Biographical note

Yong Jiang is Professor for Materials Science at the University of Science and Technology Beijing since 2004. He received his PhD from the Chinese Academy of Science in 2000 and worked afterwards as researcher for the Information Storage Materials Laboratory at the national University of Singapore. In 2002 he joined Tohoku University, Japan. His research is focused on spin electronics, including current-perpendicular-to-plane giant magnetoresistance, spin transfer torque and perpendicular magnetized thin films. He has published over 120 refereed journal papers and two book chapters. He has been granted 10 patents, with another 10 patents pending. Xiaoguang Xu is Associate Professor at the University of Science and Technology in Beijing. After having received her PhD at Jilin University in 2004, she stayed for two years as postdoctoral fellow at Peking University. In 2006 she joined the University of Science and Technology, Beijing . Her research works focus on spintronic materials and devices, including half-metallic metal alloys, magnetic metal oxides materials and first-principles calculations. She has published more than 50 refereed journal papers and been granted 4 patents.