Dr. Ziye Zhang has been selected as Clarivate Highly Cited Researcher (2025), Stanford-Elsevier World's Top 2% Scientist (2026), recognized as Young Talent in the Science and Technology Think Tank by the China Association for Science and Technology, Overseas Science and Technology Talent in Shandong Province, Outstanding Preventive Medicine Researcher in Qingdao City, "Golden Seed" Talent in Qingdao City, and "Young Talent" under the Talent Development Project at Ocean University of China. He has published 82 SCI papers with an H-index of 30, over 3500 citations (Clarivate). He has hosted 10 China national and provincial projects, served as Vice Editor-in-Chief for Food and Health, Editorial Board Member for Discover Food, Frontiers in Nutrition, Youth Editorial Board Member for Journal of Future Foods, Journal of Ocean University of China, International Journal for Vitamin and Nutrition Research, Food Innovation and Advances, Food & Medicine Homology, Food Science of Animal Products.