Prof. Chen Zhong obtained his Ph.D. at the University of Reading, UK. In April 1997, he joined the newly established Institute of Materials Research and Engineering. In March 2000, he moved to Nanyang Technological University (NTU) as an Assistant Professor and has been promoted to Associate Professor and Professor in the School of Materials Science and Engineering. Prof. Chen’s research interests include 1) Surface Engineering and 2) Mechanical Behaviour of Materials. He has published over 400 peer-reviewed articles. According to Google Scholar, these papers have received over 19000 citations with an h-index of 71.