Leyun WANG

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  • 2007-2011   Michigan State University  Doctor of Philosophy

  • 2003-2007   Tsinghua University   Bachelor of Science

  • 2020-present  Shanghai Jiao Tong University, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Professor

  • 2015-2020  Shanghai Jiao Tong University, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Tenure-track Professor

  • 2014-2015 Helmholtz Zentrum Geesthacht (Germany),  Scientist/Humboldt Fellow

  • 2011-2013 Argonne National Laboratory (USA), Postdoc

  • AI for Materials, Synchrotron X-ray Techniques, Metallic Materials

  • Shanghai Natural Science Award (1st class), 2024

  • Excellent Teaching Award, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, 2023

  • Elsevier World’s Top 2% Scientist, 2023 & 2024

  • Fellow, International Association of Advanced Materials, 2022

  • NFSOC Excellent Young Scientist, 2022

  • Shanghai Rising-Star Program, 2020

  • National Youth Cheung Kong Scholar, 2019

  • Shanghai Pujiang Talent Program, 2016

  • Humboldt Fellowship, 2015

  • ASM Henry Marion Howe Award, 2015

  • Y. Fan, Y. Li, H. Guo, G. Zhu, B. Liu*, H. Wang*, H. Zhou, Y. Xu, X. Zeng, L. Wang*, “High strength and ductility in a rare-earth free magnesium alloy processed by rotary swaging and flash annealing”, Communications Materials, 6 (2025) 27.

  • Q. Chen, Y. Fan, S. Dong, P. Han, T. Xie, C. Wang, X. Zeng, W. Ding, Z. Meng*, L. Wang*, “A highly degradable Mg-Al-Ca alloy with superior anti-tumor efficacy”, Journal of Magnesium and Alloys, 11 (2023) 4206-4217.

  • L. Wang*, Z. Song, X. Zhang, J.-S. Park, J. Almer, G. Zhu, Y. Chen, Q. Li, X. Zeng, Y. Li, “Developing ductile and isotropic Ti alloy with tailored composition for laser powder bed fusion”, Additive Manufacturing, 52 (2022) 102656.

  • S. Zhang, L. Wang*, G. Zhu, M. Diehl, A. Maldar, X. Shang, X. Zeng, “Predicting grain boundary damage by machine learning”, International Journal of Plasticity, 150 (2022) 103186.

  • G. Zhu, L. Wang*, Y. Sun, X. Shang, J. Wang, H. Wang*, X. Zeng, “Grain-size effect on the deformation of Mg–3Al–3Sn alloy: Experiments and elastic-viscoplastic self-consistent modeling”, International Journal of Plasticity, 143 (2021) 103018. (Citation:29)

  • G. Zhu, L. Wang*, J. Wang, J. Wang, J.-S. Park, X. Zeng, “Highly deformable Mg–Al–Ca alloy with Al2Ca precipitates”, Acta Materialia, 200 (2020) 236-245.

  • D. Zhang, L. Wang*, H. Zhang, A. Maldar, G. Zhu, W. Chen, J.-S. Park, J. Wang, X. Zeng, “Effect of heat treatment on the tensile behavior of selective laser melted Ti-6Al-4V by in situ X-ray characterization”, Acta Materialia, 189 (2020) 93-104.

  • G. Zhu, L. Wang*, H. Zhou, J. Wang, Y. Shen, P. Tu, H. Zhu, W. Liu, P. Jin, X. Zeng*, “Improving ductility of a Mg alloy via non-basal slip induced by Ca addition”, International Journal of Plasticity, 120 (2019) 164-179.

  • L. Wang*, Z. Huang, H. Wang, A. Maldar, S. Yi, J.-S. Park, P. Kenesei, E. Lilleodden, X. Zeng*, “Study of slip activity in a Mg-Y alloy by in situ high energy X-ray diffraction microscopy and elastic viscoplastic self-consistent modeling”, Acta Materialia, 155 (2018) 138-152.

  • L. Wang*, Z. Zheng, H. Phukan, P. Kenesei, J.S. Park, J. Lind, R.M. Suter, T.R. Bieler, “Direct measurement of critical resolved shear stress of prismatic and basal slip in polycrystalline Ti using high energy X-ray diffraction microscopy”, Acta Materialia, 132 (2017) 598-610.