2020-至今：南京理工大学材料学院格莱特研究院 讲师

2002-2012：中南大学粉末冶金研究院 学士

2012-2019：西北工业大学材料学院 博士

1. 江苏省材料学会科学技术一等奖

2. 指导中国大学生材料热处理创新创业赛获得全国一、二、三等奖各一次

1.《Advanced Powder Materials》期刊青年工委

2.《Progress in Natural Science: Materials International》青年编委

3.《China Foundry》青年编委

4.《稀有金属》青年编委

5.《材料工程》《航空材料学报》青年编委

1. 国家自然科学基金青年基金项目，2024.01-2026.12，主持

2. 江苏省自然科学基金青年基金项目，2021.07-2024.06，主持

3. 中央高校基本科研业务费专项资金项目，2023.08-2025.08，主持

4. 中国博士后科学基金面上项目，2021.06-2023.05，主持

5. 科技部高端外国专家引进计划项目，2021.01-2022.12，主持

在Nano Letters、Nature Communications、Scripta Materialia等期刊发表SCI论文50余篇，其中代表性论文如下：

第一作者论文

[1] Z. Kou, T. Feng, S. Lan, S. Tang, L. Yang, Y. Yang, G. Wilde, Observing dislocations transported by twin boundaries in Al thin film: Unusual pathways for dislocation-twin boundary interactions, Nano Letters 22(15) (2022) 6229-6234.

[2] S. Wu¹, Z. Kou¹, Q. Lai, S. Lan, S.S. Katnagallu, H. Hahn, S. Taheriniya, G. Wilde, H. Gleiter, T. Feng, Dislocation exhaustion and ultra-hardening of nanograined metals by phase transformation at grain boundaries, Nature Communications 13 (2022) 5468. (¹contrubuted equally)

[3] Z. Kou, X. Li, R. Huang, L. Yang, Y. Yang, T. Feng, S. Lan, G. Wilde, Q. Lai, S. Tang, Stress-induced phase transformation and phase boundary sliding in Ti: An atomically resolved in-situ analysis, Journal of Materials Science & Technology 152 (2023) 30-36.

[4] Z. Kou, R. Huang, Y. Yang, T. Feng, S. Lan, S. Tang, L. Yang, Revealing the atomic-scale evolution of sessile disconnections on twin boundaries during deformation, Scripta Materialia 221(7) (2022) 114956.

[5] Z. Kou, Y. Yang, L. Yang, B. Huang, X. Luo, In situ atomic-scale observation of a novel lattice reorienting process in pure Ti, Scripta Materialia 166 (2019) 144-148.

[6] Z. Kou, Y. Yang, L. Yang, W. Zhang, B. Huang, X. Luo, Deformation twinning in response to cracking in Al: An in situ TEM and molecular dynamics study, Scripta Materialia 145 (2018) 28-32.

[7] Z. Kou, Y. Yang, B. Huang, X. Luo, P. Li, G. Zhao, W. Zhang, Observing the dynamic {101¯1} twinning process in pure Ti at atomic resolution, Scripta Materialia 139 (2017) 139-143.

[8] Z. Kou, Y. Yang, L. Yang, B. Huang, Y. Chen, X. Luo, New role of screw dislocation in twin lamella during deformation: An in situ TEM study at the atomic scale, Materials Science and Engineering: A 729 (2018) 125-129.

[9] Z. Kou, Y. Yang, L. Yang, B. Huang, X. Luo, Twinning-assisted void initiation and crack evolution in Cu thin film: An in situ TEM and molecular dynamics study, Materials Science and Engineering: A 737 (2018) 336-340.

[10] J. Wang¹, Z. Kou¹, S. Fu, S. Wu, S. Liu, M. Yan, Z. Ren, D. Wang, Z. You, S. Lan, H. Hahn, X.-L. Wang, T. Feng, Ultrahard BCC-AlCoCrFeNi bulk nanocrystalline high-entropy alloy formed by nanoscale diffusion-induced phase transition, Journal of Materials Science & Technology 115 (2022) 29-39. (¹contrubuted equally)

[11] S. Wu¹, T. Luo¹, Z. Kou¹, S. Tang, M. Yan, J. Wang, S. Fu, H. Ying, S. Liu, G. Wilde, Q. Lai, S. Lan, T. Feng, Origin of strain softening in a nanograined Al alloy, Scripta Materialia 226 (2023) 115235. (¹contrubuted equally)

[12] S. Wu¹, T. Luo¹, Z. Kou¹, S. Tang, G. Shan, M. Yan, J. Wang, S. Fu, S. Liu, S. Lan, T. Feng, Unconventional structure evolution stabilizes the ultrahigh specific strength in a nanostructured Al–Mg–Li alloy, Materials Science and Engineering: A 860 (2022) 144282. (¹contrubuted equally)

[13] Z. Kou, L. Yang, Y. Yang, X. Luo, B. Huang, Hydride or martensite? Identification of a new phase in cold-rolled hexagonal close-packed Ti, Materials Characterization 163 (2020) 110294.

[14] Z. Kou, Y. Yang, L. Yang, B. Huang, X. Luo, Dynamic interactions between non-screw dislocations and stacking faults during in situ straining in a TEM, Materials Characterization 148 (2019) 292-296.

[15] Z. Kou, Y. Yang, L. Yang, X. Luo, B. Huang, Observing the dynamic rotation and annihilation process of an isolated nanograin at the atomic scale in Al, Materials Characterization 147 (2019) 311-314.

通讯作者论文

[16] Y. Duan, Q. Gao, Z. Zhang, J. Zhou, Y. Li, Z. Kou^*, S. Lan, S. Tang, Chemical ordering induced strengthening in lightweight Mg alloys, Nanomaterials 12(19) (2022).

[17] R. Huang, S. Tang, T. Feng, S. Wu, X. Li, S. Lan, G. Liu, L. Yang, G. Yan, Z. Kou^*, Characterization on microstructure evolution of a bulk nanograined TiZrHfNb refractory high-entropy alloy, Materials Characterization 205 (2023) 113314.

[18] X. Liu, K. Song, Z. Kou^*, J. Gong, X. Chen, Q. Gao, H. Sun, P. Liu, R. Qu, L. Hu, Z. Zhang, P. Ramasamy, Z. Liu, Z. Zhang, F. Liu, Z. Zhang, J. Eckert, Synergistic grain boundary engineering for achieving strength-ductility balance in ultrafine-grained high-Cr-bearing multicomponent alloys, International Journal of Plasticity 177 (2024) 103992.

[19] S. Tang, Z. Kou^*, T. Xin, Z. Zhang, T. Feng, T. Luo, S. Lan, G. Wilde, B. Jiang, Achieving high strength via solutes co-clustering and solvents redistribution in an ultralightweight BCC magnesium alloy, Materials Research Letters 11(7) (2023) 556-562.

[20] S. Wu, Z. Kou^*, S. Tang, S. Lan, Q. Lai, J. Wang, J. Luo, X. Xie, R. Huang, G. Zheng, G. Wilde, T. Feng, Unveiling the correlation between anomalous hardening and grain boundary diffusional transformation in ω single-phase nano-grained Ti-Fe alloy, Journal of Materials Science & Technology  (2024).

[21] S. Wu, Z. Kou^*, J. Wang, M. Yan, S. Fu, S. Lan, Q. Lai, T. Feng, Unprecedented ω single-phase nanocrystalline Ti-Fe alloy prepared by laser-inert gas condensation, Materials Characterization 178 (2021) 111238.

[22] L. Yang, Y. Fu, W. Cheng, D. Peng, Z. Chen, L. Luo, X. Zhao, Y. Liu, Z. Kou^*, Europium and erbium co-doped yttria-stabilized zirconia as a potential dual-sensor for simultaneous oxygen partial pressure and temperature measurements, Ceramics International 49(7) (2023) 10961-10975.

[23] L. Yang, F. Wang, J. Liao, Z. Chen, Z. Kou^*, Microstructure and mechanical properties of unidirectional, laminated Cf/SiC composites with α-Al2O3 nanoparticles as filler, Nanomaterials 12 (2022) 3406.

[24] L. Yang, G. Wen, T. Liu, L. Xiong, Z. Yuan, Z. Chen, K. Liu, C. Sun, R. Huang, Z. Kou^*, Enhancing mechanical properties of selectively laser sintered SiC/Si composites printed using electrostatic spraying microspheres with fine particles, Ceramics International 50(2) (2024) 3556-3565.

[25] L. Yang, B. Zhong, J. Liao, P. Ouyang, Z. Chen, F. Wang, L. Luo, Z. Kou^*, Mechanical properties of unidirectional laminated hybrid SiC–Nextel™ 720 fiber-reinforced oxide matrix composites fabricated by a novel precursor infiltration and pyrolysis method, Materials Science and Engineering: A 832 (2022) 142375.

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指导硕士研究生4名，已毕业1名。