1964年7月生於河北棗強。1982.9-1991.6在南開大學化學系學習並獲理學博士學位。畢業後一直在天津大學化學系任教,1997.11-1998.11、2001.11-2002.5、2003.1-2003.3先後在美國Bowling Green State University 和Southern Illinois University做訪問學者。現為天津市政協委員、天津市委員會科技教育委員會副主任、民進天津大學副主委、天津大學化學系主任、博士生導師。目前指導博士和碩士研究生21人。
3、 Water Tape Assembled in 1,10-Bis(2-pyrazinylcarbonyl)- 1,4,7,10-tetraazadecane via H-Bonding and - Stacking, Xue-Fang Shi, Wen-Qin Zhang, Crystal Growth & Design, 2007, 7(4): 595 – 597.
4、 Photochemistry of N-alkylsuccinimide in methanol and ethanol: An experimental and calculated investigation, Guochun Ma, Huimin Liu, Wenqin Zhang, J. Photochem. Photobiol. A:Chem., 2007, 187(2-3): 377-383.
5、 The new helical zigzag chain {[Ag(Pepy)(NO3)]}∞ and mononuclear [HPepy(FeCl4)] with 3D network based on hydrogen bonds as well as π–π interactions, Xue-Fang Shi, Zhi-Yong Xing, Li Wu and Wen-Qin Zhang, Inorg. Chim. Acta, 2006, 359 (2): 603-608.
6、 The nonmetallicity of molybdenum clusters, Zhang WQ*, Ran XR, Zhao HT, J. Chem. Phys., 2004, 121(16): 7717-7724.
7、 The simple cubic structure of ruthenium clusters, Zhang WQ, Zhao HT, Wang LC, J. Phys. Chem., B. 2004, 108 (7): 2140-2147.
8、 The simple cubic structure of Ir clusters and the element effect on cluster structures, Zhang WQ, Xiao L, Hirata Y, Pawluk T, Wang LC, Chem. Phys. Lett., 2004, 383 (1-2): 67-71.
9、 Structure effects on the energetic, electronic, and magnetic properties of Palladium nanoparticles, Zhang WQ, Ge Q, Wang L, J. Chem. Phys., 2003, 118(13), 5793.