Prof. FAN Cuncai (范存才)

Education

2019     Ph.D.     Materials Science and Engineering     Purdue University 

2015     M.Sc.     Materials Science     Institute of Mechanics-Chinese Academy of Sciences

2012     B.Eng.   Metallic Materials Science and Engineering     Wuhan University 

Experience 

12/2022 – present       Assistant Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering, City University of Hong Kong 

05/2021 – 11/2022      Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Department of Mechanical Engineering, The University of Hong Kong

09/2019 – 12/2020      Postdoctoral Research Associate, Materials Science and Technology Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory

Postdoctoral Research Fellowship (2021/2022), Hong Kong Research Grants Council (RGC)

Bilsland Dissertation Fellowship (2018/2019), the Graduate School of Purdue University

My research interests primarily focus on the experiments, theories, and mechanisms behind the radiation damage effects in metals and alloys, with an emphasis on the radiation-induced evolutions in material microstructure and mechanical properties.