Weimin ZHANG
Research Fields: Creative Industry Management, Creative Industry Talent Cultivation, Cultural and Tourism Metaverse, Metal Heat Treatment
Weimin Zhang is currently a tenured professor, Party Secretary and Dean of ICCI. He has been engaged in interdisciplinary talent cultivation and related researches for a long time.
Zhang graduated with a bachelor's degree in Materials Science and Engineering from Shanghai Jiao Tong University (SJTU) in 1987, then obtained a master's degree and a PhD in Metal Heat Treatment from SJTU in 1995 and 2007 respectively. From July 1987 to April 1995, he served as an assistant then a full engineer at the Shanghai Welding Technology Research Institute of Light Industry (of SJTU). Since May 1995, he had been an engineer and lecturer at the Department of Materials Science and Engineering of SJTU, then an associate professor since 1998 and a full professor since 2007. He had also served as the Executive Deputy Director of the Institute of Metal Heat Treatment and Surface Engineering Intelligence, Vice Dean of the School of Materials Science and Engineering, etc. From the end of 2006 to 2010, Zhang served as the Deputy Director of the Division of Human Resources of SJTU; from 2010 to 2016, he served as the Director of the International Affairs Division; from April 2013 to April 2014, he served as the assigned governor assistant of Nujiang Prefecture, Yunnan Province. Since 2016, Zhang has served as the Secretary of ICCI Party Branch and concurrently as the Dean since December 2017. Starting from 2024, he has served as a tenured professor, Party Secretary, and Dean of ICCI. Zhang has won numerous national and provincial awards, including the Second Prize of National Science and Technology Progress, the First Prize of China University Science and Technology Progress (Technological Invention Category), the First Prize of National Ministry of Education Science and Technology Progress, the First Prize of Shanghai Science and Technology Award, and the 2019 Shanghai Talent Cultivation Award.