**About the Editor**

## **Yanxiang Zhang**

Yanxiang Zhang is a Professor in the School of Materials Science and Engineering, Harbin Institute of Technology, Harbin, China. He received his B. E. in Materials Science from Harbin Institute of Technology in 2008 and Ph.D. in Materials Science from University of Science & Technology of China in 2013. His research interests include the theoretical modeling, process characterization, and technical development of heat treatment and surface engineering for metallic materials and functional ceramic materials. Prof. Zhang is serving as the Deputy Secretary General of China Heat Treatment Association and is an invited reviewer for National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC). He is currently an Associate Editor for e-Prime (Elsevier) and an Editor for Coatings (MDPI). Under the support of more than 20 projects, including NSFC, Ministry of National Defense Project of China, National Key Research & Development Program of China, Prof. Zhang developed a series of theories and methods for the characterization of 3D microstructures, the in situ characterization of reaction–diffusion process, and the applications in case hardening of gearing and tooling parts and analysis of ceramic fuel cells. He has published more than 100 peer-reviewed scientific papers with more than 2000 citations and H-index 26.
