Dr.-Ing. Yan Ma
Assistant Professor
Department of Materials Science & Engineering
Faculty of Mechanical Engineering
Delft University of Technology
Office: Building 34, H-3-300
Email: yan.ma@tudelft.nl
Webpage: https://www.tudelft.nl/staff/yan.ma/
Research Interests
- Sustainable metallurgy, metal production and processing
- Phase transformation, microstructure formation
- Application of synchrotron radiation in metal research
Education
Ph.D., Materials Science and Engineering (2016-2019)
RWTH Aachen University, Germany
M.Sc., Metallurgical Engineering (2013-2015)
RWTH Aachen University, Germany
B.Eng., Metallurgical Engineering (2009-2013)
University of Science and Technology Beijing (USTB), China
Professional Experiences
Assistant Professor, Sustainable Metallurgy (2024-present)
Department of Materials Science and Engineering, TU Delft, the Netherlands
Group Leader, Sustainable Synthesis of Materials (2021-present)
Department of Microstructure Physics and Alloy Design, Max Planck Institute for Sustainable Materials, Germany
Postdoctoral researcher (2020-2021)
Department of Microstructure Physics and Alloy Design, Max Planck Institute for Sustainable Materials, Germany
Recognition
2025 Top Viewed Article in Advanced Science, Wiley
2024 Outstanding Youth Editorial Board Member, International Journal of Minerals, Metallurgy and Materials
2024 Outstanding Paper Award 2024, International Journal of Minerals, Metallurgy and Materials
2023-2025 Stanford’s top 2% most highly cited scientists in 2023/2024/2025
2022 The DGM Prize for Young Talent, German Materials Society (DGM), Germany
2021 Walter Benjamin Award, German Research Foundation (DFG), Germany
2017 Finalist of the 2017 MST Literature Review Prize, The Institute of Materials, Minerals & Mining (IOM3), UK