Education

1. Ph.D., School of Materials Science and Engineering, Nanjing University of Science and Technology, China (2021-2025);

2. M.S., School of Materials Science and Engineering, Nanjing University of Science and Technology, China (2018-2021);

3.B.S., Faculty of Mechanical & Material Engineering, Huaiyin Institute of Technology, China (2014-2018).

Professional Experience

1. Lecturer, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Hohai University (2025-)

Funding/Projects

1. China Association for Science and Technology (CAST) Youth Talent Support Project - PhD Special Program

Representative Journal Publications

1. Lei Gu†, Yonghao Zhao†*, Yong Li, Rui Hou, Fei Liang, Ruisheng Zhang, Yinxing Wu, Yong Fan, Ningning Liang, Bing Zhou, Yang Chen, Gang Sha, Guang Chen, Yandong Wang, Xiang Chen*. Ultrastrong and ductile medium-entropy alloys via hierarchical ordering. Science Advances, 2024, 10(22): eadn7553.

2. Lei Gu, Ao Meng, Xiang Chen*, Yonghao Zhao*. Simultaneously enhancing strength and ductility of HCP titanium via multi-modal grain induced extra <c+a> dislocation hardening. Acta Materialia, 2023, 252: 118949.（他引68次）

3. Lei Gu†, Rui Hou†, Yi Liu, Guang Chen*, Jihua Liu, Gong Zheng, Ruisheng Zhang, Yonghao Zhao*. Strengthening and toughening bulk Ni₂CoFeV_0.5 medium-entropy alloy via thermo-mechanical treatment. Journal of Materials Science & Technology, 2023, 151: 19-29.

4. Lei Gu†, Ningning Liang†, Dongmei Zhang, Yong Fan, Jihua Liu, Yonghao Zhao*. Tailoring microstructure of Ni₂CoFe medium-entropy alloy to achieve optimal comprehensive mechanical properties. Journal of Materials Research and Technology, 2023, 23: 4258-4267.

5. Lei Gu, Ningning Liang*, Yuyao Chen, Yonghao Zhao*. Achieving maximum strength-ductility combination in fine-grained Cu-Zn alloy via detwinning and twinning deformation mechanisms. Journal of Alloys and Compounds, 2022, 906: 164401.

6. Lei Gu†, Ningning Liang†, Yi Liu, Yuyao Chen, Jihua Liu, Yixing Sun, Yonghao Zhao*. Novel as-cast NiAlCoFeNb dual-phase high-entropy alloys with high hardness. Materials Letters, 2022, 324: 132676.

7. Lei Gu, Yonghao Zhao*. Revealing intrinsic lattice expansion and grain boundary excess volume of nanocrystalline Se prepared via various methods. Materialia, 2020, 9: 100535.