2004年，南京大学配位化学研究所，获理学博士学位；

2005-2006年加拿大多伦多大学多伦多综合研究所，博士后；2006-2008年韩国汉阳大学应用化学系，博士后，研究教授；2008-2015年浙江理工大学理学院，副教授；2015-南京工业大学化学与分子工程学院，副教授。

主持国家自然科学基金/青年基金一项 (20901067)；教育部留学回国人员科研启动基金一项（教外司留[2010]8号）；浙江省自然科学基金面上项目两项（Y4080342，LY14B010005）； ‘钱江人才’项目一项（2011R10076）；浙江省科协‘育才工程’一项（0801002-Q）

近期主要论文： YangZou*, JingChen, Yuan-Yuan Li, Li Li, Jian-Lan Liu and Xiao-Ming Ren*, Three Zn(II)/Cd(II)/Mn(II) coordination polymers based on a 2-hydroxy-N-(1H-tetrazol-5-yl) benzamide ligand: structures, and magnetic and photoluminescence properties. RSC Adv., 2015, 5, 78642-78647. Fei Yin, Jing Chen, Yongfeng Liang, Yang Zou*, Yinzhi Jiang, Jingli Xie*. Syntheses, structures, and properties of Co(II)/Zn(II) mixed-ligand coordination polymers based on 4-[(3,5-dinitrobenzoyl)amino]benzoic acid and 1,4-bis(1-imidazolyl) benzene. J Solid. State chem. 2015, 225, 310-314. Dongwook Kim, Xinfang Liu, Minhak Oh, Xiaokai Song, Yang Zou*, Devendra Singh, Kwang S. Kim, Myoung Soo Lah*. Isoreticular MOFs based on a rhombic dodecahedral MOP as a tertiary building unit. CrystEngComm 2014, 16, 6391-6397. Yang Zou*, Fei Yin, Xiao-Jun Zhou, Jing Chen, Qing-Jin Meng. A CuII–GdIII–CuII heterometallic coordination polymer constructed by gadolinium(III) ion and copper(II) Schiff-base building block: Structure and magnetic property. Inorg. Chem. Commun., 2014, 45, 25-29. Yajin Yan, Fei Yin, Jing Chen, Hangli Zhang, Bianling Yan, Yinzhi Jiang, Yang Zou*, Supramolecular copper(II) complexes of novel Schiff bases derived from β-amino acid and salicylaldehyde: Syntheses, crystal structure, and magnetic property Inorg. Chim. Acta., 2014, 413, 84-89. Yang Zou*, Yuanyuan Li, Chaoyong Yu, Fei Yin and Myoung Soo Lah, A supramoleculear self-assembled flexible open framework based on coordination honeycomb layers possessing octahedral and tetrahedral CoII geometries RSC Adv., 2013, 3, 19889-19893. Yang Zou*, Xiaojun Zhou, Jingli Xie Yuanyuan Li, Heterometallic Supramolecular Architecture Based on a Trinuclear [Mn(H2O)4(NiL)2] Unit: Crystal Structure and Magnetic Properties. J Inorg Organomet Polym., 2013,23, 989-995 Bianling Yan, Xiaojun Zhou, Yuanyuan Li, Fei Yin, Yang Zou*, Yinzhi Jiang, Xing Wang, Jingli Xie, A CeIII–CuII Supramolecular Architecture Based on a Trinuclear[Ce(H2O)6(CuL)2] Unit: Synthesis, Crystal Structure and Magnetic Properties. J Inorg Organomet Polym., 2013,23, 1534-1539. Zhangang Han, Wenbo Pei, Jingli Xie, Yang Zou, Xiao-Ming, Ren Two {Mo-36}-containing polymolybdates: Synthesis, crystal structures, and spectral characterizations Inorg. Chem. Commun., 2012, 16, 61. Ting Chen, Yang Zou*, Chaoyong Yu, Xiaojun Zhou, Yuanyuan Li, Heteronuclear Cu(II)–Mn(II)–Cu(II) Complex Constructed from Metallo-Ligand Through Carboxylate Oxygens: Coexistence of Water Hexamers. J Inorg Organomet Polym., 2012 22, 1200–1205 Yang Zou*, Chaoyong Yu, Yuanyuan Li, Myoung Soo Lah, A 3-dimensional coordination polymer with a rare lonsdaleite topology constructed from a tetrahedral ligand. CrystEngComm 2012, 14, 7174 (Top ten most-read article in September 2012)