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Dawei Zhang, professor, doctoral tutor, concurrently serves as the deputy director of the Marine Corrosion Protection Technology Committee of the Chinese Society of Corrosion and Protection, the Secretary of the Overseas Branch of the Chinese Society of Corrosion and Protection, the Asia Pacific Liaison of the Technical Committee of the American Society of Corrosion Engineers, and the Associate Editor of Corrosion Science.  Prof. Zhang mainly engages in intelligent surface protection technology, microbial corrosion and protection, material environmental failure mechanism prediction and other aspects of research. As the leader, he has undertaken several national-level projects including the National Key R&D Program and the National Natural Science Foundation. He has published more than 70 SCI papers in journals such as Nature, Corrosion Science, Journal of Materials Chemistry A, and ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces. Prof. Zhang has won many honors such as Beijing Science and Technology New Star, First Prize of Science and Technology Progress of the Ministry of Education, Excellent Graduate Report of American Chemical Society, and Doctoral Thesis Award of Texas A&M University. The graduate students he guided have received many awards, such as the National Scholarship and the European Corruption Young Scientist Award.

Research direction：

1. Green, intelligent anti-corrosion coating and surface technology

2. Microbial corrosion and antibacterial/antifouling surface technology

3. Genetic engineering research of materials for polymer and coating environmental failure

Scientific research achievement :

1.F. Zhang, H. Qian, L. Wang, Z. Wang, C. Du, X. Li, D. Zhang*, Superhydrophobic carbon nanotubes/epoxy nanocomposite coating by facile one-step spraying, Surface and Coatings Technology, (2018).

2.Z. Gao, D. Zhang*, X. Li, S. Jiang, Q. Zhang Current status, opportunities and challenges in chemical conversion coatings for zinc. Colloids and Surfaces A: Physicochemical and Engineering Aspects. 2018, accepted.

3.Y. Li, D. Xu, C. Chen, X. Li, R. Jia, D. Zhang*, W. Sand, F. Wang, T. Gu, Anaerobic Microbiologically Influenced Corrosion Mechanisms Interpreted Using Bioenergetics and Bioelectrochemistry: A Review, Journal of Materials Science & Technology, (2018).

4.H. Qian, D. Xu, C. Du, D. Zhang*, X. Li, L. Huang, L. Deng, Y. Tu, J.M. Mol, H.A. Terryn, Dual-action smart coatings with a self-healing superhydrophobic surface and anti-corrosion properties, Journal of Materials Chemistry A, 5 (2017) 2355-2364.

5.D. Xu, J. Xia, E. Zhou, D. Zhang*, H. Li, C. Yang, Q. Li, H. Lin, X. Li, K. Yang, Accelerated corrosion of 2205 duplex stainless steel caused by marine aerobic Pseudomonas aeruginosa biofilm, Bioelectrochemistry, 113 (2017) 1-8.

6.H. Qian, D. Zhang*, L. Deng, L. Huang, D. Xu, C. Du, X. Li, The role of surface morphology in the barrier properties of epoxy coatings in different corrosion environments, Progress in Organic Coatings, 104 (2017) 199-209.

7.H. Qian, M. Li, Z. Li, Y. Lou, L. Huang, D. Zhang*, D. Xu, C. Du, L. Lu, J. Gao, Mussel-inspired superhydrophobic surfaces with enhanced corrosion resistance and dual-action antibacterial properties, Materials Science and Engineering: C, 80 (2017) 566-577.

8.C. Liu, R.I. Revilla, Z. Liu, D. Zhang*, X. Li, H. Terryn, Effect of inclusions modified by rare earth elements (Ce, La) on localized marine corrosion in Q460NH weathering steel, Corrosion Science, (2017).

9.B. Hou*, X. Li, X. Ma, C. Du, D. Zhang*, M. Zheng, W. Xu, D. Lu, F. Ma, The cost of corrosion in China, npj Materials Degradation, 1 (2017) 4.

10.D. Zhang, L. Wang, H. Qian, X. Li*, Superhydrophobic surfaces for corrosion protection: a review of recent progresses and future directions, Journal of Coatings Technology and Research, 13 (2016) 11-29.

11.D. Zhang, H. Qian, L. Wang, X. Li*, Comparison of barrier properties for a superhydrophobic epoxy coating under different simulated corrosion environments, Corrosion Science, 103 (2016) 230-241.

12.L. Wang, L. Deng, D. Zhang*, H. Qian, C. Du, X. Li, J.M. Mol, H.A. Terryn, Shape memory composite (SMC) self-healing coatings for corrosion protection, Progress in Organic Coatings, 97 (2016) 261-268.

13.X. Li, D. Zhang*, Z. Liu, Z. Li, C. Du, C. Dong, Share corrosion data, Nature, 527 (2015) 441.

14.P. Ren, D. Zhang*, C. Dong, X. Li, Preparation and evaluation of intelligent corrosion inhibitor based on photo-crosslinked pH-sensitive hydrogels, Materials Letters, 160 (2015) 480-483.

15.D. Zhang, O.J. George, K.M. Petersen, A.C. Jimenez-Vergara, M.S. Hahn, M.A. Grunlan*, A bioactive “self-fitting” shape memory polymer scaffold with potential to treat cranio-maxillo facial bone defects, Acta biomaterialia, 10 (2014) 4597-4605.