2017年于陕西科技大学应用化学专业获工学学士学位。2022年1月于天津大学理学院化学专业获理学博士学位（硕博连读），导师张兵教授。2022.01-2023.10继续在张兵教授课题组从事博士后研究。2023年11月加入天津大学分子+研究院，任“北洋学者英才计划”副教授。

主要从事碳基小分子可控氢化制备低碳烯烃及碳/氮基小分子催化偶联制备高值不饱和化学品的相关催化剂设计调控，开发高效催化剂及工艺路线，开发/搭建原位表征技术。目前以第一/通讯作者在Nat. Sustain.、Nat. Catal.(2)、Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. (2)、Nat. Commun. ACS Catal.、ACS Energy Lett.、JACS Au、Adv. Energy Mater.等期刊发表论文20余篇，其中1篇入选ESI高被引论文，被引1000余次。授权中国发明专利4件。主持国家自然科学基金、中国博士后面上基金、天津大学“启明计划”项目并入选天津市第一批青年科技人才项目。

近期代表性成果：

1. B. Zhao^#, F. Chen^#, M. Wang^#, C. Cheng, Y. Wu, C. Liu, Y. Yu, B. Zhang* Economically viable electrocatalytic ethylene production with high yield and selectivity Nat. Sustain., 2023, 6, 827-837.

2. B. Zhao, B. Zhang*, Electrochemistry-Inspired Design of Thermocatalysts, Nat. Catal. 2024, 7, 229–230.

3. F. Chen, L. Li, C. Cheng, Y. Yu, B. Zhao*, B. Zhang*, Ethylene Electrosynthesis from Low-Concentrated Acetylene via Concave-Surface Enriched Reactant and Improved Mass Transfer, Nat. Commun. 2024, 15, 5914.

4. C. Cheng, F. Chen, B. Zhang*, B. Zhao*, X. Du*, Promoting Water Dissociation and Weakening Active Hydrogen Adsorption to Boost the Hydrogen Transfer Reaction over a Cu-Ag Superlattice Electrocatalyst, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2024, 63, e202413897.

5. M. Li^#, Y. Wu^#, B. Zhao^#, Chuanqi Cheng^#, C. Liu, B. Zhang Electrosynthesis of amino acids from NO and α-keto acids using two decoupled flow reactors Nat. Catal., 2023, 6, 906-915

6. B. Zhao, M. Sun, F. Chen, Y. Shi, Y. Yu, X. Li, B. Zhang* Unveiling the Activity Origin of Iron Nitride as Catalytic Material for Efficient Hydrogenation of CO₂ to C₂₊ Hydrocarbons Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 2021, 60, 4496-4500. 

7. B. Zhao, M. Sun, F. Chen, W. Wang, S. Lu, B. Zhang* Photoinduced Reaction Pathway Change for Boosting CO₂ Hydrogenation over a MnO-Co Catalyst ACS Catal., 2021, 11, 10316-10323.

8. B. Zhao^#*, F. Chen^#, C. Cheng^#, L. Li, C. Liu, and B. Zhang* C₆₀-Stabilized Cu⁺ Sites Boost Electrocatalytic Reduction of CO₂ to C₂₊ Products Adv. Energy Mater., 2023, 13, 2204346.

9. J. Zhu, J. Shao, B. Shen, J. Chen, Y. Yu, S. Song, X. Zhang, B. Zhang, B. Zhao* Formamide Electrosynthesis from Methanol and Ammonia in Water over Pr-Doped MnO₂. JACS Au, 2023, 3, 2987–2992.

10. C., F. Chen, B. Zhao, Y. Wu, B. Zhang*, Electrochemical Hydrogenation and Oxidation of Organic Species involving Water, Nat. Rev. Chem. 2024, 8, 277–293.