
Professor Zhan is a Ph.D., Professor, and doctoral supervisor. She is a Young Pearl River Scholar (珠江学者) and Hong Kong Scholar (香江学者). She serves as the Chairman of the Interdisciplinary Special Committee of Guangdong College Entrance Examination Research Association, Director of the Smart Education Equipment Industry-University-Research Base at South China Normal University, and General Team Leader of the Expert Group for Guangdong Province Education "Double Integration and Double Innovation" Teacher Digital Literacy Enhancement Practice Activities. She is also responsible for the Normal University Student Track of the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Student Information Technology Innovation Competition, Vice Director of the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area University Primary and Secondary School STEAM Education Alliance, Deputy Director of Guangdong Province Key Laboratory of Artificial Intelligence and Smart Education, and Deputy Director of Guangdong Province Education Assessment Big Data Engineering Technology Research Center. She serves as Associate Editor of the Asia Pacific Journal of Innovation and Entrepreneurship, and Editorial Board Member of Computers & Education-AI and Future Education Research. Her main research areas include interdisciplinary and innovative education, learning science, and smart education. In recent years, she has completed projects funded by the National Natural Science Foundation of China, National Social Science Foundation, and Ministry of Education Humanities and Social Sciences Foundation. She has published six academic monographs, co-edited more than ten textbooks, and published over 100 papers in domestic and international academic journals. Her achievements include nomination for China's Top 100 Excellent Doctoral Dissertations, the Ministry of Education's Fok Ying Tung Education Foundation Award for Young Teachers, First Prize in the National Educational Software Competition, and Outstanding Teacher Award at South China Normal University. She has been consecutively selected for Elsevier's China Highly Cited Scholars list since 2020.