H. Ju now is the Assistant Researcher in the Department of Mechanical Engineering of University of Coimbra, Portugal, he is also the Marie-Curie-Research-Fellow under the MSCA SCHEME of Mobility GT, with the main host institution of University of Coimbra. He is a young researcher with extensive experience in the field of surface engineering, specializing in self-lubricant coatings , covering his Undergraduate Thesis (JUN 2010, excellent Undergraduate Thesis of Jiangsu Province), Master Dissertation (JUN 2013, excellent Master Degree Dissertation of Jiangsu Province) and Doctoral Dissertation (JUN 2016, excellent Phd Degree Dissertation of JUST). He has led 18 competitive projects as PI, including one funded by the FCT with the maximum score in every evaluation category. He has published over 100 papers in peer-reviewed journals (more than 45 in JCR Q1), holds an h-index of 27, and has authored 11 patents, 5 books, and 1 book chapter, supervise(d) master, PhD and post-doctoral students (>25). He is also the (guest/associated) editor of the Materials Research Letters, Journal of International Journal of Minerals, Metallurgy and Materials, Rare Metals, Materials Research Letter, etc., and also was invited to comment the submitted papers as reviewers for more than 15 Journals such as Acta Materialia, Surface and Coatings Technology, Materials and Design. He took main specialized courses of Foundations of Material Science for undergraduate students, Modern Methods of Analysis of Materials for undergraduate/master students, and TEM System and its Principle for PhD students, he also took experimental courses of Design and its PVD Deposition of Coatings for undergraduate and master students, Preparation of TEM Samples and its Investigations for master and PhD students. He accomplished 2 competitive educational reform projects as PI, published 3 educational reform papers in the peer-review journals. He co-established an industrial standard with his colleagues in 2025, and initiated large-scale industrial applications of his advanced coating systems by founding a start-up factory in China since 2022. In recognition of these achievements, he received a MSCA fellowship in the EU and multiple provincial-level honors in China, such as Academic Leader (2025) and Academic Backbone (2022) in Jiangsu Province, and MountTai Scholar (2024) in Shandong Province.