About the translators

Professor Zhuguo LI School of Materials Science and Engineering Shanghai Jiao Tong University Professor Zhuguo LI has obtained his bachelor degree in welding and automation in 1994 from Shanghai Jiao Tong University, master’s degree in welding engineering in 1997 from the same university, and PhD in materials processing science from Osaka University in 2004. Since then, he joined Shanghai Jiao Tong University. He became a full-time professor since 2010 and a distinguished professor since 2020. Now he is the vice dean of School of Materials Science and Engineering, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, and the director of Shanghai Key Laboratory of Materials Laser Processing and Modification. He also serves as the deputy secretary general of China Welding Society. His research interests include laser welding, laser cladding, and laser additive manufacturing, and he is the coauthor of more than 150 SCI papers published on peer-review journals. He won the first prize of Science and Technology Award from CMES in 2016, and the first prize of Science and Technology Progress Award from Shanghai Municipality in 2015 and 2019.