Professor Zhang's research focuses on magnetism, magnetic materials, magneto-transport, nano materials, multiferroics materials and 2D materials. Spintronics, skyrmion,topological materials and low-dimensional materials and physics are central to his workwith KAUST’s ESLP-Lab. His research team has recently worked with hexagonal boronnitride to form 2D insulators for next-gen electronics, as well as the development ofmemristors—electrical memory devices modeled on the human brain for high-performanceand energy efficient high-capacity synaptic functioning within neuromorphic computers—constructed with 2D materials the team extracted from Van der Waal crystals.​