• Ph D, Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Maryland School of Pharmacy, 2017
• None Degree; Transferred, Physical Chemistry, The University of Oklahoma, 2012
• MEng, Materials, Wuhan University of Technology, 2009
• BS, Biology, Wuhan University, 2007
• BEng, Polymer Materials & Engineering, Wuhan University of Technology, 2007

Citations listed below are presented in a standardized, modified format for display purposes only. They do not necessarily reflect the preferred style and conventions of the faculty member or discipline.

• Yue, Zhi, Wu, Jiangbo, Teng, Da, Wang, Zhi, and Voth, Gregory A.. Activation of the Influenza B M2 Proton Channel (BM2), 3011-3019. Vol. 63, Iss. 22 Biochemistry, 2024. (DOI: 10.1021/acs.biochem.4c00607)
• Kaiser, S, Yue, Zhi, Peng, Y, Nguyen, T D., Chen, S, Teng, D, and Voth, G A.. Molecular Dynamics Simulation of Complex Reactivity with the Rapid Approach for Proton Transport and Other Reactions (RAPTOR) Software Package, 4959-4974. Vol. 128, Iss. 20 The Journal of Physical Chemistry B, 2024. (DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpcb.4c01987)
• Yue, Zhi, Li , C, and Voth, G A.. The role of conformational change and key glutamic acid residues in the ClC-ec1 antiporter, 1068-1085. Vol. 122, Iss. 6 Biophysical Journal, 2023. (DOI: 10.1016/j.bpj.2023.01.025)
• Li, Chenghan, Yue, Zhi, Newstead, Simon, and Voth, Gregory A.. Proton coupling and the multiscale kinetic mechanism of a peptide transporter, 2266-2278. Vol. 121, Iss. 12 Biophysical Journal, 2022. (DOI: 10.1016/j.bpj.2022.05.029)
• Yue, Zhi, Wang, Z, and Voth, G A.. Ion permeation, selectivity, and electronic polarization in fluoride channels, 1336-1347. Vol. 121, Iss. 7 Biophysical Journal, 2022. (DOI: 10.1016/j.bpj.2022.02.019)
• Yue, Zhi, Bernardi, A, Li , C, Mironenko, A V., and Swanson JMJ. Toward a Multipathway Perspective: pH-Dependent Kinetic Selection of Competing Pathways and the Role of the Internal Glutamate in Cl(-)/H(+) Antiporters, 7975-7984. Vol. 125, Iss. 29 The Journal of Physical Chemistry B, 2021. (DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpcb.1c03304)
• Li, Chenghan, Yue, Zhi, Espinoza-Fonseca, L. M., and Voth, Gregory A.. Multiscale Simulation Reveals Passive Proton Transport Through SERCA on the Microsecond Timescale, 1033-1040. Vol. 119, Iss. 5 Biophysical Journal, 2020. (DOI: 10.1016/j.bpj.2020.07.027)
• Tsai, Cheng-Chieh, Yue, Zhi, and Shen, Jana. How Electrostatic Coupling Enables Conformational Plasticity in a Tyrosine Kinase, 15092-15101. Vol. 141, Iss. 38 Journal of the American Chemical Society, 2019. (DOI: 10.1021/jacs.9b06064)
• Yue, Zhi, Li, Chenghan, Voth, Gregory A., and Swanson, Jessica M.. Dynamic Protonation Dramatically Affects the Membrane Permeability of Drug-like Molecules, 13421-13433. Vol. 141, Iss. 34 Journal of the American Chemical Society, 2019. (DOI: 10.1021/jacs.9b04387)
• Liu, R, Yue, Zhi, Tsai, C C., and Shen, J. Assessing Lysine and Cysteine Reactivities for Designing Targeted Covalent Kinase Inhibitors, 6553-6560. Vol. 141, Iss. 16 Journal of the American Chemical Society, 2019. (DOI: 10.1021/jacs.8b13248)
• Huang, Y, Yue, Zhi, Tsai, C C., Henderson, J A., and Shen, J. Predicting Catalytic Proton Donors and Nucleophiles in Enzymes: How Adding Dynamics Helps Elucidate the Structure-Function Relationships, 1179-1184. Vol. 9, Iss. 6 The Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters, 2018. (DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpclett.8b00238)
• Yue, Zhi, and Shen, J. pH-Dependent cooperativity and existence of a dry molten globule in the folding of a miniprotein BBL, 3523-3530. Vol. 20, Iss. 5 Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, 2018. (DOI: 10.1039/c7cp08296g)
• Yue, Zhi, Chen, W, Zgurskaya, H I., and Shen, J. Constant pH Molecular Dynamics Reveals How Proton Release Drives the Conformational Transition of a Transmembrane Efflux Pump, 6405-6414. Vol. 13, Iss. 12 Journal of Chemical Theory and Computation, 2017. (DOI: 10.1021/acs.jctc.7b00874)
• Deredge, Daniel J., Huang, Weiliang, Hui, Colleen, Matsumura, Hirotoshi, Yue, Zhi, Moënne-Loccoz, Pierre, Shen, Jana, Wintrode, Patrick L., and Wilks, Angela. Ligand-induced allostery in the interaction of the Pseudomonas aeruginosa heme binding protein with heme oxygenase, 3421-3426. Vol. 114, Iss. 13 Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 2017. (DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1606931114)
• Zhu, Yanzhao, Wu, Zhongkui, Lu, Hanmin, and Yue, Zhi. High‐mechanical‐strength ferrohydrogels with a magnetically dispersed phase as multifunctional crosslinkers, 41950. Vol. 132, Iss. 22 Journal of Applied Polymer Science, 2015. (DOI: 10.1002/app.41950)
• Chen, W, Wallace, J A., Yue, Zhi, and Shen, J K.. Introducing titratable water to all-atom molecular dynamics at constant pH, L15-L17. Vol. 105, Iss. 4 Biophysical Journal, 2013. (DOI: 10.1016/j.bpj.2013.06.036)
• Yuan, Lin, Yue, Zhi, Chen, Hong, Huang, He, and Zhao, Tieliang. Biomacromolecular affinity: Interactions between lysozyme and regioselectively sulfated chitosan, 346-350. Vol. 73, Iss. 2 Colloids and Surfaces B: Biointerfaces, 2009. (DOI: 10.1016/j.colsurfb.2009.06.003)

• Yue, Zhi, and Voth, Gregory A., Protons Enable Calcium Passage through the Hydrophobic Channel in the SARS‑CoV‑2 Envelope Protein. Presented at the Proton Reactions: From Basic Science to Biomedical Applications, Estes Park, CO, USA. (September 04, 2025)
• Yue, Zhi, and Voth, Gregory A., Conformational Changes and the role of Internal Glutamate in the C1–/H+ Antiporters. Presented at the Proton Reactions: From Basic Science to Biomedical Applications, Tahoe, CA, USA. (August 22, 2023)