[1] National Natural Science Foundation of China-International Collaborative Innovation Research Team, W2541017,2026.01-2028.12, Ongoing, Principal Investigator

[2] National Natural Science Foundation of China-Youth Science Fund Project, 52404355,2025.01-2027.12, Ongoing, Principal Investigator

[3] China Postdoctoral Science Foundation-Postdoctoral Innovative Talent Support Program Project, BX20220357,2022.07-2024.06, completed, Project Leader

[4] Hunan Provincial Department of Science and Technology-Hunan Key R&D Project, 2020WK2003, January 2021-December 2022, Completed, Project Participants

[5] National Natural Science Foundation of China Joint Fund Project, U1760202,2018.01-2021.12, Completed, Project Participant

Representative Works (5 pieces)

[1] Kaizhong Li, Li Wang*, Lei Zhang*. Screening diluents to optimize cesium contaminant separation using t-BAMBP extractant. Journal of Hazardous Materials, vol. 477, no. 135410, 2024.

[2] Li Zhang, Wanlin Wang, Lei Zhang*, Jie Zeng, Xu Gao. A comparison study on the dissolution mechanism of Al2O3 inclusion on fluorine-bearing and fluorine-free molten mold fluxes[J]. Ceramics International, vol. 49, pp. 27176-27184, 2023.

[3] Dawei Cai, Li Zhang, Wanlin Wang, Lei Zhang*, Il Sohn. Dissolution of TiO2 and TiN inclusions in CaO-SiO2-B2O3 based fluorine-free mold flux[J]. International Journal of Minerals, Metallurgy and Materials, vol. 30, pp.1740-1747, 2023.

[4] Wanlin Wang, Dawei Cai, Lei Zhang*, Il Sohn, Ru Zhao, Wenhua Liu. The dissolution of Ca12Al14O33 crystal in CaO-Al2O3-SiO2-based melt and its structural evolution with SiO2 additions. Metallurgical and Materials Transactions B, vol. 54, pp. 221-229, 2023.

[5] Lei Zhang, Wanlin Wang*, Bingyu Zhai, Il Sohn. The evolution of the mold flux melt structure during the process of fluorine replacement by B2O3. Journal of the American Ceramic Society, vol. 103, pp. 112-121, 2020.

Representative Scientific Research Awards (5)

[1] Gold Award, Hunan Provincial Postdoctoral Innovation and Entrepreneurship Competition, July 2023,1st Place, Hunan Provincial Department of Human Resources and Social Security

[2] China Association for Science and Technology Technology Association, "China Innovation" series list of leading technology awards (advanced materials field), 2023.02, ranked 2nd

[3] Hunan Provincial People's Government, Hunan Provincial First Prize for Technical Invention, December 2022, ranked 6th

[4] China Iron and Steel Association, Chinese Society of Metallurgy, Second Prize of Metallurgical Science and Technology, 2025.08, ranked 5th

[5] Journal of Iron and Steel Research International, Outstanding Article Award, 2021, ranked 1st