Abhishek Jain started his PhD at the University of Queensland in April 2019. He will be working on controlling the carbide morphology in high chromium white cast irons under the supervision of Prof Mingxing Zhang.
Abhishek obtained his bachelor’s degree in Material Science and Engineering at the Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur, and he subsequently completed his Master’s degree in Metallurgy at The University of Sheffield, under the supervision of Prof Richard Thackray.
His Master’s project was a collaboration with TATA Steel UK, and focused on the pyrolysis behaviour and life cycle assessment of biomass for industrial symbiosis in Steelmaking.