Welcoming New Early Career Editorial Members of Metals

Name: Dr. Jinfu Zhao
Affiliation: School of Mechanical Engineering, Shandong University, Jinan 250061, China
Homepage: https://faculty.sdu.edu.cn/zhaojinfu/en/index.htm  
Research interests: advanced cutting; cutting temperature; coated tool

Name: Dr. Jianlei Zhang
Affiliation: Center for Advanced Solidification Technology (CAST), State Key Laboratory of Advanced Special Steel, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Shanghai University, Shanghai 200444, China
Homepage: https://mat.shu.edu.cn/info/1021/21658.htm  
Research interests: steel; microstructure; mechanical properties; materials; material characterization; tensile testing

Name: Dr. Alessandro Pisapia
Affiliation: Department of Engineering, Pegaso Telematic University, 80143 Napoli, Italy
Homepage: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8126-5283  
Research interests: steel structures; aluminum structures; local buckling; probabilistic methods; seismic design; fatigue behavior

Name: Dr. Bin Zhang
Affiliation: School of Aerospace, Hangzhou Innovation Institute, Beihang University, Hangzhou 310023, China  
Homepage: https://shi.buaa.edu.cn/zhangbin123/zh_CN/index.htm  
Research interests: failure mechanism; life assessment; optimization design of aviation materials/structures

Name: Dr. Jianwei Tang
Affiliation: School of Materials Science and Engineering, Shandong University, Jinan, China
Homepage: https://orcid.org/0009-0000-6353-8770  
Research interests: metal plastic forming processes and molds; metal microstructure and property control

Name: Dr. Karl Davidson
Affiliation: Faculty of Science and Engineering, Curtin University, Perth, Australia
Homepage: https://staffportal.curtin.edu.au/staff/profile/view/karl-davidson-77a3c2b5/  
Research interests: additive manufacturing; heterogeneous structures; magnetic properties; microstructure control; alloy design

Name: Dr. Jie Wang
Affiliation: School of Nuclear Science and Technology, Xi’an Jiaotong University, Xi’an 710049, China
Homepage: https://nuclear.xjtu.edu.cn/info/1010/1129.htm  
Research interests: design of vacuum system for particle accelerators and related materials; nuclear materials; corrosion and protection; additive manufacturing

Name: Dr. Xin Tong
Affiliation: School of Materials Science and Engineering, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China
Homepage: https://smse.sjtu.edu.cn/people/detail_new/20409  
Research interests: magnesium alloys; aluminum alloys; casting; welding and joining; additive manufacturing; microstructure; mechanical property

Name: Dr. Gianluca Parodo
Affiliation: Department of Engineering and Sciences, Faculty of Technological and Innovation Sciences, Universitas Mercatorum, Piazza Mattei 10, 00186 Rome, Italy
Homepage: https://www.unimercatorum.it/docenti/gianluca-parodo  
Research interests: composite material; material characterization; mechanical properties; finite element analysis; advanced manufacturing technology; sheet metal forming adhesion

Name: Dr. Gang Niu
Affiliation: Collaborative Innovation Center of Steel Technology, University of Science and Technology Beijing, Beijing 100083, China
Homepage: https://cicst.ustb.edu.cn/szdw/zcjs/fjsfyjygjgcs/ce790eea9cf04e15b7061cc89f9fdcc8.htm  
Research interests: material science; material processing; phase transformations; material characterization; mechanical properties; material testing

Name: Dr. Bingqin Wang
Affiliation: Institute for Advanced Materials and Technology, University of Science and Technology Beijing, Beijing, China
Homepage: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7099-7876  
Research interests: materials science and engineering; corrosion science; data-driven corrosion research; machine learning in corrosion prediction

Name: Dr. Daniele Rigon
Affiliation: Department of Industrial Engineering, University of Padova, Padua, Italy
Homepage: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0315-6628  
Research interests: fracture mechanics; finite element modeling; mechanical behavior of materials; FE analysis; fatigue and fracture analysis

Name: Dr. Youliang Yang
Affiliation: Light Alloys Research Institute, Central South University, Changsha 410083, China
Homepage: https://faculty.csu.edu.cn/yangyouliang/zh_CN/index.htm  
Research interests: manufacturing of lightweight and high strength components

Name: Dr. Sheng Du
Affiliation: School of Automation, China University of Geosciences, Wuhan 430074, China
Homepage: https://grzy.cug.edu.cn/dusheng/en/index.htm  
Research interests: artificial intelligence; computational intelligence; process control; intelligent system; intelligent optimization

Name: Dr. Luca Pezzato
Affiliation: Institute of Condensed Matter Chemistry and Energy Technologies, National Research Council of Italy, 35127 Padova, Italy
Homepage: https://www.icmate.cnr.it/aboutus/staff_by_units-2/padua_staff/pezzatoluca/  
Research interests: metallurgy; corrosion; coatings

Name: Dr. Yipeng Wang
Affiliation: Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Beijing University of Technology, Beijing 100124, China
Homepage: https://yanzhao.bjut.edu.cn/info/1620/13508.htm  
Research interests: arc additive manufacturing; laser additive repair; high-efficiency welding equipment and processes

Name: Dr. Bin Han
Affiliation: School of Mechanical Engineering, Xi’an Jiaotong University, Xi’an, China
Homepage: https://gr.xjtu.edu.cn/en/web/hanbinghost ;
https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=QsyReu0AAAAJ&hl=zh-CN  
Research interests: metallic additive manufacturing; porous metals; metallic metamaterials; advanced forming manufacturing; multifunctional protective composite structures/materials

Name: Dr. Ulises Martin   
Affiliation: Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX 77843, USA
Homepage: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0657-5484  
Research interests: corrosion; materials science; SCC; additive manufacturing; stainless steel; simulation

Name: Dr. Hesong Wang  
Affiliation: Institute of Metal Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shenyang 110016, China
Homepage: https://orcid.org/0009-0000-6048-4009  
Research interests: advanced high-strength steels; green manufacturing processes of steels; oxidation behavior in steels; nanostructured steels

Name: Dr. Mengyu Chai  
Affiliation: School of Chemical Engineering and Technology, Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an, China
Homepage: https://gr.xjtu.edu.cn/en/web/chaimy  
Research interests: fatigue and fracture of metallic material; machine learning applications

Name: Dr. Wandercleiton Cardoso   
Affiliation: Department of Civil, Chemical, and Environmental Engineering, University of Genova, Genova, Italy
Homepage: https://rubrica.unige.it/personale/UURPU1xg  
Research interests: materials engineering; chemical engineering; project management; steel industry; chemical industry

Name: Dr. Zhengwei Li  
Affiliation: State Key Laboratory of Precision Welding & Joining of Materials and Structures, Harbin Institute of Technology, Harbin, China
Homepage: https://homepage.hit.edu.cn/lizhengwei?lang=en  
Research interests: welding and joining; ultrasonic soldering; brazing; cavitation

Name: Dr. Rongrong Wang
Affiliation: State Key Laboratory of Advanced Metallurgy, University of Science and Technology Beijing, Beijing 100083, China
Homepage: https://jsyljd.ustb.edu.cn/szdw/xsjs/fjsfyjy1/2b48598ad0ba4e94b6926996fcb18589.htm  
Research interests: cold-bonded pellets/briquettes; biomass utilization; non-blast furnace ironmaking; iron ore reduction; low-carbon burden

Name: Dr. Emanuele Ghio  
Affiliation: Department of Engineering for Industrial Systems and Technologies (DEIST), University of Parma, Parma, Italy
Homepage: https://personale.unipr.it/en/ugovdocenti/person/215947  
Research interests: metals and alloys; microstructural characterization; heat treatments; mechanical properties; additive manufacturing

Name: Dr. Zedong Lin  
Affiliation: Shenzhen Bay Laboratory, Beijing University, Beijing, China
Homepage: https://web.pkusz.edu.cn/chsyang/?page_id=476  
Research interests: first-principles calculations and molecular dynamics simulations of materials

Name: Dr. Yunfa Guo  
Affiliation: Department of Mechanical Engineering, National University of Singapore, Singapore 117575, Singapore
Homepage: https://blog.nus.edu.sg/mpewhao/people/research-fellows/  
Research interests: ultra-precision machining; field-assisted machining; post-machining for additively manufactured alloys

Name: Dr. Gábor Gyarmati  
Affiliation: Institute of Metallurgy and Foundry Engineering, University of Miskolc, 3515 Miskolc, Hungary
Homepage: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7568-6922  
Research interests: aluminum alloys; metal casting; liquid metal processing; metallurgy; light alloys; recycling

Name: Dr. Wenchao Ke  
Affiliation: School of Mechanical and Electrical Engineering, Wuhan University of Technology, Wuhan 430070, China
Homepage: http://smee.whut.edu.cn/szdw/szdw/202412/t20241202_1305831.shtml  
Research interests: laser welding; additive manufacturing; computational mechanics; mechanical properties; computational fluid dynamics

Name: Dr. Chao Chen  
Affiliation: College of Materials Science and Engineering, Taiyuan University of Technology, Taiyuan, China
Homepage: https://cl.tyut.edu.cn/info/1093/1996.htm  
Research interests: process modeling; clean steel; inclusions; CFD; physical model; tundish; ladle refining; stainless steel

Name: Dr. Jianguang Bao  
Affiliation: Henry Royce Institute, Department of Materials, University of Manchester, Manchester M13 9PL, UK
Homepage: https://research.manchester.ac.uk/en/persons/jianguang-bao/  
Research interests: synchrotron in situ experiments; additive manufacturing; damage and fracture

Name: Dr. Haoyue Li  
Affiliation: Zhengzhou Research Institute, Harbin Institute of Technology, Zhengzhou 450000, China
Homepage: https://zri.hit.edu.cn/2025/0521/c20641a376280/page.htm  
Research interests: dissimilar material welding; laser micro-welding; laser beam control; Interfacial reaction; mechanical properties

Name: Dr. Zhiming Yan  
Affiliation: College of Materials Science and Engineering, Chongqing University, Chongqing, China
Homepage: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6061-4077  
Research interests: pyrometallurgy; hydrometallurgy; ironmaking and steelmaking; resources comprehensive utilization; emission reduction; reuse and recycle; slag properties; molten structure; thermodynamics; reaction kinetics; process simulation

Name: Dr. Chao Yang  
Affiliation: School of Materials Science and Engineering, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai 200240, China
Homepage: https://smse.sjtu.edu.cn/people/detail_new/20022  
Research interests: high-entropy alloys; high-throughput alloy design; additive manufacturing; powder metallurgy

Name: Dr. Fei Li  
Affiliation: School of Energy Science and Engineering, Harbin Institute of Technology, Harbin, China
Homepage: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6414-0684  
Research interests: structural strength of nickel-based single-crystal turbine blades; creep/fatigue and fracture; data-driven surface integrity assessment and life prediction