最高学历：中国科学院大学 应用化学专业 工学博士（2016）

留学经历： 2018年在德国慕尼黑大学从事2年的博士后研究

工作经历：曾在武汉理工大学硅酸盐材料工程中心任助理研究员、副研究员

2021-至今 烟台大学 精准材料高等研究院 教授

1. 十三五装备预研领域基金, 61402060404, 2018/11-2020/12, 50万元, 主持;

2. 国家自然科学基金青年基金, 51702244, 2018/01-2020/12, 26万元, 主持;

3. 山东省省自然科学基金面上项目, ZR2022ME067, 2023/01-2025/12,10万元, 主持;

4. 山东省高等学校青年创新团队, 2023.01.-2025.12, 50万元, 主持.

1. 周鑫 (3/10) ; 稀土高温热障涂层热稳定性研究, 中国稀土学会, 2020年稀土科学
技术一等奖;

2. 2018年获SCI期刊Surface &. Coating Technology 杰出审稿人;

3. 2017年获SCI期刊Corrosion Science杰出审稿人；

4. 2017年获SCI期刊Journal of Alloys and Compounds 杰出审稿人。

1. Xin Zhou, Wenjia Song*, Jieyan Yuan, Qingmei Gong, Hao Zhang, Xueqiang Cao*, Donald B. Dingwell, Thermophysical properties and cyclic lifetime of plasma sprayed SrAl₁₂O₁₉ for thermal barrier coating applications, Journal of the American Ceramic Society, 2020, 103:5599–5611.

2. Xin Zhou*, Tao Chen, Jieyan Yuan, Zhonghua Deng, Hao Zhang, Jianing Jiang, Xueqiang Cao*, Failure of plasma sprayed nano-zirconia-based thermal barrier coatings exposed to molten CaO-MgO-Al₂O₃-SiO₂ deposits, Journal of the American Ceramic Society, 2019, 102:6357–6371.

3. Xin Zhou*, Jinshuang Wang, Jieyan Yuan, Junbin Sun, Shujuan Dong, Limin He, Xueqiang Cao*, Calcium-magnesium-alumino-silicate induced degradation and failure of La₂(Zr_0.7Ce_0.3)₂O₇/YSZ double-ceramic-layer thermal barrier coatings prepared by electron beam-physical vapor deposition, Journal of the European Ceramic Society, 2018, 38 (4): 1897-1907.

4. Xin Zhou*, Limin He, Xueqiang Cao, Zhenhua Xu, Rende Mu, Junbin Sun, Jieyan Yuan, Zou, Binglin*, La₂(Zr_0.7Ce_0.3)₂O₇ thermal barrier coatings prepared by electron beam-physical vapor deposition that are resistant to high temperature attack by molten silicate, Corrosion Science, 2017,115: 143-151.

5. Xin Zhou, Zhenhua Xu, Binglin Zou*, Limin He, Jiaying Xu, Xueqiang Cao*, Hot corrosion behaviour of LaTi₂Al₉O₁₉ ceramic exposed to molten V₂O₅ at temperatures of 700-950^oC, Corrosion Science, 2016, 104: 310-318.

6. Xin Zhou, Binglin Zou, Limin He*, Zhenhua Xu, Jiaying Xu, Rende Mu, Xueqiang Cao*, Hot corrosion behaviour of La₂(Zr_0.7Ce_0.3)₂O₇ thermal barrier coating ceramics exposed to molten calcium magnesium aluminosilicate at different temperatures, Corrosion Science, 2015, 100: 566-578.

7. Si Chen, Xin Zhou*, Wenjia Song, Junbin Sun, Hao Zhang, Jianing Jianga, Longhui Deng, Shujuan Dong, Xueqiang Cao*, Mg₂SiO₄ as a novel thermal barrier coating material

for gas turbine applications, Journal of the European Ceramic Society, 2019, 39 (7): 2397-2408.

1. SCI期刊Frontiers in Materials 专刊客座副主编；

2. 《中国有色金属学报》（中英文版）青年编委；