Research Interests

1. Deformation and phase transformation behaviors of metals investigated by synchrotron-based X-ray and neutron diffraction

2.  Damage mechanisms of key metal materials in nuclear and aviation industry

3. Microstructural evolution and deformation behaviors of additively manufactured (3D-printing) materials and high entropy alloys (HEAs)

Education Background

2009/09-2013/07, PhD in Materials Science and Engineering, University of Science and Technology Beijing

2006/09-2009/01, Master of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Science and Technology Beijing

2002/09-2006/07, Bachelor of Materials Science, University of Science and Technology Beijing

Work Experience

2019/07-Present, Associate Professor, State Key Laboratory of Advanced Metal Materials, University of Science and Technology Beijing

2017/12-2019/07, Visiting Scholar, Department of Nuclear Science and Engineering & Advanced Photon Source, Argonne National Laboratory

2016/01-2019/06, Assistant Researcher, State Key Laboratory of Advanced Metal Materials, University of Science and Technology Beijing

2013/08-2015/12, Postdoc, State Key Laboratory of Advanced Metal Materials, University of Science and Technology Beijing

Honors and Awards

First-class funding from China Postdoctoral Science Foundation, 2014

National Graduate Scholarship, 2013

Selected Publications

(1)Shilei Li, Jing Hu, Wei-Ying Chen, Jingyue Yu, Meimei Li, Yandong Wang. Evolution of cellular dislocation structures and defects in additively manufactured austenitic stainless steel under ion irradiation. Scripta Materialia, 2020, 178: 245-250.

(2)Haiyang Chen, Yan-Dong Wang, Zhihua Nie, Runguang Li, Daoyong Cong, Wenjun Liu, Feng Ye, Yuzi Liu, Peiyu Cao, Fuyang Tian, Xi Shen, Richeng Yu, Levente Vitos, Minghe Zhang, Shilei Li, Xiaoyi Zhang, Hong Zheng, J. F. Mitchell, Yang Ren. Unprecedented non-hysteretic superelasticity of [001]-oriented NiCoFeGa single crystals. Nature Materials, DOI: 10.1038/s41563-020-0645-4.

(3)Shilei Li, Mingming Liu, Yang Ren, Yandong Wang. Hydrogen embrittlement behaviors of additive manufactured maraging steel investigated by in situ high-energy X-ray diffraction. Materials Science and Engineering: A, 2019, 766: 138341

(4)Shilei Li, Tiancheng Wang, Qing Tan, Runguang Li, Yanli Wang, Xitao Wang, Yang Ren, Yandong Wang. A brittle fracture mechanism in thermally aged duplex stainless steels revealed by in situ high-energy X-ray diffraction. Materials Science and Engineering: A, 2019, 739: 264-271.

(5)Dandan Zhao, Shilei Li*, Xitao Wang, Yanli Wang, Fang Liu, Xingzhong Cao. Proton irradiation induced defects in T92 steels: An investigation by TEM and positron annihilation spectroscopy. Nuclear Inst. and Methods in Physics Research, B, 2019, 442:59-66.

(6)Fusheng Li, Shilei Li, Gang Liu, Xudong Chen, Yanli Wang. Formation and characterization of circular δ-hydride in Zircaloy-4 under ion irradiation. Journal of Nuclear Materials, 2019, 513:1-7.

(7)MartinDetrois, Paul D.Jablonski, Stoichko Antonov, Shilei Li, Yang Ren, Sammy Tin, Jeffrey A.Hawk. Design and thermomechanical properties of a γʹ precipitate-strengthened Ni-based superalloy with high entropy γ matrix. Journal of Alloys and Compounds, 2019, 792: 550-560.

(8)William Yi Wang, Bin Tang, Shun-Li Shang, Jiangwei Wang, Shilei Li, Yi Wang, Jian Zhu, Siyuan Wei, Jun Wang, Kristopher A. Darling, Suveen N. Mathaudhu, Yiguang Wang, Yang Ren, Xi Dong Hui, Laszlo J. Kecskes, Jinshan Li, Zi-Kui Liu. Local lattice distortion mediated formation of stacking faults in Mg alloys. Acta Materialia, 2019, 170:231-239.

(9)Dandan Zhao, Shilei Li*, Yanli Wang, Fang Liu, Xitao Wang. Investigation of ion irradiation hardening behaviors of tempered and long-term thermal aged T92 steel. Journal of Nuclear Materials, 2018, 511:191-199.

(10)Yanyan Hong, Shilei Li, Hongjia Li, Jian Li, Guangai Sun, Yan-Dong Wang. Development of intergranular residual stress and its implication to mechanical behaviors at elevated temperatures in AL6XN austenitic stainless steel. Metallurgical and Materials Transactions A, 2018, 49(8):3237-3246.

(11)Shilei Li, Youkang Wang, Zifan Che, Gang Liu, Yang Ren, Yandong Wang. Investigations of deformation-induced δ → ζ phase transformation in zirconium hydride by in situ high-energy X-ray diffraction. Acta Materialia, 2017, 140, 168-175.

(12)B. Zhang, F. Xue, S. L. Li, X. T. Wang, N. N. Liang, Y. H. Zhao, G. Sha. Non-uniform phase separation in ferrite of a duplex stainless steel. Acta Materialia, 2017, 140:388-397.

(13)Shilei Li, Yanli Wang, Hui Wang, Changsheng Xin, Xitao Wang. Effects of long-term thermal aging on the stress corrosion cracking behavior of cast austenitic stainless steels in simulated PWR primary water. Journal of Nuclear Materials, 2016, 469: 262-268.

(14)Shilei Li, Yanli Wang, Xitao Wang. Effects of ferrite content on the mechanical properties of thermal aged duplex stainless steels. Materials Science and Engineering: A, 2015, 625: 186-193.

(15)Shilei Li, Yanli Wang, Xitao Wang. Effects of Ni content on the microstructures, mechanical properties and thermal aging embrittlement behaviors of Fe–20Cr–xNi alloys. Materials Science and Engineering: A, 2015, 639: 640-646.

(16)Shilei Li, Yanli Wang, Xitao Wang. Effects of long term thermal aging on high temperature tensile deformation behaviours of duplex stainless steels. Materials at High Temperatures, 2015, 32(5): 524-529.

(17)Shilei Li, Yanli Wang, Xitao Wang, Fei Xue. G-phase precipitation in duplex stainless steels after long-term thermal aging: A high-resolution transmission electron microscopy study. Journal of Nuclear Materials, 2014, 452(1-3): 382-388

(18)Shilei Li, Yanli Wang, Hailong Zhang, Shuxiao Li, Kai Zheng, Fei Xue, Xitao Wang. Microstructure evolution and impact fracture behaviors of Z3CN20-09M stainless steels after long-term thermal aging. Journal of Nuclear Materials, 2013, 433(1-3): 41-49.

(19)Shilei Li, Hailong Zhang, Yanli Wang, Shuxiao Li, Kai Zheng, Fei Xue, Xitao Wang. Annealing induced recovery of long-term thermal aging embrittlement in a duplex stainless steel. Materials Science and Engineering: A, 2013, 564: 85-91.

(20)Shilei Li, Yanli Wang, Hailong Zhang, Shuxiao Li, Genqi Wang, Xitao Wang. Effects of prior solution treatment on thermal aging behavior of duplex stainless steels. Journal of Nuclear Materials, 2013, 441(1-3): 337-342.

(21)Shilei Li, Yanli Wang, Shuxiao Li, Hailong Zhang, Fei Xue, Xitao Wang. Microstructures and mechanical properties of cast austenite stainless steels after long-term thermal aging at low temperature. Materials & Design, 2013, 50: 886-892.

Academic Services

1. International academic journals reviewers of "Materials Science and Engineering: A", "Journal of Alloys and Compounds", "Materials Characterization", "Journal of Nuclear Materials", "steel research international", "Journal of Materials Engineering and Performance" and othes.

2.  Member of Youth Working Committee of Chinese Materials Research Society

3.  Member of American TMS Association