About the Editors
Editor-in-Chief
Ralf Riedel, PhD
Technical University of Darmstadt, Darmstadt, Germany
My current research interest is focused on two research areas, namely i) molecular synthesis of advanced structural and functional ceramics for ultra-high temperature and energy-related applications as well as ii) ultra high pressure materials synthesis.
Associate Editors
Aldo R. Boccaccini, PhD
University of Erlangen-Nuremberg, Germany
Aldo R. Boccaccini is Professor of Materials Science (Biomaterials) and Head of the Institute of Biomaterials at University of Erlangen-Nuremberg, Germany. He is a visiting professor at Imperial College London, UK, and RWTH Aachen University (Germany). The research activities of Prof. Boccaccini are in the field of ceramics, glasses and composites for biomedical, functional and/or structural applications with focus on bioactive materials, composites, scaffolds for tissue engineering, nanomaterials for drug delivery, biofabrication and antibacterial coatings.
Rujie He, PhD
Beijing Institute of Technology, Beijing, China
Dr. Rujie is a tenured professor and doctoral supervisor at Beijing Institute of Technology. He has long been engaged in the research of basic theories, key technologies, and engineering applications related to 3D printing of ceramics and their composites.
Philippe Miele, PhD
University of Montpellier
France
Philippe MIELE is Professor at the "Ecole Nationale Supérieure de Chimie de Montpellier". He is also the head of the UNESCO Chair SIMEV "Membrane Science Applied to the Environment". His main research interest is focused on boron chemistry, particularly molecules and materials for applications in the fields of energy, the environment, and health. He is an expert in the field of "non-oxide" ceramics elaborated through the pyrolysis of preceramic polymers route (or Polymer-Derived Ceramics), particulary boron nitride in specific morphologies as in the form of long fibers or porous materials.
Majid Minary, PhD
University of Texas at Dallas, Dallas, TX, USA
Minary is a Professor of Mechanical Engineering at the University of Texas at Dallas. His research and expertise include additive manufacturing processes and techniques, advanced materials for manufacturing, precision engineering and micro/nano manufacturing, and hybrid manufacturing processes. In particular he is interested in AM of ceramic materials for energy and healthcare applications and manufacturing of hybrid electronics.
Xin'Gang Luan, PhD
Northwestern Polytechnical University
China
Xingang Luan is Professor of School of Materials Science and Engineering at Northwestern Polytechnical University (NPU), former Chinese director of NPU-TU Darmstadt Joint International Research Laboratory of Ultrahigh Ceramic Matrix Composites.His current research activities are focused on design and preparation of high temperature functional ceramic and ultra-high temperature ceramic matrix composites (UHTCMCs) by PDC and CVI methods based on percursor derived ceramics.He is an expert in the field of oxidation, corrosion, hydrothermal corrosion, stressed oxidation and ablation of high and ultra-high temperature composites such as C/C, C/SiC, self-healing C/SiC, and SiC/SiC.
Swee Leong Sing, PhD
National University of Singapore, Singapore
Dr Swee Leong Sing is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering, National University of Singapore. His research interest is enabling material development and creating strategic values for the industry through advanced manufacturing.
Zhaoju Yu, PhD
Xiamen University, Xiamen, China
Zhaoju Yu is a full professor in the College of Materials at the Xiamen University, China. She was the recipient of a Humboldt Research Fellowship awarded in 2016 and guest professor in the frame of an international scientist exchange program with the research group “Disperse Feststoffe” at the Materials and Geosciences Department of the Technische Universität Darmstadt, Germany. She received the prestigious ECD Jubilee Global Diversity Award (2022) and ACerS Global Ambassador Award (2022). She serves as Associate Editor for the journals Journal of the American Ceramic Society, Ceramics International and International Journal of Applied Ceramic Technology. Her research interests cover a variety of different hot topics in materials chemistry as well as in materials science and nanotechnology ranging from synthesis of preceramic polymers to polymer-derived nanoscaled ceramics and characterization of their structural and functional properties.
Editorial Board Members
Samuel Bernard, PhD
CNRS-Institute of Research for Ceramics (IRCER)
Limoges, France
ZJ Pei, PhD
Texas A&M University
College Station, TX, USA
Monique McClain, PhD
Purdue University
West Lafayette, IN, USA
Manoj K. Kolel-Veetil, PhD
Naval Research Laboratory
Washington, DC, USA
Mark Du, PhD
Argonne National Laboratory
Lemont, IL, USA
Muhammad Pervej Jahan, PhD
Miami University
Oxford, OH, USA
Krishna Kumar Saxena, PhD
KU Leuven
Leuven, Belgium
Fuda Ning,PhD
State University of New York at Binghamton
Binghamton, NY, USA
Wenzhuo Wu, PhD
Purdue University
West Lafayette, IN, USA
Bruno Azeredo, PhD
Arizona State University
Mesa, AZ, USA
Xiangfan Chen,PhD
Arizona State University
Tempe, AZ, USA
Xuan Song,PhD
University of Iowa
Iowa City, IA, USA
Mehran Tehrani,PhD
University of California San Diego
La Jolla, CA, USA
Hitomi Yamaguchi,PhD
University of Florida
Gainesville, FL
Zhe Qiang,PhD
The University of Southern Mississippi
Hattiesburg, MS, USA
Wei Xiong,PhD
University of Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh, PA, USA
Sneha Prabha Narra,PhD
Carnegie Mellon University
Pittsburgh, PA, USA
Soh Khim Ong,PhD
National University of Singapore
Singapore
Sezgin Ersoy, PhD
TU Braunschweig
Germany
Lei Chen, PhD
University of Michigan-Dearborn
Dearborn, Michigan, USA
João Paulo Davim, PhD
University of Aveiro
Aveiro, Portugal
Qiming Wang, PhD
University of Southern California
Los Angeles, CA, USA
Zhinan Zhang, PhD
Shanghai Jiao Tong University
Shanghai
Kunpeng Zhu, PhD
Institute of Advanced Manufacturing Technology
Hefei, Anhui, China
Iain Todd, Phd
University of Sheffield
Sheffield, UK
Chao Ma, PhD
Arizona State University
Mesa, AZ, USA
Jingjing Li,PhD
Pennsylvania State University, University Park
State College, PA, USA
Tony Schmitz, PhD
University of Tennessee, Knoxville
Knoxville, TN, USA
Guha Manogharan, PhD
Pennsylvania State University
University Park, PA
Yue Zhou, PhD
Missouri University of Science and Technology
Rolla, MO, USA
Gurpreet Singh, PhD
Kansas State University
Manhattan, Kansas, USA
Thomas Kurfess, Phd
Georgia Institute of Technolgy
Atlanta, GA, USA
Rajendra Bordia, PhD
Clemson University
SC, USA
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