2010/09-2011/09，美国杜克大学（duke university）医学中心，访问学者。
2003/09-2006/12，中科院寒区旱区环境与工程研究所，理学博士。
1996/09-1999/06，卫生部兰州生物制品研究所，微生物学与免疫学硕士。
1989/09-1993/07，西北师范大学生物学，理学学士。
2008/01-至今，兰州大学生命科学学院；讲师、副教授
1999/07-2007/12，甘肃省临床检验中心
1993/07-1996/08，兰州医学院
微生物与物质循环
肠道微生物与营养
主持与参加的科研项目：
xing-e qi, chen wang, tianjiao he, fan ding, aorui li, xinfang zhang, lizhe an, shijian xu. changes in alpine grassland type drive niche differentiation of nitrifying communities on the qinghai‒tibetan plateau. european journal of soil biology, 2021, 104: 103316.
xing-e qi, chen wang, tianjiao he, fan ding, xinfang zhang, lizhe an, shijian xu. 2021. bacterial community changes and their responses to nitrogen addition among different alpine grassland types at the eastern edge of qinghai–tibetan plateau. archives of microbiology https://doi.org/10.1007/s00203-021-02535-9
mo yongliang, qi x-e, li a, zhang x and jia z. active methanotrophs in suboxic alpine swamp soils of the qinghai–tibetan plateau. frontiers in microbiology. 2020. 11, 580866
aiai ma, xinfang zhang, kan jiang, changming zhao, junlin liu, mengdan wu, ying wang, mingming wang, jinhui li and shijian xu. phylogenetic and physiological diversity of cultivable actinomycetes isolated from alpine habitats on the qinghai-tibetan plateau. frontier microbiology, 2020, https://doi.org/10.3389/fmicb.2020.555351
xinfang zhang, shijian xu, changming li, lin zhao, huyuan feng, guangyang yue, zhengwei ren, guogdong cheng. the soil carbon/nitrogen ratio and moisture affect microbial community structures in alkaline permafrost-affected soils with different vegetation types on the tibetan plateau, research in microbiology, 2014, 165: 128-139
xinfang zhang, lin zhao, shijian xu, yongzhi liu, huiyan liu and guodong cheng. soil moisture effect on bacterial and fungal community in beilu river (tibetan plateau) permafrost soils with different vegetation types.journal of applied microbiology 114, 1054-1065. doi:10.1111/jam.12106
xinfang zhang, yao td, tian ld, xu sj, an lz. phylogenetic and physiological diversity of bacteria isolated from puruogangri ice core microbial. ecology, 2008, 55 (3): 476-488
马爱爱，徐世健，敏玉霞，王鹏，汪亚娟，张新芳. 祁连山高山植物根际土放线菌生物多样性. 生态学报, 2014, 34(11): 2916-2928
马爱爱, 张新芳, 赵林，徐世健, 敏玉霞, 王鹏, 程国栋.青藏高原冻土链霉菌分离菌株多样性及其生理活性的研究. 冰川冻土, 2012,34(6):1508-1515
李昌明, 张新芳, 赵林, 程国栋，徐世健, 青藏高原多年冻土区土壤需氧可培养细菌多样性及群落功能研究. 冰川冻土, 2012, 34 (3): 713-725