1995年毕业于哈尔滨医科大学医学影像学专业，1998 年解放军总医院军医进修学院获医学硕士学位。2002年1月赴纽约康耐尔大学Weill Medical College做博士后研究，2005年任助理研究员，2010年获聘 Mount Sinai Medical Center助理教授，同年底加入中国科学院深圳先进技术研究院。研究经历包括中枢神经系统定量磁共振弥散向量成像(DTI)及磁共振波谱(MRS)等技术在大脑发育、外伤、退行性变、脱髓鞘疾病的应用基础研究，磁共振弹性成像（MRE），心血管系统磁共振灌注成像（PWI），高分辨低剂量CT早期肺癌筛查等。已发表40余篇 Radiology, Human Brain Mapping, Neurology, AJNR, Lung Cancer, ISMRM, OHBM等国际期刊和会议文章,担任国际医学磁共振年会(ISMRM 2012，2013)审稿人。目前参与和承担的项目有科技部“大型医疗装备核心部件及重大产品研发”、深圳市科技创新委员会基础研究项目“脑缺血半影区的高场功能磁共振研究”等。

1.国自然基金面上项目：缺血性脑卒中:全脑氧代谢及微循环代偿机制研究
2014-2017；项目负责人

2.深圳市科创委基础研究：脑缺血半影区氧代谢的定量研究
2012-2014；项目负责人

3.科技部：大型医疗装备核心部件及重大产品研发

2012-2014；核心骨干

1.Lijuan Zhang MD, David F. Yankelevitz MD,Claudia I. Henschke PhD, MD, Artit C. Jirapatnakul, PhD, Anthony P. Reeves PhD,  Darryl Carter MD. Zone of transition: A Potential Source of Error in Tumor Volume Estimation. Radiology 2010; 256: 633-639.
2.Lijuan Zhang, David F. Yankelevitz MD,Claudia I. Henschke PhD, MD, Daryl Carter, Anthony P. Reeves, etc. Internal Growth of Non-solid Nodules: Radiologic-Pathologic Correlation. Radiology 2012；263：279-286.
3.Xiaojing Long, Lijuan Zhang*, Weiqi Liao, Chunxiang Jiang, Bensheng Qiu and Alzheimer’s disease neuroimaging initiative. Human Brain Mapping 2012;
4.S. M. Hersch, S. Gevorkian, K. Marder, C. Moskowitz, A. Feigin, M. Cox, P. Como, C. Zimmerman, M. Lin, MD, Lijuan Zhang, A. M. Ulug, M. F. Beal, W. Matson, M. Bogdanov, E. Ebbel, A. Zaleta, Y. Kaneko, B. Jenkins, N. Hevelone, H. Zhang, H. Yu, D. Schoenfeld, R. Ferrante, H. D. Rosas. Creatine in HD is safe, tolerable, elevates brain NAA, and reduces serum 8OH2’dG. Neurology 2006; 66: 250-252.
5.Rajbir K. Gill, Madeline F. Vazquez, Arin Kramer, Megan Hames, Lijuan Zhang, Kerstin Heselmeyer-Haddad, Thomas Ried, Konstantin Shilo, Claudia Henschke, David Yankelevitz, Jin Jen. The Use of Genetic Markers to Identify Lung Cancer in Fine Needle Aspiration Samples. Clinical Cancer Research 2008; 14, 7481-7487.
6.Lijuan Zhang, Lisa D. Ravdin, Norman Relkin, Robert D. Zimmerman, Aziz M.Ulug. Increased Diffusion in the Brain of Professional Boxers: A Preclinical Sign of Traumatic Brain Injury, AJNR 2003; 24: 52-57.
7.Lijuan Zhang, Linda A. Heier, Robert D. Zimmerman, et al. Diffusion anisotropy changes in the brains of professional boxers. AJNR, 27(9):2000-4, 2006.
8.Lijuan Zhang, Kathleen M. Thomas, Matthew C. Davidson, B.J. Casey, Linda A. Heier, Aziz M. Uluğ. The MR Quantitation of Volume and Diffusion changes in the Developing Brain. AJNR 2005; 26:45-49.
9.Lijuan Zhang, Melanie Harrison, Linda A. Heier, Robert D. Zimmerman, Lisa Ravdin, Michael Lockshin, Aziz M. Uluğ. Diffusion changes in patients with systemic lupus erythematosus. Magn Reson Imaging 2007; 3:399-405.
10.Lijuan Zhang, David Yankelevitz, Claudia Henschke, Anthony Reeves, et al. Variations in Vascular Distribution in Small Lung Cancer. Lung Cancer 2010; 68: 389-393.
11.Lijuan Zhang, Aziz M. Ulug, Robert D. Zimmerman, Michael Lin, Michael Rubin, M. Flint Beal. FLAIR signature of Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis, JMRI 2003; 17: 521-527.
12.Chunxiang Jiang, Xiang Li, Fei Yan, Zhanhui Wang, Qiaofeng Jin, Feiyan Cai, Ming Qian, Xin Liu, Lijuan Zhang, Hairong Zheng.  Microfluidic Assisted Formation of Multifunctional Monodisperse Microbubbles for Diagnostics and Therapeutics. Micro & Nano Letters 2011; 6: 417-421.
13.Madeline Vazquez, Darryl Carter, Elizabeth Brambilla, Lijuan Zhang, et al. Solitary and Multiple Resected Adenocarcinomas after CT Screening for Lung Cancer: Histopathologic Features and their Prognostic Implications. Lung Cancer 2009; 64: 148-154.
14.Michael H. Chappell, Aziz M.Ulug, Lijuan Zhang, Marcus H. Heitger, Barry D. Jordan, Robert D. Zimmerman, Richard Watts. Distribution of microstructural damage in the brains of professional boxers: A diffusion MRI study. JMRI. 2006; 24(3):537-42.
15.Yin Wu, Lijuan Zhang, Chao Zou, Hung-Fat Tse, Ed X. Wu. Transmural Heterogeneity of Left Ventricular Myocardium Remodeling in Postinfarct Porcine Model Revealed by MR Diffusion Tensor Imaging. JMRI 2011
16.Yao Huang, Dong ming Xu, Artit Jirapatnakul, Anthony P. Reeves, Ali Farooqi, Li juan Zhang, et al. CT- and computer-based features of small hamartomas. Clinical Imaging 2011; 35: 116-122
17.AO Farooqi, Matt Cham, Lijuan Zhang, Mary Beth Beasley, John H. M. Austin , Albert Miller , Javier J Zulueta , Heidi Roberts, Cole Enser, Shang-Jyh Kao, M.K. Thorsen, James P. Smith, Daniel M. Libby, Rowena Yip, DF. Yankelevitz, Claudia I. Henschke. Lung Cancer Associated with Cystic Airspaces. AJR
18.Na Zhang, Lijuan Zhang, Bensheng Qiu, Li Meng, Xiaoyi Wang, Bob Hou. Correlation of volume transfer coefficient K trans with histopathologic grades of gliomas. JMRI 2012.
19.Xiaojing Long, Weiqi Liao, Chunxiang Jiang, Dong Liang, Bensheng Qiu, Lijuan Zhang*. An automatic analysis of global and regional morphological alterations of human brain during healthy aging. Academic Radiology 2012;