Ph.D. in Materials Science, University of Manchester, Manchester, UK

Postdoctoral Research Associate, School of Materials & Henry Royce Institute, University of Manchester, UK

Senior Research Fellow, School of Metallurgy & Materials, University of Birmingham, UK

Assistant Professor, Structural Integrity and Non-Destructive Testing, Coventry University, UK

1) High throughput design of thermal conductive/barrier coatings for Chips or Aeroengine, and quantum effect of coatings in heating transfer.

2) Study protective coatings for aeroengine titanium and titanium aluminum alloy blades against corrosion, erosion, hydrogen embrittle and titanium fire.

3) Failure mechanism and multi-scale degradation analysis techniques of coatings in demanding environments.

1. Zhaohe Gao, Zhenbo Zhang, Xun Zhang, Justyna Malecka, Han Liu，Peter Kelly, Philip J. Withers and Ping Xiao. A conformable high temperature nitride coating for Ti alloys. Acta Mater. 2020, 189:274-283.

2. Zhaohe Gao, Xun Zhang, Sheng Cao, Justyna Malecka, Shiying Qin, Xiaodong Liu, Peter Kelly, Xinhua Wu, Ping Xiao and Yu-Lung Chiu. A protective SiAlN coating on topographic surface of laser powder bed fusion manufactured Ti alloy. Corros. Sci. 2023, 219:111250.

3. Zhaohe Gao, Han Liu, Justyna Malecka, Conghui Liu, Dongchen Hu, Peter Kelly, and Ping Xiao. Substrate controlled degradation rate of protective coating via mitigating interfacial reaction. Corros. Sci. 2023, 213:111006

4. Zhaohe Gao, Justyna Malecka, Han Liu, Peter Kelly, Ping Xiao and Yu Lung Chiu. An amorphous SiAlN barrier coating against NaCl attack in humid air at elevated temperature. Corros. Sci. 2022, 203: 110321.

5. Zhaohe Gao, Justyna Malecka, Zhenbo Zhang, Han Liu, Xinxin Zhang, Ying Chen, Patrick Hill, Peter Kelly and Ping Xiao. Oxidation and degradation of amorphous SiAlN coating via forming Si-Si bond. Corros. Sci. 2021, 183: 109318.

6. Zhaohe Gao, Ying Chen, Chun Li, Yi Zeng, Han Liu, Xinxin Zhang, Justyna Malecka, Nadia Rohbeck, Peter Kelly, and Ping Xiao. Comparison of Oxidation behaviors of a zirconium nitride coating in water vapor and air at high temperature. Corros. Sci. 2018, 138: 242-251.

7. Zhaohe Gao, Xun Zhang, Ying Chen, Christine Chalk, John Nicholls, G. Brewster, Ping Xiao. Degradation on strain tolerance of EB-PVD TBCs after thermal exposure and CMAS attack. J. Eur. Ceram. Soc. 2023,44:426-434.

8. Zhaohe Gao, Xun Zhang, Ying Cheng, Etienne Bousser, Peter Kelly and Ping Xiao et al. Ceramic buckling for determining the residual stress in thin films. Scr. Mater. 2021, 201: 113949

9. Zhaohe Gao, Peter Kelly, and Ping Xiao et al. Effects of interfacial depletion on the degradation of SiAlN coating. Appl. Surf. Sci. 2023, 611:155576

10. Zhaohe Gao, Han Liu, Peter Kelly, Ping Xiao. Sputter-deposited nitrides for oxidation protection in a steam environment at high temperatures. Thin Solid Films. 2019, 688: 137439. (Invited paper)

11. Zhaohe Gao, Hongying Li, et al. Effects of Ytterbium and Zirconium on precipitation evolution and coarsening resistance in aluminum during isothermal aging. J. Alloys Compd. 2014, 592:100-104.

12. Zhaohe Gao, Hongying Li, et al. Effects of minor Zr and Er on microstructure and mechanical properties of pure aluminum. Mater. Sci. Eng. A 2013, 580: 92-98.

13. Zhaohe Gao, Hongying Li, et al. Effects of Er and Zr additions on precipitation and recrystallization of pure aluminum. Scr. Mater. 2013, 68: 59-62.

14. Xiaodong Liu, Zhaohe Gao, and Robert Freer, et al. ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces. 2021, 13: 57326-57340.

15. Zhenfei Chai, Zhaohe Gao, Gyorgyi Glodan and Ping Xiao et al. J. Eur. Ceram. Soc. 2021, 41: 3264-3273