从事原子核物理基础研究，主要是远离稳定线核结构特性与原子核高自旋态的实验研究。与国内外先进实验室与研究组合作，在美国橡树岭国家实验室、洛伦兹伯克利国家实验室、国内中国原子能科学院、中科院近物所（兰州）重粒子加速器与先进的在束伽玛谱探测装置上进行实验测量，获取数据，在校内进行数据分析与处理。内容包括：（1）A=110与140丰中子核区核的新准粒子带及八极形变的研究；（2）A=130缺中子核区扁椭形变等特性研究；（3）A＝150核区集体回弯及形状相变等的研究。此外，还进行核辐射探测、核技术应用（伴随粒子石油测井仪）的研制。先后完成或正在承担包括国家重点基础研究发展规划项目（973）《放射性核束物理与核天体物理》两个项目中的子课题、国家自然科学基金、核工业科学基金、教育部博士点基金、校内985基金等多项任务。

获奖与证书 *. 本人主持的《原子核物理实验》(1983-1997)多次获北京市、清华大学教学与实验室管理奖;

*. 1993年获清华之友个人二等奖；

*. 1993年获清华大学颁发的“A=70区与A=150区原子核高自旋态研究”成果证书，（第一完成者）；

*. 1995年获国家科委颁发的国家科技成果证书，（第一完成者）；

*. 1996年获理科基地班建设清华大学教学工作优秀成果一等奖（排名第二）；

*. 1996年获中国"八五"科学技术成果编审委员颁发的“中国八五科学技术成果荣誉证书”；

*. 1997年“原子核高自旋态研究”获“1996年度清华大学基础性研究成果奖”，（第一完成者）；

*. 1999年，“原子核高自旋态实验与理论研究”获“教育部科技进步奖（基础类）”二等奖，（第一完成者）；

*. 2000年获国家自然科学基金优秀论文鼓励基金。

*. 2007年获清华大学优秀党建与思想工作者称号。

学术兼职

*. 中国核物理学会常务理事;

*. 北京串列加速器国家实验室学术委员会委员;

*. 中国核结构学术会议专业组成员;

*.《高能物理与核物理》学术期刊编委;

*. 国家重点基础研究发展规划项目（973）《放射性核束物理与核天体物理》专家组成员；

*.《Chinese Physics Letters》期刊特约审稿人。

*.《吴友训奖》评委。

参与编著《原子核物理实验方法》（复旦清华北大合编，原子能出版社，1997年），共发表期刊论文210多篇,会议论文80多篇。 1. S.J.Zhu, J.H.Hamilton, A.V.Ramayya et al. Identification of levels in 160Sm and new high spin states in 156,158Sm，J. Phys. G: Nucl. Part. Phys. 21 (1995) 1555- 1555.

2. S.J.Zhu, J.H.Hamilton, A.V.Ramayya et al. Identification of 152Ce and unexpected variations in moments of inertia with neutron number and spin in 142-148Ba, 144-152Ce and 152-156Nd，J. Phys. G: Nucl. Part. Phys. 21 (1995) L75-81.

3. Q.H.Lu, K.Butler-Moore, S.J.Zhu et al. Structure of 108,110,112Ru: identical bands in 108,110Ru, Phys. Rev. C52 (1995) 1348-1354.

4. S.J.Zhu Q. H. Lu, J. H. Hamilton et al. Octupole deformation in 142,143Ba and 144Ce: new band structures in neutron-rich Ba-isotopes, Phys. Lett. B357 (1995) 273- 280 .

5. J.H.Hamilton, A.V.Ramayya, S.J.Zhu et al. New insights from studies of spontaneous fission with large detectors arrays, Prog. in Part. and Nucl. Phys. (invited review), 35 (1995) 635.

6. B.R.S.Babu, S.J.Zhu, A.V.Ramayya et al. Identification of ？-transitions in 147Ba, 149Ce and 151,153Nd, Phys. Rev. C54 (1996) 568-571.

7. S.J.Zhu, J. H. Hamilton, A. V. Ramayya et al. High spin octupole correlations in the N=85, 139Xe and 141Ba isotones, J. Phys. G: Nucl. Part. Phys. 23 (1997) L77-L83.

8. S.J.Zhu, M.G.Wang, J.H.Hamilton et al. Reflection asymmetry shapes in the neutron-rich 140,143Ba isotopes, Chin. Phys. Lett. 14 (1997) 569-572.

9. S.J.Zhu, C.Y.Gan, J.H.Hamilton, et al. Collective band structure in the neutron- rich 107,109Ru nuclei, Chin. Phys. Lett. 15 (1998) 793-795.

10. M.Sakhaee, S.J.Zhu, J.H.Hamilton,et al. Identification of levels in neutron-rich odd mass 145Ce and 147Ce nuclei, Phys. Rev. C60 (1999) 067303.

11. S.J.Zhu, J.H.Hamilton, A. V. Ramayya, et al. Octupole correlations in neutron- rich 145,147La nuclei: some Carioles-limit-coupling bands with aligned h11/2 proton, Phys. Rev. C59 (1999) 1316-1323.

12. S.J.Zhu, M.Li, L.Y.Zhu, et al. Identification of collective oblate bands in Ce-138, Chin. Phys. Lett. 16 (1999) 635-637.

13. S.J.Zhu, J.H.Hamilton, A. V. Ramayya,et al., Octupole correlations in neutron-rich 143,145Ba and a type of superdeformed band in 145Ba. Phys. Rev. C65 (2001) 014307(1-6).

14. S.J.Zhu, L. Y. Zhu, M. Li et al. High spin states and a collective oblate band in 137Ce, Phys. Rev. C62 (2000) 044310.

15. S.J.Zhu, J.H.Hamilton, A.V.Ramayya, et al. Observation of rotational bands in the neutron-rich 107Ru nucleus, Phys. Rev. C65 (2001) 014307(1-6) .

16. L.M.Yang, S.J.Zhu*, K. Li et al. Collective bands in the Neutron-Rich 104Mo Nucleus, Chin. Phys. Lett. 18 (2001) 24-26.

17. S.J.Zhu, M.Sakhaee, L.M.Yang et al. The ？h1/2 Band-Crossing and possible octupole correlation in 122Ba, Chin. Phys. Lett. 18( 2001) 1027-1029.

18. R.Q.Xu, S.J.Zhu*, J.H.Hamilton, et al. Observation of rotational bands in neutron- rich 106Mo nucleus, Chin. Phys. Lett. (2002) 180-183.

19. Z. Zhang, S. J. Zhu, J. H. Hamilton et al. Identification of collective bands in neutron-rich 113Ru nucleus, Phys. Rev. C 67, 064307(1-4) (2003).

20. X. L. Che, S. J. Zhu* et al., High-Spin Structure in Neutron-Rich 108Ru Nucleus, Chin. Phys. Lett. 21, 1904 (2004).

21. M. L. Li, S. J. Zhu* et al., Two-Quasiparticle Bands and Isomers in 98Sr, Chin. Phys. Lett. 21, 2147 (2004).

22. S. J. Zhu, C. Y. Gan et al., High Spin States and Shape Coexistence in 134Ce, High Energy Phys. Nucl. Phys. 29, 130 (2005).

23. Yong-Nam U, S. J. Zhu* et al., Search for the Chiral Doublet Bands in 122Cs, J.Phys. G: Nucl. Part. Phys. 31, B1(2005).

24. S. J. Zhu, S. D. Xiao et al., High-spin states and band structures in the doubly odd 136La nucleus, Eur. Phys. J. A 24, 199 (2005).

25. S. J. Zhu, J. H. Hamilton, A.V. Ramayya et al., Soft chiral vibrations in 106Mo, Eur. Phys. J. A 25, s01, 459 (2005).

26. X. L. Che, S. J. Zhu* et al., High Spin Band Structure in 112Ru，Chin. Phys. Lett. 23, 328 (2006).

27. Y. J. Chen, S. J. Zhu* et al., Search for octupole correlations in neutron-rich 148Ce nucleus, Phys. Rev. C 73, 054316 (2006).

28. M. L. Li; S. J. Zhu* et al., Identification of band structures in the 137La nucleus, Eur. Phys. J. A 28, 1-4 (2006) (letter).

29. H. B. Ding, S. J. Zhu* et al., Identification of band tructures and proposed one- and two-phonon ？-vibrational bands in 105Mo, Phys. Rev. C 74, 054301 (2006).

30. X. L. Che, S. J. Zhu* et al., High-spin levels based on the 11/2- isomer in 135Ba，Eur. Phys. J. A 30, 347 -350 (2006).

31. H. B. Ding, S. J. Zhu* et al., Search for double ？-vibrational bands in neutron-rich 105Mo nucleus, Chin. Phys. Lett. 23, 3222 (2006).

32. M. L. Li, S. J. Zhu* et al., High-spin states and collective oblate bands in the odd-odd 138Pr nucleus, Phys. Rev. C 75, 034304 (2007).

33. J. G. Wang, S. J. Zhu* et al., First identification of collective bands and octupole correlations in the neutron-rich 143La nucleus, Phys. Rev. C 75, 064301 (2007).

34. H. B. Ding, S. J. Zhu* et al., Chin. Phys. Lett., 24, 1517 (1997).

35. S. J. Zhu, Y. X. Luo, J. H. Hamilton et al., Triaxiality, chiral ands and gamma vibrations in A = 99–114 nuclei, Progress in Particle and Nuclear Physics 59 (2007) 329

36. H. B. Ding, S. J. Zhu* et al., Identification of the ν7/2+[404] band in neutron-rich 109Ru, Phys. Rev. C 77, 057302 (2008).

37. J. G. Wang, S. J. Zhu* et al., First identification of a collective band in the odd-odd 104Nb nucleus, Phys. Rev. C 78, 014313 (2008).

38. Q. Xu, S. J. Zhu* et al., High-spin states and collective oblate bands in 139Nd，Phys. Rev. C 78, 034310 (2008).