Dr. Dongyang Li (D.Y. Li) is a Professor at Department of Chemical & Materials Engineering, University of Alberta. He received a B.Sc. in Solid Mechanics from University of Science and Technology China, a M.Sc. in Solid-State Physics from Sun Yat-sen University, a PhD in Materials Physics from University of Science and Technology Beijing, and a PhD in Metallurgical Engineering from McGill University. He was a postdoctoral fellow at the Pennsylvania State University before joining University of Alberta in 1998. Dr. Li is on the editorial board for eighteen journals and is the recipient of MetSoc 2020 Distinguished Materials Scientist Award. Dr. Li has in excess of 360 technical publications, including 330 journal publications. He is an invited contributor for authoritative handbooks (Elsevier, Springer, and ASM International). Dr. Li is a Fellow of the Institute of Materials, Minerals and Mining (IOM3) and a Fellow of the Institute of Physics (IOP).

Professor Dongyang Li ’s research interests focus on materials design, surfaces and interfaces, wear and corrosion, and computational materials science.