Dr. Yanchun Zhou obtained his B. S. of ceramics from Tsinghua Univerisity in 1985,  M.S. of ceramics in 1988 and Ph.D of metallic materials and heat treatment in 1991,both from Institute of Metal Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences. Before joining IMR, he worked as a visiting scientist in Institute of Strength Physics and Materials, Russian Academy of Sciences during March to July 1991, and a post-doctoral associate at Material Research Center, University of Missouri-Rolla during 1992-1994. He was promoted an associate professor in 1993 and a full professor in 1994. He is now a professor and director of High-performance Ceramic Division, Shenyang National Laboratory for Materials Science; vice-chairman of Academic Committee of Institute of Metal Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences；Chairman of the Engineering Ceramic Division, the American Ceramic Society; Academician of the World Academy of Ceramics.

His main research interests include design, processing, multi-scale structure-property relationship of ceramics and composites.

Dr. Zhou has published more than 260 scientific papers in peer-reviewed international journals such as J. Am. Ceram. Soc., J. Europ. Ceram. Soc., Acta Mater., J. Mater. Res., Appl. Phys. Lett., Phys. Rev. B, Chem. Mater., J. Appl. Phys., J. Phys. Conden. Matter., Z. Metallkd., J. Mater. Chem., Mater. Res. Innovat. et al and given more than 30 invited talks in international conferences and workshops. His papers were highly cited. He holds 30 Chinese patents.

He served as Exucutive Vice Editor-in-Chief of Journal of Materials Science & Technology, Associate Editor of International Journal of Applied Ceramic Technology. He also served as symposium chair or co-organizer as well as international advisory committee members in a number of international conferences.

He was awarded a number of prizes and honors including “Special prize for outstanding graduate student from the president of CAS” in 1991, top prize of the “Technological Achievement” from CAS in 1998, third prize of “Natural Science” from CAS in 1999, “National outstanding young scientist foundation award” in 1999, the second prize of “Technical Invention” from CAS in 2001, and the top prize of Natural Science from Liaoning Province in 2005, Academician, World Academy of Ceramics, 2009.

Contact details:
Dr.Yanchun Zhou
Professor and Director of High-performance Ceramic Division
Shenyang National Laboratory for Materials Sciences
Institute of Metal Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences
72 Wenhua Road, Shenyang 110016, P. R. China
Tel: +86-24-23971765;   Fax: +86-24-23891320
E-mail: yczhou@imr.ac.cn
Website: http://www.synl.ac.cn/org/high/main1.htm