2005–2009  北京科技大学，材料科学与工程学院，博士

2012-至今 北京航空航天大学LDSports乐动体育，讲师，副教授
2009–2012 北京航空航天大学LDSports乐动体育，博士后
2014-2015 香港科技大学化学系，访问学者

目前主要从事新型发光液晶显示技术、柔性显示技术、智能液晶传感器件等领域的研究，致力于通过对材料微观结构的调控实现液晶宏观性质的提升并制备新型显示器件。已毕业研究生去向包括继续攻读博士、在京公务员（科委）、在京国企、京沪企业等。欢迎各位学子报考！

国家自然科学基金面上项目，51973007 , “基于聚集诱导发光液晶-纳米粒子复合材料的液晶显示技术研究”，2020.01-2023.12, 主持。
北京市自然科学基金面上项目，2192030，“基于无机微纳米材料-聚集诱导发光液晶复合体系的发光液晶显示器件制备研究”，2019.01-2021.12, 主持。
国家重点研发计划项目，”基于液晶复合材料的新型调光膜的高通量预测、制备和示范应用”，2018YFB0703700，2018.07-2022.06, 骨干人员。
广东省分子聚集发光重点实验室开放基金，”聚集诱导发光液晶复合体系研究”, 2020.01-2021.12

部分学术成果如下:
1. G. Ma, B. Jia, D. Y. Zhao*, Z. Yang, J. Yu, J. Liu, L. Guo*. Amorphous Mn3O4 Nanocages with High-efficiency Charge Transfer for Enhancing Electro-optic Properties of Liquid Crystals. Small 2019, 1805475.
2. J. Kang, J. Yu, A. Li, D. Y. Zhao,* B. Lin, L. Guo, B. Z. Tang. Amorphous Ag2S Micro-rods-Enhanced Fluorescence on Liquid Crystals: Cation-π Interaction-Triggered Aggregation-Induced Emission Effect. Iscience 2019, 15, 119–126.  
3. J. Tang, F. Liu, M. Lu, D. Y. Zhao*. InP/ZnS quantum dots doped blue phase liquid crystal with wide temperature range and low driving voltage. Scientific Reports, 2020, 10, 18067.
4. D. Y. Zhao*, L. Xu, Y. Shang,* X. Li, L. Guo*. Facet-dependent electro-optical properties of cholesteric liquid crystals doped with Cu2O nanocrystals. Nano Research,  2018, 11, 4836–4845.
5. F. Liu, G. Ma, D. Y. Zhao*. Nickel nanoparticle-stabilized room temperature blue-phase liquid crystals. Nanotechnology 2018, 29, 285703.
6. B. Liu, Y. Ma, D. Y Zhao*, L. Xu, F. Liu, W. Zhou*, L. Guo*. Effects of morphology and concentration of CuS nanoparticles on alignment and electro-optic properties of nematic liquid crystal. Nano Research, 2017, 10, 618-625.
7.  D. Y. Zhao, H. X. He, X. G. Gu, L. Guo,* K. S. Wong,* J. W. Y. Lam, B. Z. Tang*. Circularly Polarized Luminescence and a Reflective Photoluminescent Chiral Nematic Liquid Crystal Display Based on an Aggregation-Induced Emission Luminogen. Adv. Optical Mater. 2016, 4, 534-539.
8.  D. Y. Zhao, F. Fan, J. Cheng, Y. L. Zhang, K. S. Wong, V.G. Chigrinov, H. S. Kwok, L. Guo*, B. Z. Tang*, Light-Emitting Liquid Crystal Displays Based on an Aggregation-Induced Emission Luminogen. Adv. Optical Mater. 2015, 3, 199-202.
9.  D. Y. Zhao*, Y. Peng, L. H. Xu, W. Zhou, Q. Wang, L. Guo*，Liquid-Crystal Biosensor Based on Nickel-Nanosphere Induced Homeotropic Alignment for the Amplified Detection of Thrombin，ACS Appl Mater & Interfaces, 2015, 7, 23418-23422.