Huan Liu is a Lecturer, Master’s Supervisor, College of Mechanics and Materials, Hohai University. He earned his Ph.D. from Southeast University in 2014 and then became a Lecturer in Hohai University. He was selected into the “Shuangchuang Program of Jiangsu Province” and “Dayu Scholars Program of Hohai University” in 2017. So far, he has published more than 30 scientific papers (indexed by SCI) and held 2 authorized Chinese patents. His papers were cited more than 200 times. His research interests mainly include design of high-strength and high ductility magnesium alloys, heat-resistant magnesium alloys, fabrication of fine-grained and ultra-fine-grained metallic materials, and biomedical materials.

Xian-Hua Chen is a Professor of Chongqing University and received his Doctor’s degree from Institute of Metal Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences in 2008. He is Director of Institute of Functional Mg Alloys in National Engineering Research Centre for Magnesium Alloys, Director of International Joint Laboratory for Light Alloys (Ministry of Education), Editorial Board of Acta Metallurgica Sinica (English Letters) (SCI). His research work is focused on new high-performance structural and functional magnesium alloys, and purification technology of magnesium alloys. He also worked in Materials Technology Laboratory of CANMET in Canada as visiting scientist during 2012-2013. He has 22 patents, 1 book and more than 60 SCI papers, including 2 science papers. His papers were cited more than 2700 times. He was awarded the Provincial and Ministerial S&T Prize in 2013, 2014 and 2017. He was the Chairman of “The 2nd China Youth Scholars Conference on Mg Alloys.”