Introduction

Prof. Xiaoqin Zeng is a Distinguished Professor and Doctoral Supervisor at Shanghai Jiao Tong University, and a recipient of the National Natural Science Foundation of China for Distinguished Young Scholars and its renewal grant. He is currently Vice President of Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Deputy Director of the National Engineering Research Center of Light Alloy Net Forming, and Director of the Shanghai Engineering Research Center of Magnesium Materials and Applications. He also holds several concurrent positions, including Member of the Chinese Materials Research Society, Executive Council Member of the Chinese Society for Nonferrous Metals, Member of the 8th Science and Technology Commission of the Ministry of Education, and Framework Cooperation Professor in Light Metals with Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.

His main research focuses on Materials Genome Engineering and the design and processing of advanced magnesium alloys. He has led over 70 research projects, including NSFC Programs. His work has contributed to the development of design theories and technical systems for flame-retardant magnesium alloys, rare-earth magnesium alloys, and stainless magnesium alloys.

To date, he has published 387 SCI-indexed papers in journals such as Progress in Materials Science, Nature Communications, Acta Materialia, International Journal of Plasticity, and Corrosion Science. His publications have been cited 11,379 times, with an H-index of 57. He has authored two monographs and holds more than 90 authorized invention patents.

His research group maintains extensive collaborations with leading domestic enterprises such as Huawei, BYD, OPPO, Lenovo, Honor, ZTE, FAW Group, CATL, and Geely Auto. The outcomes of his research have been applied in fields including new energy vehicles, electronic communications, and aerospace.

His awards include the 2020 National Technology Invention Award (First Class), the 2003 National Science and Technology Progress Award (Second Class), the 2024 Shanghai Natural Science Award (First Class), the 2019/2023 China Nonferrous Metals Industry Technology Invention Award (First Class), and the 2009 Ministry of Education Technology Invention Award (Second Class). He also received the 2011 Helmholtz Association Magnesium Research Award (Germany) and the 2021 Person of the Year Award from International Magnesium Society.

Biographical Information

Education

1991–1995: Bachelor of Science and Engineering, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China
1995–1997: Master of Materials Processing Engineering, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China
1998–2001: Ph.D. in Materials Processing Engineering, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China

Appointments

2009 – up to now: Professor, School of Materials, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China
2002 – 2008: Associate Professor, School of Materials, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China
2000 – 2002: Lecturer, School of Materials, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China 

Research Interests

Research Direction 1: AI for Materials
Research Direction 2: Materials Genome Engineering
Research Direction 3: Advanced Magnesium Alloy Design

Selected Publications

·    Dongxin Gao, Zhao Shen*, Kai Chen, Xiao Zhou, Hong Liu, Jingya Wang, Yangxin Li, Zhixiao Liu, Huiqiu Deng, William Yi Wang, Xiaoqin Zeng*, Review of progress in calculation and simulation of high-temperature oxidation. Progress in Materials Science 147(2025) 101348.

·    Qingchun Zhu, Yangxin Li*, Fuyong Cao, Dong Qiu, Yao Yang, Jingya Wang, Huan Zhang, Tao Ying, Wenjiang Ding, Xiaoqin Zeng*, Towards development of a high-strength stainless Mg alloy with Al-assisted growth of passive film. Nature Communications 13 (2022) 5838.

·    Yiwen Chen, Jingya Wang*, Weisen Zheng*, Quan Li, Mingdi Yu, Tao Ying, Xiaoqin Zeng*, CALPHAD-guided design of Mg-Y-Al alloy with improved strength and ductility via regulating the LPSO phase. Acta Materialia 263 (2024) 119521.

·    Quan Li, Mingyu Gong*, Jiancheng Jiang, Yiwen Chen, Houyu Ma, Yujuan Wu, Yongxiang Hu, Yue Liu*, Guisen Liu, Jian Wang, Xiaoqin Zeng*, Atomic-level quantification of twinning shears in magnesium alloy. Acta Materialia 246 (2023) 118665.

·    Yaowei Wang, Qingli Tang, Xinchen Xu, Paul Weng, Tao Ying, Yao Yang, Xiaoqin Zeng*, Hong Zhu*, Accelerated discovery of magnesium intermetallic compounds with sluggish corrosion cathodic reactions through active learning and DFT calculations. Acta Materialia 255 (2023) 119063.

·    Mingdi Yu, Yuchi Cui, Jingya Wang*, Yiwen Chen, Zhigang Ding, Tao Ying, Javier Llorca*, Xiaoqin Zeng*, Critical resolved shear stresses for slip and twinning in Mg-Y-Ca alloys and their effect on the ductility. International Journal of Plasticity 162 (2023) 103525.

·    Xiaoqing Shang, M.W. Fu, Haiming Zhang, Juan Liu, Xiao Zhou, Tao Ying, Xiaoqin Zeng*, Unraveling the transformation of ductile damage mechanisms of void evolution and strain localization based on deformation heterogeneity. International Journal of Plasticity 171 (2023) 103785.

·    Sheng Zhang, Leyun Wang, Gaoming Zhu, Martin Diehl, Alireza Maldar, Xiaoqing Shang, Xiaoqin Zeng*, Predicting grain boundary damage by machine learning. International Journal of Plasticity 150 (2022) 103186.

·    Huan Zhang, Yangxin Li*, Zhigang Ding, Tian Xie, Ruixue Liu, Yuliang Li, Dezhi Zhang, Qingchun Zhu, Xiaoqing Shang, Xiaoqin Zeng*, Origin of twin-like｛33-64｝tilt boundary and associated solute segregation in a high strain rate deformed Mg-Y alloy. Scripta Materialia 201 (2021) 113982.

·    Quan Li, Jian Song, Yiwen Chen, Qi Zhang, Qingchun Zhu, Yue Liu*, Jian Wang*, Xiaoqin Zeng*, In-situ TEM characterization of basal dislocations between nano-spaced long-period stacking ordered phases in MgYZn alloy. Scripta Materialia 235 (2023) 115601.

·    Zhipeng Wang, Zhao Shen*, Yahuan Zhao, Bo Hu, Dejiang Li*, Xiaoqin Zeng*, A study on the high-temperature oxidation of ZM6 alloy through advanced characterization. Corrosion Science 218 (2023) 111150.

·    Yuyang Chen, Tao Ying*, Yao Yang, Jingya Wang, Xiaoqin Zeng*, Regulating corrosion resistance of Mg alloys via promoting precipitation with trace Zr alloying. Corrosion Science 216 (2023) 111106.

·    Jingya Wang, Yiwen Chen, Zhe Chen, Javier Llorca∗, Xiaoqin Zeng∗, Deformation mechanisms of Mg-Ca-Zn alloys studied by means of micropillar compression tests. Acta Materialia 217 (2021) 117151.

·    Gaoming Zhu, Leyun Wang*, Hao Zhou, Jinhui Wang, Yao Shen, Peng Tu, Hong Zhu, Wei Liu, Peipeng Jin, Xiaoqin Zeng*, Improving ductility of a Mg alloy via non-basal <a> slip induced by Ca addition. International Journal of Plasticity 120 (2019) 164-179.

·    Bijin Zhou, Leyun Wang, Peipeng Jin, Hailong Jia, Hans Jørgen Roven, Xiaoqin Zeng*, Yanjun Li*, Revealing slip-induced extension twinning behaviors dominated by micro deformation in a magnesium alloy. International Journal of Plasticity 128 (2020) 102669.

·    Xiaoqing Shang, Haiming Zhang, Leyun Wang, Gaoming Zhu, Zhenshan Cui, M.W. Fu, Xiaoqin Zeng*, International Journal of Plasticity 144 (2021) 103040.

·    Gaoming Zhu, Leyun Wang*, Yingjun Sun, Xiaoqing Shang, Jie Wang, Huamiao Wang*, Xiaoqin Zeng, Grain-size effect on the deformation of Mg–3Al–3Sn alloy: Experiments and elastic-viscoplastic self-consistent modeling. International Journal of Plasticity 143 (2021) 103018.

·    Dingchang Zhang, Leyun Wang*, Huan Zhang, Alireza Maldar, Gaoming Zhu, Wei Chen, Jun-Sang Park, Jie Wang, Xiaoqin Zeng, Effect of heat treatment on the tensile behavior of selective laser melted Ti-6Al-4V by in situ X-ray characterization. Acta Materialia 189 (2020) 93-104.

·    Gaoming Zhu, Leyun Wang∗, Jie Wang, Jian Wang, Jun-Sang Park, Xiaoqin Zeng, Highly deformable Mg–Al–Ca alloy with Al2Ca precipitates. Acta Materialia 200 (2020) 236-245.

·    Bijin Zhou∗, Yanjun Li∗, Leyun Wang, Hailong Jia, Xiaoqin Zeng∗, The role of grain boundary plane in slip transfer during deformation of magnesium alloys. Acta Materialia 227 (2022) 117662.

Honors & Awards

·    2024 Shanghai Natural Science Award (First Class)

·    2021 National Technology Invention Award (First Class)

·    2019 China Nonferrous Metals Industry Science and Technology Award (Technology Invention, First Class)

·    2013 Shanghai Technology Invention Award (First Class)

·    2011 International Magnesium Research Award (Helmholtz Association, Germany)

·    2010 Shanghai Technology Invention Award (First Class)

·    2010 Ministry of Education Technology Invention Award (Second Class)

·    2007 Shanghai Science and Technology Award (First Class)

·    2006 National Defense Science and Technology Award (Second Class)