Biography
Peng Chen is a professor at School of Materials Science and Engineering, Jilin University, China. He is also affiliated to International Center of Future Science, Jilin University.
He received a Bachelor from Shandong University in 2012 and obtained a master’s degree from Institute of Metal Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences. He was awarded his Ph.D. in Materials Science and Engineering in 2019 from University of Nevada, Reno, where he studied deformation behavior of magnesium alloy with Prof. Bin Li. Then, he worked as a postdoctoral fellow at Texas A&M University, College Station. There he carried out atomistic simulations and experiments to investigate deformation and radiation mechanisms of metals in Michael Demkowicz group. Since 2021 fall, he has been a professor in the School of Materials Science and Engineering, Jilin University. His research interests include mechanical behavior of lightweight alloys, lightweight alloy design and development, deformation twinning, atomistic simulation of deformation and radiation of metals and alloys, etc. He has published a series of papers in well recognized journals, including Nature Communications, Acta Materialia, Materials Research Letters, Materials Science and Engineering A, etc.

Education
2019    Ph.D., Materials Science and Engineering, University of Nevada, Reno, USA
2015    M.S., Corrosion Engineering, Institute of Metal Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China
2012    B.S., Materials Processing Engineering, Shandong University, China

Positions
2021.09-                Professor, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Jilin University, China          
2019-2021             Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Texas A&M University, College Station, USA

Professional Service
Youth Editorial Board member of Acta Metallurgica Sinica (English Letters) (2022-)
Review Editor of Frontiers in Materials (2022-)

Research Interest
Design, atomistic simulation, characterization, and application of lightweight alloys
1.  Atomistic simulations of crystal defects in alloys
2.  Mechanical properties of lightweight magnesium and magnesium alloys
3.  Deformation behavior and radiation response of metallic materials

Selected Publications
1. Peng Chen, Fangxi Wang, Bin Li*, Transitory phase transformations during {10-12} twinning in titanium. Acta Materialia. 171 (2019) 65–78.
2. P. Chen*, B. Li, D. Culbertson, Y. Jiang, Contribution of extension twinning to plastic strain at low stress stage deformation of a Mg-3Al-1Zn alloy, Mater. Sci. Eng. A. 709 (2018) 40–45.
3. Peng Chen, Fangxi Wang, Bin Li*, Dislocation absorption and transmutation at {10-12} twin boundaries in deformation of magnesium, Acta Materialia. 164 (2019) 440–453.
4. Peng Chen*, Jamie Ombogo, Bin Li*, Dislocation ↔ twin transmutations during interaction between prismatic slip and {10-11} twin in magnesium. Acta Materialia. 186 (2020) 291–307.
5. C. Han, Z. Ji, Y. Zhu, X. Yao, P. Chen*, M. Guo, L. Zhao, X. Lang, Q. Jiang, Construction of Ni 3 S 2 -Ni x P y /NF@NiFe LDH with heterogeneous interface to accelerate catalytic kinetics of overall water splitting, Materials Research Letters. 10 (2022) 762–770.
6. D. Yadav, P. Chen, S. Xiang, Y. Wang, J.K. Baldwin, P. Evans, N. Williams, M.J. Demkowicz, K.Y. Xie, Outgassing of implanted He via short circuit transport along phase and grain boundaries in vapor co-deposited Cu-W nanocomposites, Acta Materialia. 240 (2022) 118306
7. B.-Y. Liu, Z. Zhang, F. Liu, N. Yang, B. Li, P. Chen, Y. Wang, J.-H. Peng, J. Li, E. Ma, Z.-W. Shan, Rejuvenation of plasticity via deformation graining in magnesium, Nat Commun. 13 (2022) 1060
8. Peng Chen*, Advika Chesetti, Michael J. Demkowicz, Healing of nano-cracks by collision cascades in nickel, Journal of Nuclear Materials. 555 (2021) 153124.
9. X. Shan, Z. Guo, Z. Qu, Y. Zou, L. Zhao, P. Chen*, Boosting the performance of nickel–cobalt LDH cathode with phosphorus and selenium co-doping for hybrid supercapacitor, Materials Research Letters. 10 (2022) 593–601
10. P. Chen, F. Wang, J. Ombogo, B. Li, Formation of 60° 〈011 ̅0〉 boundaries between {101 ̅2} twin variants in deformation of a magnesium alloy, Mater. Sci. Eng. A. 739 (2019) 173–185.
11. P. Chen, B. Li, D. Culbertson, Y. Jiang, Negligible effect of twin-slip interaction on hardening in deformation of a Mg-3Al-1Zn alloy, Mater. Sci. Eng. A. 729 (2018) 285–293.
12. P. Chen, B. Li, Misfit strain induced phase transformation at {101 ̅2} twin boundaries in deformation of magnesium. Computational material Science. 164 (2019) 186-194.
13. P. Chen, Y. Song, J. Liu, D. Shan, E.-H. Han, A Comparative Investigation on the Corrosion Behavior of cast and rolled ZG21 Mg Alloys, Int. J. Electrochem. Sci. 12 (2017) 3765–3781.
14. P. Chen, B. Li, D. Culbertson, Y. Jiang, Twin-Slip Interaction at Low Stress Stage Deformation in an AZ31 Mg Alloy, in “The Minerals, Metals & Materials Series” Magnesium Technology 2018, Springer, Cham, 2018: pp. 193–198. (ISSN 2367-1181)
15. Hongwei Wang, Jon Fuller, Peng Chen, Sergey I. Morozov, Qi An, characterizing local metallic bonding variation induced by external perturbation. Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys. 2020, 22, 2372-2378.
16. J. Liu, Y. Song, J. Chen, P. Chen, D. Shan, E.-H. Han, The Special Role of Anodic Second Phases in the Micro-galvanic Corrosion of EW75 Mg Alloy, Electrochimica Acta. 189 (2016).
17. B. Zhang, C. Wheatley, P. Chen, X. Qian, M.J. Demkowicz, Shear strain alters the structure and migration mechanism of self-interstitial atoms in copper, Phys. Rev. Materials. 6 (2022)
18. B. Feng, G. Liu, P. Yang, S. Huang, D. Qi, P. Chen, C. Wang, J. Du, S. Zhang, J. Liu, Different role of second phase in the micro-galvanic corrosion of WE43 Mg alloy in NaCl and Na2SO4 solution, Journal of Magnesium and Alloys. (2021).