Li Zhang received her second M.S. degree from Texas A&M University in August, 2003 in geology. She received the B.E. degree in Exploration Geophysics, and the Master of Science degree in geology from Southwest Petroleum Institute, P.R. China in 1997 and 2000, respectively. From 2000 to 2003, she was working as a research assistant at Ocean Drilling Program (ODP), a National Science Foundation international research program. She maintains the integrity of the ODP database. It includes analyzing, collecting, checking, correcting and uploading geological and geophysical data into the Janus database. Meanwhile, she handles ODP downhole temperature, meters-composite-depth data processing and requests.
After graduation from Texas A&M University, she is currently working as an intern at ExxonMobil cooperation in Houston, Texas.