Dr. Sheng received Ph.D. degress in Materials Physics and Chemistry  from Institute of Metal Research Chinese Academy of Sciences in 2009. He joined PKU-HKUST Shenzhen-Hong Kong Institution and Shenzhen Institute Peking University in 2010 and is currently a Research Professor and the director of Research and Cooperation Department. Now, he also act as the Topic Editor and editorial board member of Materials, the editorial board member of Advances In Mechanical Engineering and the youth editorial board member of Journal of Magnesium and Alloys. His research interests include intermetallic compounds, superalloys, biomedical metallic materials, biodegradable magnesium alloys, surface engineering, laser processing, crystal defects, and characterization.  Dr. Sheng has published more than 200 research papers in refereed scientific journals and received a total citation of more than 5000 with h-index of 45.