教育经历

2009.09 - 2013.06，西安交通大学电气工程学院，工学学士，指导教师：李盛涛 教授

2013.09 - 2019.07，西安交通大学电气工程学院，工学博士（硕博连读），指导教师：李盛涛 教授

2016.01 - 2018.01，美国北卡罗来纳州立大学，联合培养（CSC资助），指导教师： Jacob Jones 教授

工作经历

2019.10 - 2023.03，德国达姆施塔特工业大学，博士后，合作导师：Jürgen Rödel 院士

2023.03 - 至今，西安交通大学电气工程学院，副教授（青拔特聘研究员）

代表性论著 (*:通讯作者； ^#：共同一作)

1. C. Zhao, A. Benčan, M. Bohnen, F. Zhuo, X. Ma, G. Dražić, R. Müller, S. Li*, J. Koruza, J. Rödel*, Impact of stress-induced precipitate variant selection on anisotropic electrical properties of piezoceramics, Nature Communications, 15 (2024) 10327. 
2. C. Zhao, S. Gao, H.-J. Kleebe, X. Tan, J. Koruza, J. Rödel*, Coherent precipitates with strong domain wall pinning in alkaline niobate ferroelectrics, Advanced Materials, 34 (2022) 2202379. 
3. C. Zhao, S. Gao, T. Yang, M. Scherer, J. Schultheiß, D. Meier, X. Tan, H.-J. Kleebe, L.-Q. Chen, J. Koruza*, J. Rödel*, Precipitation Hardening in Ferroelectric Ceramics, Advanced Materials, 33 (2021) 2102421.
4. M.-H. Zhang^#, C. Shen^#, C. Zhao^#, M. Dai, F.-Z. Yao, B. Wu*, J. Ma, H. Nan, D. Wang, Q. Yuan, L. L. da Silva, A. Schökel, P. Liu, H. Zhang, J.-F. Li, N. Zhang*, K. Wang*, J. Rödel, M. Hinterstein, Deciphering the phase transition-induced ultrahigh piezoresponse in (K,Na)NbO₃-based piezoceramics, Nature Communications, 13 (2022) 3434. 
5. M.-H. Zhang^#, H.-C. Thong^#, B. Jiang, N. Zhang, C. Zhao*, Z. Wu, T. Zhou, C. Wu, F. Yao, K. Bi*, W. Gong*, B. Xu, K. Wang, Field-induced polarization rotation in order-disorder (K,Na)NbO3-based ferroelectrics, Advanced Materials, 37 (2024) 2413587.
6. C. Zhao*, S. Prosandeev, L. Bellaiche, F. Li, S. Zhang, S. Li*, J. L. Jones, Bridging the gap between the short-range to long-range structural descriptions of the lead magnesium niobate relaxor, Acta Materialia, 258 (2023) 119171. 
7. C. Zhao, D. Hou, C.-C. Chung, H. Zhou, A. Kynast, E. Hennig, W. Liu, S. Li*, J. L. Jones*, Deconvolved intrinsic and extrinsic contributions to electrostrain in high performance, Nb-doped Pb(Zr_xTi_1-x)O₃ piezoceramics (0.50≤x≤0.56), Acta Materialia, 158 (2018) 369-380. 
8. M. Zheng, C. Zhao*, J. Rödel, Transitions from soft to hard piezoelectricity of (Ba, Ca)(Ti, Zr)O₃ ceramics via precipitation hardening, Applied Physics Letters, 122 (2023) 132904.
9. C. Zhao*, M.-H. Zhang, J. Koruza, J. Rödel*, Extrinsic and intrinsic contributions to the electrostrain in precipitation-hardened barium calcium titanate, Applied Physics Letters, 121 (2022) 162904.
10. M.-H. Zhang, C. Zhao*, L. Fulanović, J. Rödel, N. Novak, A. Schökel, J. Koruza*, Revealing the mechanism of electric-field-induced phase transition in antiferroelectric NaNbO₃ by in situ high-energy x-ray diffraction, Applied Physics Letter, 118 (2021): 132903.