Dr. Minyi Zhang
Department Circular Metallurgy and Alloy Design
Curriculum Vitae
Education and Research Experience:
Postdoctoral Researcher
Max Planck Institute for Sustainable Materials (MPI-SusMat), Germany
July 2025 – Present
Postdoctoral Fellow
Paul Scherrer Institute (PSI), Switzerland
October 2024 – May 2025
DPhil in Materials Science
University of Oxford, United Kingdom
October 2020 – August 2024
M.Sc. in Engineering Department
Tsinghua University, China & RWTH Aachen University, Germany
September 2017 – June 2020
B.Sc. in Materials Science and Engineering
Tianjin University, China
September 2013 – July 2017
Research Interests
1. Effects of hydrogen on phase stability and mechanical behavior of Ni-based superalloys.
2. Development and performance of oxide dispersion strengthened steels for spallation neutron source applications.
3. Synergistic corrosion–irradiation effects on structural materials in lead–bismuth eutectic fast reactor systems.
4. Surface nitriding and nitrocarburizing treatments of materials for aircraft engine plunger pump applications.