Chaoqun Zhang is an Associate Professor​ at the School of Materials, Sun Yat-sen University. He completed his PhD studies at the University of Manchester and served as a Lecturer (PhD student supervisor) at the Shanghai Jiao Tong University from 2015 to 2020. He is a reviewer for Scripta Materialia, Materials Science and Engineering A, Journal of Materials Science, and the Journal of Microscopy, among others. His research interests include metal additive manufacturing (3D printing), welding of dissimilar metals, ultrasonic welding, etc.