I am a Professor in the School of Materials Science and Engineering & State Key Laboratory for Mechanical Behavior of Materials at Xiʼan Jiaotong University.
My research focuses on elucidating the atomic-level structures and structure–property relationships of high-performance disordered alloys, including high-entropy alloys (HEAs) and metallic glasses (MGs). By integrating multiscale modeling, artificial intelligence, and advanced experimental techniques, my group aims to reveal how local structural and chemical disorder governs the macroscopic properties of these complex materials—an area that remains only partially understood. Advancing this fundamental knowledge is both a scientific challenge and a technological imperative, essential for the rational design of next-generation disordered materials with superior performance.
Over the past decade, I have authored or co-authored over 80 peer-reviewed papers, with more than 6,500 citations and an H-index of 37. As (co-)first or corresponding author, my work has been published in leading journals such as Nature (1), Nature Materials (2), PNAS (7), Nature Communications (6), Nano Letters (2), and Acta Materialia (5), among others.
Education:
- 2010-2014 Ph. D. Johns Hopkins University (Advisor: Evan Ma)
- 2006-2010 B. Sc. Shanghai Jiao Tong University
Employment
2019-Now Professor Xiʼan Jiaotong University
2015-2019 Postdoc Berkeley National Lab (Advisor:Robert Ritchie&Mark Asta)
2014-2015 Postdoc Johns Hopkins University
Research Interests:
- Alloy design of high-entropy alloys and metallic glasses
- Artificial intelligence for materials discovery and design
- Additive manufacturing of structural alloys
- Mechanical behavior of materials
Awards and Honors
- 2023 Early-Career Scientist Award, 27th International Symposium on Metastable, Amorphous and Nanostructured Materials (ISMANAM)
- 2023 Outstanding Young Scientist, Chinese Materials Research Society
- 2023 Xiaomi Young Scholar Award
- 2019 National Youth Talents Program (China)
- 2015 Acta Student Award
- 2010 Whiting School of Engineering Fellowship, Johns Hopkins University