Introduction
Dr. Lei ZHAO is very interested in the researches on heterogenous metallic materials and metal matrix composites
Biographical Information
Dr. Lei ZHAO received her Ph.D. degree in Materials Science and Engineering from School of Materials Science and Engineering, Shanghai Jiao Tong University in 2019. With the support of China Scholarship Council (CSC), she studied as a visiting student for one year at Japan Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (JAIST) from 2017 to 2018. After receiving her Ph.D. degree, she researched as a post doc in the School of Materials Science and Engineering, Shanghai Jiao Tong University from Jun. 2019 to Aug. 2021. During Postdoc, she was supported by the China National Postdoctoral Program for Innovative Talents and Shanghai Post-doctoral Excellent Program. After post doc, she became an assistant professor in the School of Materials Science and Engineering, Shanghai Jiao Tong University in Sep. 2021. Her research currently includes the microstructural design, interface engineering and strengthening and toughening mechanisms of heterogeneous metal and metal matrix composites. Her publications have been published in Nano Letters, International Journal of Plasticity, Materials Research Letters, Scripta Materialia, et al.
Research Interests
Heterogenous metallic materials;
Metal matrix composites;
Micro-/nano- scale mechanical behavior
Selected Publications
1. Lei Zhao #; Taegu Lee #; Seunghwa Ryu*; Yoshifumi Oshima; Qiang Guo*; Di Zhang*; Mechanical robustness of metal nanocomposites rendered by graphene functionalization, Nano Letters, 2021, 21: 5706-5713.
2. Lei Zhao; Qiang Guo*; Zhiqiang Li; Ding-Bang Xiong; Shmuel Osovski; Yishi Su; Di Zhang*; Strengthening and deformation mechanisms in nanolaminated graphene-Al composite micro-pillars affected by graphene in-plane sizes, International Journal of Plasticity, 2019, 116: 265-279.
3. Lei Zhao; Qiang Guo*; Zan Li; Zhiqiang Li; Genlian Fan; Ding-Bang Xiong; Yishi Su; Jie Zhang; Zhanqiu Tan; Di Zhang*; Strain-rate dependent deformation mechanism of graphene-Al nanolaminated composites studied using micro-pillar compression, International Journal of Plasticity, 2018, 105: 128-140.
4. Lei Zhao; Qiang Guo*; Zan Li; Genlian Fan; Zhiqiang Li; Ding-Bang Xiong; Yishi Su; Zhanqiu Tan; Cuiping Guo; Di Zhang*; Grain boundary-assisted deformation in graphene–Al nanolaminated composite micropillars, Materials Research Letters, 2018, 6: 41-48.
5. Lei Zhao; Qiang Guo*; Yan Shi; Yu Liu; Shmuel Osovski; Zhiqiang Li; Ding-Bang Xiong; Yishi Su; Di Zhang*; Interfacial effect on the deformation mechanism of bulk nanolaminated graphene−Al composites, Metallurgical and Materials Transactions A, 2019, 50: 1113-1118.
Research Projects
Ongoing Research Projects: National Science Foundation Project for Young Scientists Fund; National Science Foundation Project for Key Program
Completed Projects: National Postdoctoral Program for Innovative Talents; China Postdoctoral General Program
Honors & Awards
2019 National Postdoctoral Program for Innovative Talents
2019 Shanghai Post-doctoral Excellent Program