Prof. Dr. Ming-Chun Zhao received his Ph.D. in Engineering from the Institute of Metals, Chinese Academy of Sciences, in 2004. He worked as an Assistant Engineer at the Changsha Mining Research Institute (1996–1998), a Special Researcher at Japan’s National Institute for Materials Science (2004–2006), and a Senior Researcher at both the University of Queensland, Australia (2006–2009), and the Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Science and Technology (EMPA) (2007–2008). Since 2006, he has been a Professor at the School of Materials Science and Engineering, Central South University, where he was selected as a Sublimation Scholar in 2008. His research focuses on high-performance metallic materials for extreme environments, including degradable and antibacterial bioimplant materials, wear-resistant mining machinery components, hydrogen embrittlement and fatigue performance in high-strength steels, and key technologies for ultrahigh-strength steel development.