Areas of Focus
- Advanced steel materials solid-state phase transformations and material design
Work Experience
- 12/2017—Present Associate Professor, Tsinghua University
- 02/2015—12/2017 Assistant Professor, Tsinghua University
- 02/2014—12/2014 Postdoctoral Fellow, University of British Columbia (UBC)
- 06/2013—02/2014 Postdoctoral Fellow, Delft University of Technology
Academic Background & Achievements
- 07/2009--06/2013 PhD (Cum Laude): Delft University of Technology (TU Delft)
- 09/2007--06/2009 Master's: Tianjin University
- 09/2003--07/2007 Bachelor's: Tianjin University
- Recipient of the National Science Foundation for Excellent Young Scientists Fund
Publications
- Flash annealing yields a strong and ductile medium Mn steel with heterogeneous microstructure, Xinhao Wan, Geng Liu, Zhigang Yang, Hao Chen*, 2021
- Atomistic Insight into Hydrogen Trapping at MC/BCC-Fe Phase Boundaries: The Role of Local Atomic Environment, Boning Zhang, Jie Su, Maoqiu Wang, Zhenbao Liu, Zhigang Yang, Matthias Militzer, Hao Chen*, 2021
- Fundamentals and application of solid-state phase transformations for advanced high strength steels containing metastable retained austenite, Zongbiao Dai, Hao Chen*, Ran Ding, Zhigang Yang, Chi Zhang, Sybrand van der Zwaag, 2021
Awards
- 2020 Tsinghua University 'Academic Newcomer Award'
- 2019 National Natural Science Foundation of China 'Outstanding Young Scientist'
- 2015 International Phase Transformation Conference Aaronson Award
- 2013 Top 4% PhD Degree in the Netherlands
- 2012 National Outstanding Self-financed Students Abroad Award
