主要研究方向包括：复杂介质地震波场模拟与成像，地震资料时频分析，机器学习在地震资料处理中的应用。
代表性成果：
Zhao, Z., Chen. J. and Wang, M., 2020. Comparison of the Fast Sweeping and Fast Marching Methods for First-arrival P-wave Traveltime Calculation in Attenuating VTI Media. Journal of Seismic Exploration, In Press
Zhao, Z., Chen, J. and Liu, X., 2020. Frequency-Domain Finite-Difference Elastic Wave Modeling in the Presence of Surface Topography: Pure and Applied Geophysics, 1-19.
Zhao, Z., Chen, J., Liu, X. and Chen, B., 2019. Frequency-domain Elastic Wavefield Simulation with Hybrid Absorbing Boundary Conditions: Journal of Geophysics and Engineering, doi: 10.1093/jge/gxz038.
Zhao, Z. and Chen, J., 2019. Complex frequency‐shifted multi‐axial perfectly matched layer for frequency‐domain seismic wavefield simulation in anisotropic media: Geophysical Prospecting, doi: 10.1111/1365-2478.12780.
Zhao, Z., Chen, J., Xu, M. and Liu, X., 2019. Complex Frequency Shifted Perfectly Matched Layer Boundary Conditions for Frequency-Domain Elastic Wavefield Simulations. Pure and Applied Geophysics, 1-14.
