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Biography
Dr. Jiao is an Associate Professor at the Department of Mechanical Engineering, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University (PolyU). He received his PhD under the supervision of Prof. C.T. Liu from City University of Hong Kong in 2014 and worked as a postdoc at CityU in 2015 and in Prof. Christopher A. Schuh's group at MIT in 2016.He joined PolyU as an Assistant Professor in 2017 and was promoted to Associate Professor with tenure in 2022.
Dr Jiao's research interests focus on the development of advanced structural materials, including advanced ultrahigh-strength steels, high-entropy alloys, high-temperature superalloys & intermetallics, and nanostructured alloys. He has published >100 journal papers, including 2 papers in Science, 4 in Nature Communications, 1 in Materials Today, and 20 in Acta Materialia.
Dr. Jiao serves as an Associate Editor for Materialia (Acta Materialia Inc.), Associate Editor for Frontiers in Materials, and Advisory Board Member of MetalMat (Wiley). He also serves as a reviewer for Nature Materials, Nature Communications, Acta Materialia, etc.
He received numerous honors and awards, including the World’s Top 2% Most-cited Scientists by Stanford University (single year, 2021 & 2022), Acta Materialia & Scripta Materialia Outstanding Reviewer Award for three times (2021, 2022 & 2023), Scientist Award from International Association of Advanced Materials (2022), Faculty of Engineering Merit Award in Research and Scholarly Activities (2022), Faculty of Engineering Research Grant Achievement Award (2021 & 2022), Most published authors in Acta Materialia (2020 & 2021), and Interemtallics Outstanding Reviewer Award (2014).
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Education/Academic qualification
Bachelor of Engineering, China University of Geosciences
Doctor of Philosophy, City University of Hong Kong
Master of Engineering, University of Science and Technology Beijing
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Research output
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Ultrahigh strength and ductility in newly developed materials with coherent nanolamellar architectures
Fan, L., Yang, T., Zhao, Y., Luan, J., Zhou, G., Wang, H., Jiao, Z. & Liu, C. T., Dec 2020, In: Nature Communications. 11, 1, 6240.Research output: Journal article publication › Journal article › Academic research › peer-review
Open Access296 Citations (Scopus) -
Unraveling the two-stage precipitation mechanism in a hierarchical-structured fcc/L21 high-entropy alloy: Experiments and analytical modeling
Li, W., Wang, W., Niu, M. C., Yang, K., Luan, J. H., Zhang, H. W. & Jiao, Z. B., 1 Jan 2024, In: Acta Materialia. 262, 119426.Research output: Journal article publication › Journal article › Academic research › peer-review
11 Citations (Scopus) -
Atomic-scale understanding of solute interaction effects on grain boundary segregation, precipitation, and fracture of ultrahigh-strength maraging steels
Niu, M. C., Chen, C. J., Li, W., Yang, K., Luan, J. H., Wang, W. & Jiao, Z. B., 1 Jul 2023, In: Acta Materialia. 253, 118972.Research output: Journal article publication › Journal article › Academic research › peer-review
26 Citations (Scopus) -
Synergistic alloying effects on nanoscale precipitation and mechanical properties of ultrahigh-strength steels strengthened by Ni3Ti, Mo-enriched, and Cr-rich co-precipitates
Niu, M. C., Yin, L. C., Yang, K., Luan, J. H., Wang, W. & Jiao, Z. B., 1 May 2021, In: Acta Materialia. 209, 116788.Research output: Journal article publication › Journal article › Academic research › peer-review
Open Access73 Citations (Scopus) -
Mechanisms for suppressing discontinuous precipitation and improving mechanical properties of NiAl-strengthened steels through nanoscale Cu partitioning
Zhou, B. C., Yang, T., Zhou, G., Wang, H., Luan, J. H. & Jiao, Z. B., 15 Feb 2021, In: Acta Materialia. 205, 116561.Research output: Journal article publication › Journal article › Academic research › peer-review
73 Citations (Scopus)
Prizes
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Champion, The 6th PolyU Mechanical Engineering Research Presentation Competition
Fang, J. (Recipient) & Jiao, Z. (Supervisor), 19 Nov 2020
Prize: Prize (research)
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Champion, The 7th PolyU Mechanical Engineering Research Presentation Competition
Guo, J. (Recipient) & Jiao, Z. (Supervisor), 7 Jan 2022
Prize: Prize (research)
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CNERC Young Researcher Merit Award 2021
Zhou, B. (Recipient) & Jiao, Z. (Supervisor), 30 Sept 2021
Prize: Prize (research)
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Excellent Poster Award, The 4th Mechanical Engineering Poster Competition
Fan, L. (Recipient) & Jiao, Z. (Supervisor), 30 May 2018
Prize: Prize (research)
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Excellent Presentation Award, Chinese Materials Research Society
Guo, J. (Recipient) & Jiao, Z. (Supervisor), 10 Jul 2023
Prize: Prize (research)
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Acta Metallurgica Sinica (English Letters) (Journal)
Jiao, Z. (Editorial board member)
1 Jan 2023 → 31 Dec 2024Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work › Editorial work for journals
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International Journal of Minerals, Metallurgy and Materials (Journal)
Jiao, Z. (Editorial board member)
1 Jan 2023 → 31 Dec 2024Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work › Editorial work for journals
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MetalMat (Journal)
Jiao, Z. (Advisory board member)
May 2023 → …Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work › Editorial work for journals
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The 6th International Conference on Materials Engineering and Nanotechnology
Jiao, Z. (Keynote speaker)
5 Nov 2022 → 6 Nov 2022Activity: Talk or presentation › Invited talk
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Frontiers in Materials (Journal)
Jiao, Z. (Associate editor)
Aug 2022 → …Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work › Editorial work for journals