1993年進入南開大學數學試點班，1997年師從侯自新教授攻讀博士學位，2002年在北京大學從事博士後研究工作。2004年5月至今在南開大學數學科學學院任教。講授過《高等代數與解析幾何》、《有限群表示論》、《數論》、《李群理論》、《李群李代數表示論》等本科和研究生課程，在Amer. J. Math雜誌上發表論文十餘篇。曾訪問香港大學、麻省理工學院、香港科技大學、日本九州大學、北海道大學、東京大學、加州大學伯克利分校。
發表文章
1.Z. Chen and F. Zhu, On Local Structure of Pseuso-Riemannian Poisson Manifolds and Pseudo-Riemannian Lie Algebras, J. Lie Theory 22 (2012), No. 3, 757-767. 2.F. Fang and F. Zhu, Generating index of finite dimensional Lie algebras, Front. Math. China, 2011, 6(4): 659-670. 3.Z. Chen, K. Liang and F. Zhu, Algebras with pseudo-Riemannian bilinear forms, J. Korean Math. Soc., Vol. 48, no. 1, 1-12, 2011. 4.F. Zhu and K. Liang, On a branching law of unitary representations and a conjecture of Kobayashi, C. R. Acad. Sci. Paris, Volume 348, Issues 17-18, 959--962, September 2010. 5.Z. Chen, M. Ren and F. Zhu, On pseudo-Riemannian Lie algebra, Proc. A. M. S., 138 (2010), no. 8, 2677--2685. 6.F. Zhu and Z. Chen, Novikov superalgebras with A_0=A_1A_1, Czechoslovak Math. J., Vol. 60, No. 4, 903--907, 2010. 7.Z. Chen and F. Zhu, Pseudo-Riemannian Novikov algebras, J. Phys. A., 41 (2008), No. 31, 1-9. 8.F. Zhu and K. Liang, Dirac cohomology of unitary representations of equal rank exceptional groups. Sci. in China, Ser. A, 50 (2007), No. 4, 515-520. 9.K. Liang and F. Zhu, Fine representations, good roots and R-groups, Algebra Colloq., 14 (2007), no. 1, 15-24. 10.F. Zhu and Z. Chen, Novikov algebras with associative bilinear forms, J. Phys. A., 40 (2007), No. 47, 14243-14251. 11.Z Chen and F. Zhu, Bilinear forms on fermionic Novikov algebras, J. Phys. A., 40 (2007), no. 18, 4729-4738. 12.Z. Hou, K. Liang and F. Zhu, Unitary representations of classical groups of equal rank with nonzero Dirac cohomology, Pacific Journal of Mathematics, 214 (2004), No. 2, 2004, 285-302. 13.F. Zhu and K. Liang, Totally geodesic submanifolds in Riemannian symmetric spaces, Sci. in China Ser. A, 47 (2004), No.2, 264-271. 14.F. Zhu, L. Zhu and D. Meng, A new class of symmetric self-dual Lie algebras (in Chinese), Chinese Annals of Mathematics, 23A:1(2002), 99-108. Chinese Journal of Contemporary Mathematics, Vol 23, No.1, 2002, 83-94. 15.F. Zhu and L. Zhu, The uniqueness of the decomposition of quadratic Lie algebras, Comm Alg., 29 (11) (2001), 5145-5154.
