Prof. Dr. Zhi he Dou holds a bachelor’s degree in metallurgical physical chemistry, a master’s degree in nonferrous metal metallurgy, and a doctorate in materials science from Northeastern University. Since March 2005, he has served as a teacher, teaching assistant, lecturer, associate professor, professor, and doctoral supervisor at the Department of Metallurgical Engineering of Northeastern University. He is currently a professor and doctoral supervisor at the Department of Metallurgical Engineering of Northeastern University, deputy director of the Key Laboratory of Ecological Metallurgy of Polymetallic Symbiotic Ore, Ministry of Education, deputy dean of the School of Metallurgy, and deputy director of the Institute of Special Metallurgy and Process Engineering. His main research directions are self-propagating metallurgical methods and technologies; thermodynamic coupling design; and material metallurgical preparation of high-end metal materials. He has presided over more than 20 projects, including National Natural Science Foundation of China projects (one each for Youth, Excellent Young Scholars, and General Programs, and two key projects), major projects of the National Science and Technology Support Program, sub-projects of the 973 Program, and major provincial and ministerial projects. He has published more than 120 papers, published 3 monographs, and applied for more than 100 national invention patents and 23 international invention patents.
Prof. Dr. Ting an Zhang is currently the professor, doctoral supervisor, and dean of the School of Materials and Metallurgy at Northeastern University, director of the Engineering Research Center of Nonferrous Metal Metallurgical Process Technology of the Ministry of Education, deputy director of the Key Laboratory of Ecological Metallurgy of Polymetallic Symbiotic Ore of the Ministry of Education, and deputy director of the Key Laboratory of Modern Metallurgical Technology of Liaoning Province. He was admitted to Northeastern University in 1978 and obtained bachelor’s, master’s, and doctoral degrees in non-ferrous metal metallurgy, metallurgical physical chemistry, and thermal engineering. From 1994 to 1995, he was sent by the state to study at the Moscow Institute of Steel and Alloys in Russia. He has been engaged in scientific research and teaching in non-ferrous metal metallurgical reaction engineering for a long time. As the person in charge, he has undertaken and completed more than 40 projects, including 863 major (key) projects, the 973 projects, the 11th Five-Year Plan, the National Natural Science Foundation, and international cooperation projects. He has published more than 200 academic papers in domestic and foreign academic journals. Since 2005, he has applied for more than 40 national invention patents, 25 of which have been authorized, and published 4 monographs.