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Dr. Zhangwei Wang, Professor, selected for the National Young Talent Program, JSPS Invitational Fellow, and a Humboldt Research Fellow. He is leading the National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC) Key Program (International Cooperation) and General Program.
His research focuses on High-Entropy Alloys (HEAs) and Lightweight High-Strength Steels. He has published over 40 SCI papers as first author, co-first author, or corresponding author, including Science, Nature Communications, Science Advances, Advanced Materials, and Acta Materialia. He has given invited presentations at numerous international conferences such as TMS, and serves as a long-term reviewer for several international academic journals.
Research Gate: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Zhangwei-Wang-3/research;
Google Scholar: https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=n3TSNXUAAAAJ&hl=en
We sincerely invite Postdoctoral Researchers, Master's/Ph.D. Students, and Undergraduate Students with backgrounds in Materials Science, Mechanics, Physics, and related disciplines to join the team!
Contact: z.wang@csu.edu.cn
Representative Publications:
[1] F. Wang, Q. Long, J. He, Y. Tang*, C. Ding, H. Peng*, Peter Liaw, Min Song, Z. Wang*, Superior dynamic response of a lightweight compositionally complex steel enabled by intricate twinning and phase transformation, Acta Materialia, 302 (2026) 121658.
[2] F. Chen, Y. Gui, D. An*, H. Wang, X. Zhang*, M. Song, P. Liaw, J. LLorca, Z. Wang*, In-situ electron channeling contrast imaging of cyclic deformation mechanisms in CrCoNi medium-entropy alloy, Acta Materialia, 301 (2025) 121622.
[3] W. Cai, Q. Long, D. Cheng*, Y. Liu, K. Wang, M. Duan, W. Huang*, X. Zhang, M. Song, Z. Wang*, Achieving superior mechanical properties over a wide temperature range in NiCoVTa medium-entropy alloy via semi-coherent nanolamellar structure, International Journal of Plasticity, 191 (2025) 104393.
[4] W. Cai, Q. Long, S, Lu, K. Wang*, J. He, S. Zhao, Z. Xiong, J. Hu*, W. Xia, I. Baker, K. Gan, Min Song*, Z. Wang*, Enhanced strength-ductility synergy in medium entropy alloy via phase selective precipitation, International Journal of Plasticity, 184 (2025) 104204.
[5] F. Wang#, M. Song#, M. Elkot, N. Yao, B. Sun, M. Song*, Z. Wang*, D. Raabe*, Shearing brittle intermetallics enhances cryogenic strength and ductility of steels, Science, 384 (2024) 1017-1022.
[6] Y. Li*, T. Colnaghi, Y. Gong*, H. Zhang, Y. Yu, Y. Wei, B. Gan, M. Song, A. Marek, M. Rampp, S. Zhang, Z. Pei, M. Wuttig, S. Ghosh, F. Körmann, J. Neugebauer, Z. Wang*, B. Gault*, Machine Learning-Enabled Tomographic Imaging of Chemical Short-Range Atomic Ordering, Advanced Materials, 2024, 2407564.
[7] J. Yu, Z. Wang*, A. Saksena, S. Wei, Y. Wei, T. Colnaghi, A. Marek, M. Rampp, M. Song*, B. Gault, Y. Li*, 3D deep learning for enhanced atom probe tomography analysis of nanoscale microstructures, Acta Materialia, 278 (2024) 120280.
[8] Y. Li*, Y. Wei, Z.Wang*, X. Liu, T. Colnaghi, L. Han, Z. Rao, X. Zhou, L. Huber, R. Dsouza, Y. Gong, J. Neugebauer, A.s Marek, M. Rampp, S. Bauer, H. Li, I. Baker, L. Stephenson, B. Gault*, Quantitative three-dimensional imaging of chemical short-range order via machine learning enhanced atom probe tomography, Nature Communications 14, (2023) 7410.
[9] X. Zhang, Y. Gui, M. Lai, X. Lu, J. Gu, F. Wang, T. Yang, Z. Wang*, M. Song*, Enhanced strength-ductility synergy of medium-entropy alloys via multiple level gradient structures, International Journal of Plasticity, 164 (2023) 103592.
[10] W. Lu#,*, W. Guo#, Z. Wang*, J. Li, F. An, G. Dehm, D. Raabe, C. Liebscher*, Z. Li*, Advancing strength and counteracting embrittlement by displacive transformation in heterogeneous high-entropy alloys containing sigma phase, Acta Materialia, 246 (2023) 118717.
[11] Z. Wang*, W. Lu*, F. An, M. Song, D. Ponge, D. Raabe, Z. Li*, High stress twinning in a compositionally complex steel of very high stacking fault energy, Nature Communications, 13 (2022) 3598.
[12] Z. Wang*, W. Lu*, H. Zhao, C. Liebscher, J. He, D. Ponge, D. Raabe, Z. Li*, Ultrastrong lightweight compositionally complex steels via dual-nanoprecipitation, Science Advances 6 (2020) eaba9543.
[13] Z. Wang*, W. Lu*, H. Zhao, J. He, K. Wang, B. Zhou, D. Ponge, D. Raabe, Z. Li*, Formation mechanism of κ-carbides and deformation behavior in Si-alloyed FeMnAlC lightweight steels, Acta Materialia, 198 (2020) 258-270.
[14] Z. Wang, I. Baker*, W. Guo, J. D. Poplawsky, The effect of carbon on the microstructures, mechanical properties, and deformation mechanisms of thermo-mechanically treated Fe40.4Ni11.3Mn34.8Al7.5Cr6 high entropy alloys, Acta Materialia, 126 (2017) 346-360.
[15] Z. Wang, I. Baker*, Z. H. Cai, S. Chen, J. D. Poplawsky, W. Guo, The effect of interstitial carbon on the mechanical properties and dislocation substructure evolution in Fe40.4Ni11.3Mn34.8Al7.5Cr6 high entropy alloys, Acta Materialia, 120 (2016) 228-239.
Education Background
[1] 2006.9 - 2010.6: Central South University | Powder Materials Science and Engineering | Bachelor of Engineering
[2] 2012.9 - 2017.6: Dartmouth College | Engineering Sciences | Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.)
Work Experience
[1] 2017.11 - 2020.10: Max-Planck-Institut für Eisenforschung (Max Planck Institute for Iron Research), Germany | Humboldt Research Fellow
[2] 2017.5 - 2017.8: Dartmouth College | Postdoctoral Researcher