Wangzhong Mu, is currently a Docent (Assoc. Prof./Senior Lecturer level qualification) of Sustainable Metallurgy and a Digital Futures Faculty Member at Royal Institute of Technology (KTH), Sweden. He obtained his Ph.D. degree (2015) from KTH, and bachelor & master degree from Northeastern University (China). Besides, he has also worked at McMaster University (Canada), Tohoku University (Japan), and Ferritico AB (Sweden) after Ph.D.

His research experience and interest focus on sustainable metallurgy, steelmaking (in particular non-metallic inclusion control), intelligent material design, and multiscale characterization, etc. He has published over 60 academic papers in peer-reviewed international journals, and presented over ten times at international conferences as keynote/invited speakers. He serves as the active organizers and advisor members of several international metallurgical conferences including TMS, CSSCR, IPES, etc. Meanwhile, he serves as the PI for over ten international and national levels research grants from e.g. EU EIT RawMateiral, VINNOVA (Swedish Innovation Agency), SSF (Swedish Foundation for Strategic Research), etc.