Dr. Yilu Zhao, a promising researcher in the field of materials science, joined HKIAS as a Young Visiting Fellow during the period of August to September 2021.

Dr. Yilu Zhao obtained her Ph.D. in Materials Science at the City University of Hong Kong. She is an Associate Professor in the School of Materials Science and Engineering at the Harbin Institute of Technology in Shenzhen since 2020.

Currently, Dr. Zhao’s research is working on the structures and properties of both ordered and disordered intermetallic material.

She has published 33 papers in various prestigious journals, including Science, Acta Materialia, Scripta Materialia, Materials Research Letters, Journal of Alloys and Compounds.