Prof. Dr. Zhanyun Zhu

Profile

Academic position	Associate Professor, Senior Lecturer, Reader
Research fields	Other Ancient Studies
Keywords	Conservation, Lacquerwares, Degradation, Technical art history, Scientific analysis
Honours and awards	2025: The Fourth Batch of Outstanding Teaching Case in Professional Degree Graduate Programs at Xiamen University 2025: Xiamen University Industrial and Commercial Bank Award for Excellence in Scholarship 2024: AIC’s 52nd Annual Meeting Research and Technical Studies Group Speaker Stipend 2024: National Second-Level Lacquer Artisan 2024: Second Prize of Excellent Achievement Award on Social Science in Shaanxi Province 2024: Xiamen University Outstanding Individual in Humanities and Social Sciences Research Performance for the Year 2023 2023: First Prize of Excellent Achievement on Archaeology in Shaanxi Province 2023: Second Prize of Excellent Achievement Award on Social Science in Shaanxi Province 2023: The Third Prize in The Second Young Scholars’ Forum on Cultural Heritage Conservation 2023: Xiamen University Outstanding Individual in Humanities and Social Sciences Research Performance for the Year 2022 2022: Fujian Provincial High-level Talent 2022: Xiamen High-level Talent 2021: Alexander von Humboldt Foundation Humboldt Research Fellowship for Postdoctoral Researchers 2021: High-level Talent Introduced in Fujian Province 2019: Xiamen University Nanqiang Outstanding Young Talent Award 2018: Excellent Achievement Award on Social Science in Xi’an City 2016: Excellent Academic Paper Award on Natural Science in Anhui Province

Current contact address

Country	People's Republic of China
City	Xiamen
Institution	Xiamen University
Institute	School of History and Cultural Heritage

Host during sponsorship

Dr. Nicole Boivin	Max-Planck-Institut für Geoanthropologie, Jena
Start of initial sponsorship	01/12/2021

Programme(s)

2019	Humboldt Research Fellowship Programme for Postdocs

Publications (partial selection)

2023	J. Du, Z. Zhu*, J. Dong, Z. Lu, X. Zhao, J. Yang: Exploring purification methods to improve retrieval of collagenous binder residues from archeological murals. In: Journal of Cultural Heritage, 2023,
2023	Z. Guo, S. Cai, Z. Zhu*, Y. Qin, X. Yao, J. Wang, W. Jin, M. Shi, L. Li, J. Yang, L. Liu: Multi-analytical investigation into the materials and techniques of paintings on Northern Wei Dynasty (398–494 CE) coffin planks excavated from Shanxi, China. In: Humanities and Social Sciences Communications, 2023,
2023	Z. Zhu, J. Wang, X. Yao, Q. Ma, J. Wang, Z. Lu, Y. Tian, J. Du, Z. Li, Y. Zhu, L. Liu, J. Cao: Multi-analytical study on the Tara Thangka at Daxingshan Temple in Xi'an, Shaanxi, China. In: Studies in Conservation, 2023,
2023	Z. Zhu, J. Wang, Y. Zhong, Q. Ma, Z. Li, J. Cao: Revealing the surface treatment techniques and degradation characteristics of textiles from a set of thangkas of the mid-Qing Dynasty (1776–1839 CE). In: Archaeological and Anthropological Sciences, 2023,
2023	L. Liu, Y. Zheng, Y. Tang, S. Cai, Y. Xie, J. Yang, Z. Zhu*: The Warring States period faience beads excavated from Majiayuan Cemetery: characterization and new insights. In: Heritage Science, 2023,
2022	L. Liu, Q. Zhong, L. Jiang, P. Li, L. Xiao, Z. Zhu*, Y. Zhuo, J. Yang: Archaeometric study on unearthed Warring States bronze ‘Fu’ excavated from Pujiang, Chengdu, China. In: Mediterranean Archaeology and Archaeometry, 2022,
2022	L. Liu, Q. Zhong, L. Jiang, P. Li, L. Xiao, Y. Gong, Z. Zhu*, J. Yang: Metallurgical and corrosion characterization of warring states period bronzes excavated from Pujiang, Chengdu, China. In: Heritage Science, 2022,
2022	Z. Zhu, J. Du, Z. Lu, X. Yao, X. Jiang, J. Yang, L. Liu: Optimization of GuHCl extraction protocol on collagen-based binders in murals by response surface methodology. In: Journal of Cultural Heritage, 2022,
2022	Z. Zhu, X. Yao, Y. Qin, Z. Lu, Q. Ma, X. Zhao, L. Liu: Visualization and mapping of literature on the scientific analysis of wall paintings: a bibliometric analysis from 2011 to 2021. In: Heritage Science, 2022,