Rate My Professor Bidong Zhang

Zhang's research employs meteorites, lunar samples, and advanced analytical techniques such as mass spectrometry to probe the early solar system's evolution. Key foci include developing radiometric dating methods for lunar magmatic and impact histories, and analyzing iron meteorites to elucidate asteroidal core formation and protoplanetary disk dynamics. He has authored impactful publications, including "Accretion of the earliest inner Solar System planetesimals beyond the water snowline" (Nature Astronomy, 2024), "A revised trapped melt model for iron meteorites applied to the IIIAB group" (Meteoritics & Planetary Science, 2022), and "4.46 Ga zircons anchor chronology of lunar magma ocean" (Geochemical Perspectives Letters, 2023), contributing to over 384 citations on Google Scholar. As principal investigator, he has secured NASA grants totaling more than $4.5 million, supporting projects like next-generation lunar dating ($2.55M, 2026-2029) and lunar Mg-suite magmatism ($969K, 2024-2027). Zhang serves as Associate Editor for The Meteoritical Society (2023-2026), member of the Extraterrestrial Materials Analysis Group Lunar Subcommittee, and peer reviewer for premier journals including Nature and Earth and Planetary Science Letters. His contributions extend to session chairing at Lunar and Planetary Science Conferences and Goldschmidt, enhancing the field's discourse on planetary origins.