Wenlong Xiao is an Associate Professor at the School of Materials Science and Engineering, Beihang University, Beijing, China. He completed his BS studies in Metallic Materials Science and Engineering at Nanchang Hangkong University in 2005 and his Ph.D. studies in Materials Science at Jilin University in 2010. His professional skills include microstructural characterization of materials using X-ray diffraction, scanning electron microscopy, and transmission electron microscopy; mechanical testing of metallic materials; thermodynamic assessment of Mg alloys; and the microstructure and mechanical property relationship of Al, Mg, and Ti alloys. He has published 142 papers with 3030 citations and an h-index of 31 (Scopus, 12 January 2024). His research topics mainly include light alloys, high entropy alloys, and microstructure-properties relationships.