Wang Qudong, PhD, professor, working at School of Materials Science and Engineering, Shanghai Jiao Tong University since 1997. His research area is light alloys and their forming technology, layered metal composites, materials fabrication and processing for a long time. Since 2002, he has lectured on the "Principle of Crystallization", "Casting Alloys and Processing Control" and other courses to postgraduate students every year. He has published more than 460 papers, 7 books and obtained 85 authorized patents. Nannan Zhang, Ph.D., graduated from RWTH Aachen University in Germany. She is working at Shanghai Technical Institute of Electronics and Information.

Her research field is the solidification and processing of metal materials. She has published 15 articles and co-edited the Chinese version of "Principles of Metal Crystallization.".