCT)