中国科学院深圳先进技术研究院副研究员，深圳市高层次人才、南山区领航人才。2008年获得西北工业大学学士学位，2014年获得中国科学院大学博士学位。主要从事空气动力学及血流动力学相关复杂流体的高性能并行数值算法与应用研究，先后在曙光星云、天河2A、神威太湖之光以及天河新一代超算平台上开展算法设计与实现工作。

计算流体力学，并行算法，血流动力学，高性能数值计算

1) Yan, Z., Shang, D., Chen, R., Liu, J. and Cai, X.-C., 2025. A Computational Study of the Connection Between Coronary Revascularization and Cardio-Cerebral Hemodynamics. Computer Methods and Programs in Biomedicine, ​263, p.108667.
2) Chen, W., Zheng, H., Yan, Z.* and Chen, R., 2023. Shape design of an artificial pump-lung using high-resolution hemodynamic simulation with high-performance computing. Physics of Fluids, ​35(3), p.031909.
3) Yan, Z., Yao, Z., Guo, W., Shang, D., Chen, R., Liu, J., Cai, X.-C. and Ge, J., 2023. Impact of pressure wire on fractional flow reserve and hemodynamics of the coronary arteries: a computational and clinical study. IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering, ​70(5), pp.1683-1691.
4) Yan, Z., Chen, R., Wang C., Xu L. and Li J., 2023. Parallel domain decomposition-based solver for the simulation of flow over an Ahmed reference model. Advances in Applied Mathematics and Mechanics,  15(3): pp.769-785.
5) Yan, Z., Chen, R. and Cai, X.-C., 2022. Large eddy simulation of the wind flow in a realistic full-scale urban community with a scalable parallel algorithm. Computer Physics Communications, ​270, p.108170.

曾获中国CAE年会优秀论文奖、深圳市科技进步二等奖。作为项目负责人，主持国家自然科学基金面上、青年项目，中国博士后基金以及广东省与深圳市等地方科研项目；同时以核心成员身份参与科技部863、973及重点研发计划高性能计算专项等国家级项目。近年来，以第一作者或通信作者身份在IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering、Computer Physics Communications等国际高水平期刊上发表多篇学术论文，并申请中国发明专利及国际专利5项。