Professor Jianliang Zhang specializes in metallurgy process, obtaining BEng in 1986 and MEng in 1989 from University of Science & Technology Beijing (USTB), Joint PhD in 1996 from USTB and RWTH Aachen University.

He is a famous scientist in process engineering, which is very much related to the mineral/metallurgical/ chemical/material industries, especially in ironmaking. He is currently the Secretary of the Party Committee of the School of Metallurgical and Ecological Engineering in USTB, the secretary-general of World Steel Development Research Institute, an outstanding national science and technology worker, and an expert of the State Council special allowance.

He served as chairman of the Branch of ironmaking of the Chinese Society for Metal. He is a member of the editorial boards of the journals "ISIJ International", “INT J MIN MET MATER ", "Steel", "Ironmaking", "Journal of Iron and Steel Research".

He has presided over and undertaken more than 150 scientific research projects. In recent years, he has won one second prize of the National Science and Technology Progress Award and more than 25 provincial awards. He has published more than 600 papers, authorized more than 40 patents and 5 monographs.