Biographical Information

Dr. Yao Yang obtained his Ph.D. degree at the University of Calgary in 2020. He conducted his postdoctoral research at Shanghai Jiao Tong University from 2020 to 2022. His main research areas are electrochemical corrosion of metals and corrosion control techniques.

• Education

2016.9-2020.2 Ph.D. - University of Calgary

2014.9-2016.8 MSc. – University of Calgary

2010.9-2014.6 Bachelor – Shanghai Jiao Tong University

• Professional Appointments

2020.9-2022.12 Postdoc-Shanghai Jiao Tong University

2020.12-current Assistant Research Fellow-Shanghai Jiao Tong University

Research Interests

Electrochemical corrosion of metals and corrosion control teniques

Selected Publications

• Dan N., Yang Y.*, Ying T., Zeng X.* (2022). Corrosion inhibition effects of corrosion products on high-purity Mg and AZ91D under thin electrolyte layers, Journal of The Electrochemical Society, 169, 091502.
• Yang, Y., Cheng, Y. F. (2020). Passivity degradation and photocorrosion of X52 carbon steel under visible light illumination in concentrated carbonate/bicarbonate solutions, Corrosion Science, 172, 108727.
• Yang, Y., Cheng, Y. F. (2020). Visible light illuminated high-performance WO3-TiO2-BiVO4 nanocomposite photoanodes capable of energy self-storage for photo-induced cathodic protection, Corrosion Science, 164, 108333.
• Yang, Y., Cheng, Y. F. (2018). One-step facile preparation of ZnO nanorods as high-performance photoanodes for photoelectrochemical cathodic protection. Electrochimica Acta, 276, 311-318.
• Yang, Y., Cheng, Y. F. (2016). Stress Enhanced Corrosion at the Tip of Near-Neutral pH Stress Corrosion Cracks on Pipelines. Corrosion, 72(8), 1035-1043.

Research Projects

• Designing corrosion-resistant Mg alloys
• Sacrificial Mg anodes with high efficiency
• Mg alloys with tunable corrosion rates

Honors & Awards

2020 Shanghai “super postdoctoral fellow”