Employment Aug/2011-Aug/2016 Group Leader I (研究小组主任(I类)), Multidisciplinary Materials Research Center (MMRC), Frontier Institute of Science and Technology (FIST), Xi'an Jiaotong University (XJTU), China Sep/2007-Jan/2008 Lab technician, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA Education Jan/2008-Jun/2011 Ph. D. in Materials Science and Engineering Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA Aug/2005-Jun/2007 M.S. in Materials Engineering University of Dayton, Dayton, OH Sep/2001-Jul/2005 B.S. in Materials Science and Engineering, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China

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