Presentation title:  Strain localization behavior in a 304 type stainless steel having fine microstructures 

Si Gao is currently an associate professor in the Department of Materials Science and Engineering at the graduate school of engineering of Kyoto University, Japan. He earned the Bachelor's degree in Materials Physics from Lanzhou University, China, in 2009, followed by a Master's and PhD in Materials Science and Engineering from Kyoto University in 2013 and 2016, respectively. From 2016 to 2019, he had been engaged as a postdoctoral researcher within the Department of Materials Science and Engineering at Kyoto University. His research interest is on exploring the relationship between the microstructures and mechanical properties of structural metallic materials, particularly the strain localization behavior of metals having ultrafine microstructures. He has published over 40 papers in academic journals and serves as a reviewer of academic journals such as Acta Materialia, Scripta Materialia, Materials Science and Engineering A, Journal of Materials Science and Technologies.