Dr Xiaorong Zhou

Co-Investigator
Professor of Corrosion Science and Engineering, University of Manchester

Address: School of Materials, University of Manchester, Manchester, M13 9PL
Email: xiaorong.zhou@manchester.ac.uk
Telephone: +44 (0)161 306 4832
Web: http://www.manchester.ac.uk/research/xiaorong.zhou/personaldetails

Xiaorong Zhou is currently a Professor of Corrosion Science and Engineering at The University of Manchester. He graduated from the Department of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering at Hunan University in 1983, and obtained his MSc in Materials Science and Engineering from Beijing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics in 1986 and his PhD in Corrosion Science and Engineering from UMIST in 1994. His research focuses on corrosion control of light alloys and novel surface engineering for functionality and corrosion protection through detailed understanding of the relationship between microstructure and performance using innovative 2D and 3D electron microscopy approaches. He has published over 200 papers, and received the Jim Kape Memorial Medal of the Institute of Metal Finishing in2001. Xiaorong is a CoPI on the EPSRC LATEST2 – Light Alloys Towards Enviromentally Sustainable Transport 2 Programme Grant, where he leads research activity on corrosion control and surface engineering of light alloys. He has also led a number of other significant research initiatives funded by EPSRC, TSB and has major industrial collaborations with Novelis, Sapa, Constellium, Rio Tinto Alcan, Tata, Airbus, BIAM and Ford.