Xin Zhang

About

I am currently a tenure-track Associate Professor at School of Mathematical Sciences, Tongji University, Shanghai. Before joining Tongji, I was a postdoctoral researcher in Research Institute for Science and Engineering (理工学術院総合研究所), Waseda University (早稲田大学), working under Prof. Shibata Yoshihiro (柴田 良弘). I obtained my PhD in mathematics in September 2017 from Université Paris-Est Créteil Val-de-Marne, under the supervision of Prof. Danchin Raphaël .

Research

Nonlinear partial differential equations in fluid dynamics, free boundary value problems.

News

Nov 2026 Workshop on Nonlinear Partial Differential Equations, Japan-China Joint Project for Young Mathematicians 2026, Seta Campus of Ryukoku University, Otsu, Japan, Nov. 16-17.

Contact

E-mail: xinzhang2020 [at] tongji.edu.cn

Office: Ningjing Building 203, Siping Road 1239, Shanghai 200092, China

ORCID

Papers

Research Interests

My research field is the mathematical analysis of nonlinear partial differential equations arising in fluid dynamics. In particular, I mainly study the sharp interface model associated to Navier-Stokes equations, which describes the motion of incompressible or compressible viscous flows with moving surface, or the motion of two-phase viscous flows with free interface. The methods I use are primarily harmonic analysis and functional analysis, and I am interested in well-posedness or ill-posedness theory in critical spaces, decay estimates, and singular limits.

Preprints

Published Papers

  1. Danchin, Raphaël; Zhang, Xin · Comm. Partial Differential Equations 42 (2017), no. 1, 68–99
  2. Danchin, Raphaël; Zhang, Xin · J. Éc. polytech. Math. 4 (2017), 781–811
  3. Zhang, Xin · J. Differential Equations 269 (2020), no. 9, 7059–7105
  4. Saito, Hirokazu; Shibata, Yoshihiro; Zhang, Xin · SIAM J. Math. Anal. 52 (2020), no. 4, 3397–3443
  5. Saito, Hirokazu; Zhang, Xin · Discrete Contin. Dyn. Syst. 41 (2021), no. 10, 4609–4643
  6. Shibata, Yoshihiro; Zhang, Xin · J. Differential Equations 325 (2022), 150–205
  7. Shibata, Yoshihiro; Zhang, Xin · Nonlinearity 36 (2023), no. 7, 3710–3733
  8. Saito Hirokazu; Xu Jiang; Zhang, Xin; Zhou Wendu · J. Math. Fluid Mech. 27 (2025), no. 1, Paper No. 9
  9. Tan, Jin; Tsurumi Hiroyuki; Zhang, Xin · Z. Angew. Math. Phys. 76 (2025), no. 4, Paper No. 139
  10. Tu Miao; Zhang, Xin · J. Differential Equations 453 (2026), 113837

Book Chapters

  1. Shibata, Yoshihiro; Zhang, Xin · Fluids under control (2023), 241–293, Birkhäuser/Springer

Talks

No current items.

Teaching

Current

Real Analysis
Fall 2026, Graduate course, 64 hours
Mathematical Analysis Exercise Class
Fall 2026, Undergraduate course, 32 hours

Past Teaching at Tongji University

Theory of Functions of a Real Variable
Spring 2026, Undergraduate course, 64 hours
Selected Topics in Modern Applied Mathematics
Spring 2026, Graduate course (together with Prof. Ning Zheng), 16h / 32h
Real Analysis
Fall 2025, Graduate course, 64 hours
Modern Theory of Partial Differential Equations
Fall 2025, Undergraduate course, 48 hours
Real Analysis
Fall 2024, Graduate course, 68 hours
Modern Theory of Partial Differential Equations
Fall 2024, Undergraduate course, 51 hours
Real Analysis
Fall 2023, Graduate course, 51 hours
Theory of Functions of a Real Variable
Spring 2023, Undergraduate course, 68 hours
Modern Partial Differential Equations
Spring 2023, Graduate course (together with Prof. Lei Yu), 27h / 51h
Real and Complex Analysis
Fall 2022, Graduate course, 51 hours
Advanced Mathematics (A) II
Spring 2022, Calculus course for engineering students, 102 hours
Advanced Mathematics (A) I
Fall 2021, Calculus course for engineering students, 102 hours
Probability Theory and Statistics
Fall 2020, Undergraduate course for engineering students, 102 hours

Past Teaching at Waseda University

Calculus (A)
Fall quarter 2019, International course in English, 30 hours
Linear Algebra (A)
Winter quarter 2018, International course in English, 30 hours

Students

Ph.D. Students

  • Li Ming Since September 2024
  • Xiang Jiaju Since September 2026

Master Students

  • Wei Zhifan Since September 2025
  • Huang Junye (co-advised by Dr. Yang Xiaochuan) Since September 2023
  • Tu Miao September 2022 – March 2025 (defended)
  • Zhou Wendu September 2022 – March 2025 (defended)

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