2001年7月西北轻工业学院（现陕西科技大学）本科毕业，2005年10月-2010年9月国家公派到日本爱媛大学农学部留学，获得生物资源利用学硕士、博士学位，随后在日本东京大学医学部微生物学教研室从事博士后研究工作至2012年11月

近几年主持科研项目： [1] 国家自然科学基金面上项目； 2017.01-2020.12；No: 31670082 [2] 国家自然科学基金青年基金； 2013.01-2015.12；No: 31200067 [3] 国家重点研发计划项目子课题；2017.01-2020.12；No: 2017YFD0200206-4 [4] 重庆市科委基础与前沿研究计划一般项目；No: cstc2016jcyjA0470 [5] 中央高校基本科研业务费专项资金项目；XJDK2016B041; XJDK2013C56

近期5篇代表作（完整论文清单参阅https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Zhang_Yong43） [1] Zhang Y#, Zhang W, Han L, Li J, Shi X, Hikichi Y, Ohnishi K. 2019. Involvement of a PadR regulator PrhP on virulence of Ralstonia solanacearum by controlling detoxification of phenolic acids and type III secretion system. Mol. Plant. Pathol. DOI: 10.1111/MPP.12854 [2] Zhang Y#, Gao S, Li P, Ohnishi K. 2019. Specific reconstruction on pRC plasmid to facilitate its universal chromosomal integration in different Ralstonia solanacearum species complex strains. Mol. Plant. Microbe. In. 2019. Doi:10.1094/MPMI-01-19-0004-LE [3] Zhang W; Li J; Shi X; Hikichi Y; Ohnishi K and Zhang Y#. 2019. Functional Characterization of Two Putative DAHP Synthases of AroG1 and AroG2 and Their Links With Type III Secretion System in Ralstonia solanacearum. Front. Microbiol. 10:183. doi: 10.3389/fmicb.2019. 00183 [4] Zhang Y#, Li J, Zhang W, Shi H, Luo F, Hikichi Y, Shi X, Ohnishi K. 2018. A putative LysR-type transcriptional regulator PrhO positively regulates the type III secretion system and contributes to virulence of R. solanacearum. Mol. Plant. Pathol. DOI: 10.1111/mpp.12660. [5] Zhang Y, Li J, Zhang W, Wang R, Qiu Q, Luo F, Hikichi Y, Ohnishi K and Ding W. 2017. Ferulic Acid, But Not All Hydroxycinnamic Acids, Is a Novel T3SS Inducer of Ralstonia solanacearum and Promotes Its Infection Process in Host Plants under Hydroponic Condition. Front. Plant Sci. 8:1595. doi: 10.3389/fpls.2017.01595.