Zi Yang

This publication record appears to combine work from multiple distinct researchers sharing the name 'Zi Yang,' spanning corrosion science and coatings, CO2 electroreduction catalysis, precision machining, machine learning for language models and robotics, forest carbon mapping, and even scorpion glycoprotein chemistry and political science. Because of this apparent mixing, it is difficult to identify a single coherent research program; prospective students should verify which specific publications and topics belong to the PI they are considering before drawing conclusions. If focused on corrosion and materials protection, the work concerns understanding and preventing metal degradation (e.g., of magnesium, aluminum, zinc, and steel alloys) using coatings and chemical inhibitors.

Publication output has been variable but generally increased in recent years, rising from lower counts in 2020-2022 to a higher and fairly steady pace of 10-14 papers per year in 2023-2025.

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