2022年2月，以金山特聘教授入职江苏大学材料科学与工程学院，金属材料工程专业。主要研究方向为金属材料的强韧化，聚焦于中高熵合金以及轻质合金的强韧化与机理研究。发表SCI论文30余篇，以第一/通讯作者发表Nature（影响因子49.962），Scripta Materialia，Materials Research Letters等论文10余篇，ESI高被引论文1篇。已授权中国发明专利19项。发表论文：[1] Xuefei Chen#,Qi Wang#, Zhiying Cheng#, Mingliu Zhu, Hao Zhou, Ping Jiang, Lingling Zhou, Qiqi Xue, Fuping Yuan, Jing Zhu*, Xiaolei Wu*, Evan Ma*, Direct observation of chemical short-range order in a medium-entropy alloy, Nature 592 (2021) 712-716. [2] Xuefei Chen, Lirong Xiao, Zhigang Ding*, Wei Liu, Yuntian Zhu, Xiaolei Wu*, Atomic segregation at twin boundaries in a Mg-Ag alloy, Scripta Mater. 178 (2020) 193-197.[3] Xuefei Chen, Fuping Yuan, Hao Zhou*, Xiaolei Wu*, Structure motif of chemical short-range order in a medium-entropy alloy, Materials Research Letters 10 (2022) 149-155.[4] Xuefei Chen, Lirong Xiao*, Yi Liu, Mengning Xu, Tao Xu, Bo Gao, Zhaohua Hu, Hao Zhou*, High strength- ductility of heterogeneous sandwich Mg-Y alloys produced by high pressure torsion, Vacuum 179 (2020) 109568. [5] Mengning Xu , Na Li, Xuechao Sha, Yi Liu, Bo Gao, Lirong Xiao, Xuefei Chen*, Hao Zhou*, In-situ TEM observations on interaction of basal <a> dislocations and β′ phases in a Mg–Gd binary alloy, Materials Science & Engineering A 841 (2022) 143017.[6] Zhen Peng†, Yi Liu†, Lirong Xiao, Yue Yang, Bo Gao, Mengning Xu, Zhaohua Hu, Yandong Yu, Xuefei Chen*, Hao Zhou*, Formation mechanism of co-axial grain boundaries in a Mg alloy, J. Magnesium and Alloys 11 (2023) 1094-1101.[7] Lei Li, Lirong Xiao, Deku Zhang, Zhonggang Sun, Bo Gao, Kang Wei, Yandong Yu, Xuefei Chen*, Hao Zhou*, Ductilization of a diffusion-bonded heterostructured AZ31/GW103K/AZ31 alloy by interfacial reinforcement, Mater. Sci. Eng. A 852 (2022) 143691.[8] Lei Li, Bo Gao, Kang Wei, Zhaohua Hu, Yandong Yu, Wenwen Sun, Yudong Sui, Lirong Xiao*, Xuefei Chen*, Hao Zhou*, Ductilization of a diffusion-bonded heterostructured AZ31/GW103K/AZ31 alloy by interfacial reinforcement, Mater. Sci. Eng. A 871 (2023) 144882.[9] Bo Gao, Li Wang, Yi Liu, Junliang Liu, Lirong Xiao, Yudong Sui, Wenwen Sun, Xuefei Chen*, Hao Zhou*, Enhanced strength and ductility of the low-carbon steel with heterogeneous lamellar dual-phase structure produced by cyclic intercritical rolling, J. Mater. Res. Tec. 23 (2023) 6230-6243.[10] Lei Li, Lirong Xiao, Bo Gao, Yandong Yu, Zhonggang Sun, Yudong Sui, Wenwen Sun, Xuefei Chen*, Hao Zhou*, Improving mechanical properties of laminate heterogeneous GW103K/AZ31 alloys, J. Alloys Compd. 944 (2023) 169156.[11] Qile Huo, Yaxin Chen, Bo Gao, Yi Liu, Manping Liu, Xuefei Chen*, Hao Zhou*, High Strength and Ductility of a MgAg/MgGdYAg/MgAg Sandwiched Plate Produced by High‑Pressure Torsion, Acta Metallurgica Sinica (English Letters) 36 (2023) 343-351.[12] Huiyan Ning, Yangdong Yu*, Bo Gao, Lirong Xiao, Lihua Wen, Zehua Yan, Li Li, Xuefei Chen*, Grain refinement and aging hardening of the Mg-10Gd-3Y-2Ag-0.4Zr alloy produced by a two-step forming processing. Materials 11 (2018) 757.[13] Xuechao Sha, Xuefei Chen*, Huiyan Ning, Lirong Xiao, Dongdi Yin, Lin Mao, Jiang Zheng, Hao Zhou*, Modification of eutectic Si in Al- Si- (Ba) alloy by inducing a novel 9R structure in twins, Materials 11 (2018) 1151.[14] Bo Gao, Li Wang, Yi Liu, Junliang Liu, Yudong Sui, Wenwen Sun, Xuefei Chen, Lirong Xiao*, Hao Zhou*, In-situ TEM investigation on deformation mechanisms of a fine-grained 316L stainless steel, Scripta Mater. 234 (2023) 115538.[15] Yi Liu†, Mengning Xu†, Lirong Xiao, Xuefei Chen, Zhaohua Hu, Bo Gao, Ningning Liang, Yuntian Zhu, Yang Cao*, Hao Zhou*, Dislocation array reflection enhances strain hardening of a dual-phase heterostructured high entropy alloy, Mater. Res. Lett. 11 (2023) 638-6647.[16] Lirong Xiao, Xuefei Chen, Yang Cao, Hao Zhou*, Xiaolong Ma, Dongdi Yin, Bin Ye, Xiaodong Han, Yutian Zhu*, Solution srgregation assisted nanocrystallization of a cold –rolled Mg-Ag alloy during annealing, Scripta Mater. 177 (2020) 69-73.[17] Bo Gao , Xuefei Chen, Zhiyi Pan, Jiansheng Li, Yan Ma, Yang Cao, Maping Liu, Qingquan Lai*, Lirong Xiao, Hao Zhou*, A high-strength heterogeneous structure dual-phase steel, J. Mater. Sci. 54 (2019) 12898-12910.[18] Yang Liu, Manping Liu*, Xuefei Chen, Yang Cao, H.J. Roven, M. Murashkin, R.Z. Valiev, Hao Zhou*, Effect of Mg on microstructure and mechanical properties of Al-Mg alloys produced by high pressure torsion, Scripta Mater. 159 (2019) 137-141.[19] Xuechao Sha, Lirong Xiao*, Xuefei Chen, Guangming Chen, Yandong Yu, Dongdi Yin, Hao Zhou*, Atomic structure of γ″ phase in Mg-Gd-Y-Ag alloy induced by Ag addition, Philo. Mag. 99 (2019) 1957-1969.[20] Yanfang Liu, Yang Cao, Hao Zhou, Xuefei Chen, Ying Liu*, Lirong Xiao*, Xiaowei Huan, Yonghao Zhao, Yuntian Zhu, Mechanical properties and microstructure of commercial-purity Aluminum processed by rotational accelerated shot peening plus cold rolling, Adv. Eng. Mater. 22 (2020) 1900478.[21] Lei Li, Shuaizhuo Wang, Lirong Xiao, Xuefei Chen, Kang Wei, Huiyan Ning, Yandong Yu, Hao Zhou, Atomic-scale three-dimensional structural characterization of twin interface in Mg alloys, Philo. Mag. Lett. 100 (2020) 392-401.[22] Bo Gao, Rong Hu, Zhiyi Pan, Xuefei Chen, Yi Liu, Lirong Xiao, Yang Cao, Yusheng Li, Qingquan Lai, Hao Zhou, Strengthening and ductilization of laminate dual- phase steels with high matensite content, J. Mater. Sci. Tech. 65 (2021) 29-37.[23] Y Liu, Xuefei Chen, Kang Wei, Lirong Xiao, Bin Chen, Haibo Loong, Yandong Yu, Zhaohua Hu, Hao Zhou, Effect of micro-steps on twinning and interfacial segregation in Mg-Ag alloy, Materials 12 (2019) 1307.[24] Zhiyi Pan, Bo Gao, Qingquan Lai, Xuefei Chen, Yang Cao, Manping Liu, Hao Zhou, Microstructure and mechanical properties of a cold-rolled ultrafine-grained dual-phase steel, Materials 11 (2018) 1399.[25] Lingling Zhou†, Qi Wang†, Jing Wang, Xuefei Chen, Ping Jiang, Hao Zhou, Fuping Yuan, Xiaolei Wu*, Zhiying Cheng*, En Ma*, Atomic-scale evidence of chemical short-range order in CrCoNi medium-entropy alloy, Acta Mater. 224 (2022) 117490. [26] Lirong Xiao, Xuefei Chen, Huiyan Ning, Ping Jiang, Yi Liu, Bin Chen, Dongdi Yin*, Hao Zhou*, Yuntian Zhu, Unexpected high-temperature brittleness of a Mg-Gd-Y-Ag alloy, J. Magnesium and Alloys 2021.[27] Xiaoru Liu†, Hao Feng†, Jing Wang†, Xuefei Chen, Ping Jiang, Fuping Yuan, Huabing Li*, En Ma*, Xiaolei Wu*, Mechanical property comparisons between CrCoNi medium-entropy alloy and 316 stainless steels, J. Mater. Sci. Tech. 108 (2022) 256-269.[28] Jiaxi Huang, Yi Liu, Tao Xu, Xuefei Chen, Qingquan Lai, Lirong Xiao, Zhiyi Pan, Bo Gao*, Hao Zhou*, Yuntian Zhu, Dual-phase hetero-structured strategy to improve ductility of a low carbon martensitic steel, Mater. Sci. Eng. A 834 (2022) 142584.[29] Tao Xu†, Zhiyi Pan†, Bo Gao*, Jiaxi Huang, Xuefei Chen, Yi Liu, Lirong Xiao*, Hao Zhou, Effect of Rolling Temperature on the Structural Refinement and Mechanical Properties of Dual-Phase Heterostructured Low-Carbon Steel, Metals 12 (2022) 115.[30] Dong Liu†, Qi Wang†, Jing Wang, Xuefei Chen, Ping Jiang, Fuping Yuan, Zhiying Cheng*, En Ma*, Xiaolei Wu*, Chemical short-range order in Fe50Mn30Co10Cr10 high-entropy alloy, Mater. Today Nano 16 (2021) 100139.[31] Lirong Xiao, Xuefei Chen, Kang Wei, Yi Liu, Dongdi Yin, Zhaohua Hu, Hao Zhou*, Yuntian Zhu*, Effect of dislocation configuration on Ag segregation in subgrain boundary of a Mg-Ag alloy, Scripta Mater. 191 (2021) 219-224.