Principal Investigator
Associate Professor of materials science
Principal Editor, Materialia (Acta Materialia, Inc. / Elsevier)
Email: zb.jiao@polyu.edu.hk; zb.jiao@actamaterialia.org
Research area:
Advanced high-strength steels
High-entropy alloys
High temperature superalloys
Nanocrystalline alloys
Innovative processing
Postdoctoral Researchers
Dr. Shi Qiu, Postdoc (2021– )
PhD: Beihang University, China
Email: shiqiu.qiu@polyu.edu.hk
Research Interest:
Computational materials science
High entropy alloys and steels
Dr. Bohan Chen, Postdoc (2022– )
PhD: Yansan University, China
Email: bohan.chen@polyu.edu.hk
Research Interest:
Titanium and zirconium alloys
Dr. Jiaming Guo, Postoc (2026– )
PhD: The Hong Kong Polytechnic University
Email: jiaming.guo@connect.polyu.hk
Research Interest:
High-entropy alloys
Research students
Mr. Bingyu Ni, PhD student, (2021– )
Co-supervised with Prof. XD Xiang in SUSTech
BS: Southern University of Science and Technology, China
Email: bingyu.ni@connect.polyu.hk
Research Interest:
High-entropy alloys
Mr. Tongzhen Zhang, PhD student (2022– )
MSc: National University of Singapore, Singapore
BS: Northwestern Polytechnic University, China
Email: tongzhen.zhang@connect.polyu.hk
Research Interest:
Additive manufacturing
Mr. Zhiyi Li, PhD student (2022– )
Co-supervised with Prof. YJ Wei at EIT
MSc: The University of Hong Kong
BS: The University of Nottingham, UK
Email: yuanqi.li@connect.polyu.hk
Research Interest:
Advanced high-strength steels
Mr. Pengyu Xu, PhD student (2023– )
MSc: The Hong Kong Polytechnic University
BS: Shanghai Jiaotong University, China
Email: pengyu.xu@connect.polyu.hk
Research Interest:
Co-based superalloys
Ms. Wenzhe Li, PhD student (2023– )
MS: Beijing Institute of Technology, China
BS: Northeastern University, China
Email: wenzhe.li@connect.polyu.hk
Research Interest:
Titanium alloys
Mr. Zheng Qu, PhD student (2023– )
MS: Sun Yat-sen University, China
BS: Sun Yat-sen University, China
Email: zheng.qu@connect.polyu.hk
Research Interest:
Heat-resistant steels
Alumni
Prof. Xiaoqian Bao, Visiting Scholar (2024–2025)
Research topic: Advanced alloys
Now Professor at University of Science and Technology Beijing, China
Prof. Mengchao Niu, Postdoc (2021–2025)
Research topic: High-entropy alloys and steels
Now Professor at Institute of Metal Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China
Prof. Xiaohua Chen, Visiting scholar (2021–2022)
Research topic: High strength alloys
Now Professor at University of Science and Technology Beijing, China
Dr. Zhiyi Ding, Postdoc (2019–2021)
Research topic: High entropy alloys
Now Assistant Professor at University of Shanghai for Science and Technology, China
Dr. Huiting Zheng, Postdoc (2020–2021)
Research topic: High entropy alloys
Now Associate Professor at Jinan University, China
Dr. Lei Fan, PhD student (2017–2021)
Research topic: High entropy alloys
Now postdoc research at National University of Singapore, Singapore
Dr. Bingchen Zhou, PhD student (2018–2021)
Research topic: Advanced high-strength steels
Now Associate Professor at Hangzhou Research Institute of Beihang University
Dr. Jieyichen Fang, PhD student (2019–2023)
Research topic: High entropy alloys
Now Research Engineer at Hong Kong Productivity Council
Dr. Jiaming Guo, MSc student (2021–2025)
Research topic: High-entropy alloys
Now postdoc at The Hong Kong Polytechnic University
Dr. Qiang Yu, PhD student (2022–2026)
Research topic: Computational material science
Now postdoc researcher at Wuhan University of Technology, China
Dr. Mingxi Chen, PhD student (2022–2026)
Research topic: High-entropy alloys
Now postdoc researcher at Institute of Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China
Dr. Wei Li, Research Associate (2022–2023)
Research topic: High-entropy alloys
Now Assistant Professor at Institute of Metal Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China
Dr. Yurong Li, Research Assoicate (2019–2020)
Research topic: Nanocrystalline alloys
Now Assistant Professor at Beijing University of Technology, China
Mr. Pengyu Xu, MSc student (2021–2023)
Research topic: Co-based superalloys
Now PhD student at The Hong Kong Polytechnic University
Ms. Kaichen Wang, MSc student (2021–2023)
Research topic: Advanced high-strength steels
Mr. Xizheng Zhang, MSc student (2021–2023)
Research topic: Additive manufacturing
Mr. Yuhan Jiang, MSc student (2022–2024)
Research topic: Titanium alloys
Mr. Guokai Zhang, MSc student (2022–2024)
Research topic: Additive manufacturing