The 3rd International Symposium on Materials Coating Science and Technology (MCST 2027)

Tsinghua University, China;Professor Wei Pan is a doctoral supervisor. He has served as a member of the University Council and the Degree Committee of Tsinghua University, Director of the State Key Laboratory of New Ceramics and Fine Processing, Head of the Department of Materials Science and Engineering, and Secretary of the Party Committee of the School of Materials Science and Engineering at Tsinghua University. He also serves as an Executive Council Member of the Chinese Ceramic Society, Executive Vice President of the Special Ceramics Branch of the Chinese Ceramic Society, a member of the International Advisory Committee of the European Ceramic Society, and President of the Asia-Australia Ceramic Alliance. In 2009, he was awarded the title of Fellow of the University of Tokyo, and in 2015, he was elected as a Fellow of the World Academy of Ceramics. His current research focuses on ceramic components for semiconductor equipment, fine structural ceramic materials, high-temperature thermal barrier coatings and functional coating materials and technologies, transparent ceramic materials, and nanoceramic materials and devices. He has led numerous major research projects, including projects under China's National High-Tech Research and Development Program (863 Program) and key projects funded by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC). He has published more than 460 academic papers, holds 26 granted invention patents, and has authored four books. He has also delivered more than 30 invited presentations at international academic conferences.

Shanghai Jiao Tong University, China;Professor Xiaofeng Zhao received his Ph.D. from the University of Manchester, UK, in 2007. He is currently a Professor and Doctoral Supervisor at the School of Materials Science and Engineering, Shanghai Jiao Tong University. He has been selected for the National High-Level Talent Program and appointed as a Shanghai Oriental Scholar Distinguished Professor. His research primarily focuses on high-temperature materials and protective coatings. The low-thermal-conductivity thermal barrier coating developed by his team has been applied to more than 4,000 aero engines since 2012, contributing to fuel savings of approximately 3.3 million tonnes. He also developed lightweight, low-thermal-conductivity thermal protection coatings for aerospace applications. These coatings have been applied to the Long March-6A, China's first-generation liquid-solid hybrid launch vehicle, addressing critical thermal protection challenges under high heat flux. Since 2022, the technology has supported more than 10 launch missions. Professor Zhao has published more than 240 academic papers and holds over 50 granted invention patents, including two U.S. patents. He has delivered more than 60 invited presentations and contributed to the formulation of two national standards. He also serves as a committee member or council member of four professional societies, including the Chinese Society for Metals, Chinese Materials Research Society, and Chinese Society of Rare Earths.

State Key Laboratory of Solid Lubrication, Lanzhou Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China;His research focuses on novel material development, covering tribology, wear, lubrication and sealing. He has won multiple important awards including National Advanced Worker, First class Gansu Provincial Technical Invention Award and Gansu Provincial Patent Award, and is an Outstanding Scholar under the Western Light Talent Program. He has published over 150 papers in leading journals including Advanced Materials and Materials Today.

South China University of Technology, China;Dr. Richard Spontak holds a Changjiang Chair in the Institute of Emergent Elastomers at the South China University of Technology after retiring as Distinguished Professor of Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering and Professor of Materials Science & Engineering at NC State University. He has published ~320 peer-reviewed journal papers and delivered ~450 invited lectures worldwide. He is an elected Fellow of several societies including the American Chemical Society and Royal Society of Chemistry. Examples of his professional accolades include the NC State Alexander Q. Holladay Medal for Excellence, the Acta Materialia Hollomon Award for Materials and Society and the Ernst Ruska Prize.