•      Metallic glasses, high-entropy alloys, nanostructured Mg- and Al-based metals;

•      Crystal-glass nano-dual-phase alloys and amorphous phase transformation of grain boundaries;

•      High-throughput, combinatorial magnetron sputtering;

•      Nano-/ Micromechanics and toughening mechanisms of materials;

•      Wear and corrosion behaviors of metals;

•      in-situ TEM/SEM testing techniques in loading, heating, electrical biasing and gas environment;

•      Atom resolved structure and composition characterizations: aberration-corrected scanning transmission electron microscopy (STEM), atom probe tomography (APT) and correlative (S)TEM-APT

Professor            11.2021-present. School of Materials Science and Engineering, Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an, Shannxi, China;

Research scientist     06.2019-09.2021. Max-Planck-Institut für Eisenforschung, Düsseldorf, Germany. Advisor: Prof. Dierk Raabe (Academician: National Academy Leopoldina);

Research fellow       07.2015-05.2019. City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China. Advisor: Prof. Jian Lu (Academician: National Academy of Technologies of France);

PhD candidate       11.2012-10.2015. PhD degree of Mechanical and Biomedical Engineering. City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China. Advisor: Prof. Jian Lu (Academician: National Academy of Technologies of France);

PhD candidate       09.2010-06.2015. PhD degree of Microelectronics and Solid-state Electronics. Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, Hubei, China. Advisor: Prof. Xiangshui Miao (Changjiang Scholar);

Undergraduate study  09.2006-07.2010. Bachelor's degree of Electronic Science and Technology. Information Engineering University, Zhengzhou, Henan, China.

•      “Outstanding Young Scientist Awards” in the field of amorphous alloys, MRS Chinese Materials Research Society (5 persons in China, 2018);

•      “New Vigorous Science and Technology Award” of China (25 persons in China, 2017);

•      “Young Scientist Award” of Hong Kong, nomination (3 persons in Hong Kong, 2017)

Full publications list and Citation

https://scholar.google.com/citations?hl=en&user=HbXJVUMAAAAJ

https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Ge-Wu-9

https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4543-5011

Selected Publications

1.      Wu, G., Chan, K., Zhu, L., Sun, L. & Lu, J. Dual-phase nanostructuring as a route to high-strength magnesium alloys. Nature 545, 80 (2017). Cover page.

2.      Wu, G., Liu, C., Sun, L., Wang, Q., Sun, B., Han B., Kai, J.-J., Luan J., Liu, C.T., Cao, K., Lu, Y., Cheng, L., Lu, J. Hierarchical nanostructured aluminum alloy with ultrahigh strength and large plasticity. Nature Communications 10, 5099 (2019).

3.      Wu, G., Balachandran, S., Gault, B., Xia, W., Liu, C., Rao, Z., Wei, Y., Liu, S., Lu, J., Herbig, M., Lu, W., Dehm, G., Li, Z., Raabe, D. Crystal-Glass High-Entropy Nanocomposites with Near Theoretical Compressive Strength and Large Deformability. Advanced Materials 32, 2002619 (2020).

4.      Wu, G.^†, Liu, C.^†, Brognara, A., Ghidelli, M., Bao, Y., Liu, S., Wu, X., Xia, W., Zhao, H., Rao, J., Ponge, D., Devulapalli, V., Lu, W., Dehm, G., Raabe, D., Li, Z. Symbiotic crystal-glass alloys via dynamic chemical partitioning. Materials Today (2021). ^†: co-first authors.

5.      Liu, C., Lu, W., Xia, W., Du, C., Rao, Z., Best, J. P., Brinckmann, S., Lu, J., Gault, B., Dehm, G., Wu, G.*, Li, Z.*, Raabe, D.* Massive interstitial solid solution alloys achieve near-theoretical strength. Nature Communications 13, 1102 (2022). *: co-corresponding authors

6.      Liu, C.*, Li, Z., Lu, W., Bao, Y., Xia, W., Wu, X., Zhao, H., Gault, B., Liu, C., Herbig, M., Fischer, A., Dehm, G., Wu, G.*, Raabe, D.* Reactive wear protection through strong and deformable oxide nanocomposite surfaces Nature Communications 12, 5518 (2021). *: co-corresponding authors

7.      Sun, L. ^†, Wu, G. ^†, Wang, Q. ^†, Lu, J. Nanostructural metallic materials: structures and mechanical properties. Materials Today 38, 114 (2020). Inner cover. ^†: co-first authors.

8.      Liu, C., Liu, Y., Wang, Q., Liu, X., Bao, Y., Wu, G.*, Lu, J.* Nano-dual-phase Metallic Glass Film Enhances Strength and Ductility of a Gradient Nanograined Magnesium Alloy. Advanced Science 7, 2001480 (2020)

9.      Liu, C., Wang, Q., Han, B., Luan, J., Kai, J.-J., Liu, C.-T., Wu, G.*, Lu, J.* Second phase effect on corrosion of nanostructured Mg-Zn-Ca dual-phase metallic glasses. Journal of Magnesium and Alloys, 9, 1546 (2021)