2006.09-2010.07 北京大学物理学院，物理学学士学位，数学双学位；
2010.08-2016.06 美国伊利诺伊大学香槟分校，物理学博士学位，导师：Anthony J. Leggett教授

2016.08-2019.09 美国密歇根安娜堡分校，博士后，合作导师：Xiaoming Mao教授
2019.09-2020.10 美国佐治亚理工大学，博士后，合作导师：D. Zeb Rocklin教授

凝聚态理论物理和材料科学的交叉领域，尤其关注拓扑理论在超材料中的实现与应用。主要基于理论推导与数值计算来模拟材料的特殊性质，为实验材料的设计和控制提供理论支持。具体研究方向如下：
（1）广义强非线性拓扑能带理论；
（2）非晶体、无序系统和生物物理系统的拓扑力学理论；
（3）拓扑力学超材料的实现与应用；

代表性论文：（打#为共同第一作者，打*为通讯作者）

1. Z. Tang#, F. Ma#, F. Li*, Y. Yao , and D. Zhou*, “Fully Polarized Topological Isostatic Metamaterials in Three Dimensions”, Physical Review Letters 133, 106101 (2024)

2. D. Zhou*, D. Z. Rocklin, M. Leamy, and Yugui Yao*, “Topological invariant and anomalous edge modes of strongly nonlinear systems”, Nature Communications 13, 3379 (2022)

3. D. Zhou, L. Zhang and X. Mao*, “Topological boundary floppy modes in quasicrystals”, Physical Review X, 9, 021054 (2019)

4. D. Zhou, L. Zhang and X. Mao*, “Topological edge floppy modes in disordered fiber networks”, Physical Review Letters 120, 068003 (2018)

5. F. Ma#, Z. Tang#, X. Shi, Y. Wu, J. Yang, D. Zhou*, Y. Yao, and F. Li*, “Nonlinear Topological Mechanics in Elliptically Geared Isostatic Metamaterials”, Physical Review Letters 131, 046101 (2023)

6. D. Zhou #*, “Topological boundary modes in nonlinear dynamics with chiral symmetry”, New Journal of Physics, 26 073009 (2024)

7. J. Tang#, F. Ma#, F. Li*, H. Guo*, and D. Zhou*, “Strongly nonlinear topological phases of cascaded topoelectrical circuits”, Frontiers of Physics, 18, 3, 33311, (2023), Cover article.

8. D. Zhou*, J. Ma, K. Sun, S. Gonella, and X. Mao, “Switchable phonon diodes using nonlinear topological Maxwell lattices”, Physical Review B, 101, 104106 (2020)

9. D. Zhou*, “Universal ratio of TTLS-phonon coupling constants in low-temperature amorphous solids”, Journal of Physics: Condensed Matter, 32,055704 (2019)

10. D. Zhou* and J. Zhang, “Non-Hermitian topological metamaterials with odd elasticity”, Physical Review Research, 2, 023173 (2020)