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 (the world top fifth author in the topic of Mechanical Properties, Hard Coatings, Physical Vapor Deposition based
on the result from ScienceDirect), 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 Master Degree Dissertation of Jiangsu Province). He undertakes/accomplished 12 competitive projects as
PI, published more than 100 papers in peer-review journals (JCR Q1>25 Papers, h index 23), 11 patents, 3 books, one chapter
for 1 book, supervise(d) master, PhD and post-doctoral students (>25), won several national awards for his scientific and
industrial achievements. He is also the (guest/associated) editor of the Materials Research Letters, Journal of International
Journal of Minerals, Metallurgy and Materials, Rare Metals, Coatings, 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.
In the last 5 years, 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.
