Personal profile：

Bachelor degree from University of Science and Technology Beijing in 2013;

Master degree from University of Science and Technology Beijing in 2015;

Doctor degree from University of Science and Technology Beijing in 2019;

Postdoctoral research since July 2019.

Research direction：

1. Special steels, copper alloys and aluminium alloys

2. Metallic composites

3. Short-process of metal materials preparation

3. Metal material design based on machine learning

Scientific research achievement:

[1] Fan Zhao, Hao Hu, Xinhua Liu, et al. Effect of billet microstructure and deformation on austenite grain growth in forging heating of a medium-carbon microalloyed steel. Journal of Alloys and Compounds, 2021, 869: 159326.

[2] Fan Zhao, Zhongshi Zhang, Yazheng Liu, et al. The coarse microstructure of medium-carbon microalloyed steel crankshafts: formation mechanism and finish forging control. Steel Research International, 2020, 91: 1900572.

[3] Fan Zhao, Bo Jiang, Jianxin Xie, et al. The optimized microstructure and properties of a V-Ti microalloyed forging steel by boron addition. Materials Letters, 2019, 236: 440-443.

[4] Fan Zhao, Meng Wu, Bo Jiang, et al. Effect of nitrogen contents on the microstructure and mechanical properties of V-Ti microalloyed steels for the forging of crankshafts. Materials Science and Engineering: A, 2018, 731: 360-368.

[5] Fan Zhao, Meng Wu, Bo Jiang, et al. The effect of carbon contents on intragranular ferrite formed in the V-Ti-N microalloyed steel with a carbon content gradient prepared by controlling the surface decarburization. Materials Characterization, 2018, 140: 217-224.

[6] Fan Zhao, Ningbo Zhou, Meng Wu, et al. Intragranular ferrite formed in a V-Ti-N medium-carbon steel containing MnS inclusions. Steel Research International, 2017, 88: 1700133.

[7] Fan Zhao, Chaolei Zhang, Yazheng Liu. Ferrite decarburization of high silicon spring steel in three temperature ranges. Archives of Metallurgy and Materials, 2016, 61: 1369-1376.