主持或參加完成的主要科研項目有：十五“863”重點項目“耐熱鎂合金及其在汽車上的套用研究”（第三完成人）；國家安全973項目“面向XXX的高性能鎂合金基礎研究”（子專題負責人）；國家自然基金項目“基於非晶組分設計自生準晶增強鎂合金的研究”(2005)、“應力誘導ZrO2相變增韌非晶複合材料製備及其強韌化機理”(2007)、“鎂合金塑性加工中納米準晶的形成及其對織構隨機化的作用機理”(2011)（負責人）；國家自然基金項目“鎂合金中沉澱相界面結構及遷移性研究和熱穩定組織設計“（主要參與完成人）；上海市基礎重大項目：可降解骨內植物用鎂基生物材料相關重大問題的基礎研究（2012.1-2015.12）項目首席科學家，上海市基礎研究重點項目“準晶增強鎂合金及其變形行為的研究”（2005－2007）和“LPSO結構和稀土強化相複合增強的新一代超高強度鎂合金套用基礎研究”（2008－2010）負責人；日本學術振興會（JSPS）資助項目“鎂基大塊非晶和準晶增強超高強度鎂合金的研究”（負責人）。合著“鎂合金科學與技術”（科學出版社，2007，第二作者）。共發表材料研究領域學術論文60餘篇,其中SCI收錄40餘篇(36篇為第一作者及通訊作者，影響因子I.F.>2.0 計9篇）), EI收錄34篇，SCI收錄論文他引400餘篇次，近5年來7次應邀參加國際學術會議作大會發言。申請發明專利11項，授權7項。榮獲2007年上海市科技進步一等獎、2008上海市發明創造專利獎三等獎。入選2007年教育部新世紀優秀人才,榮獲2008年度上海交通大學“晨星青年學者獎勵計畫”SMC優秀青年教師獎。目前是日本金屬學會海外會員，中國材料研究學會會員，國際著名材料學研究期刊J.Mater.Research, Scripta Materialia 以及Mater Sci & Eng.A等的特約審稿人。
研究方向
1. 新型輕金屬材料的組織控制與強韌化
2. 可降解生物醫用金屬材料及表面改性
3. 非晶與準晶材料
主要貢獻
1.Hua Huang, Guangyin Yuan*, Zhongchang Wang,et al, Effects of icosahedral quasicrystalline fraction and extrusion ratio on microstructure, mechanical properties and anisotropy of as-extruded Mg-Zn-Gd-based alloys, Metall and Mat Trans A, 44(2),Feb 2013, DOI 10.1007/s11661-013-1609-y. pp.1-10.
2.Hua Huang, Guangyin Yuan*, Zhenhua Chu, et al, Microstructure and mechanical properties of double continuous extruded Mg-Zn-Gd-based magnesium alloys，Mater Sci & Eng A 560, 2013, pp.241-248.
3.Z.Chu, G.Y.Yuan*, et al, Correlation between the enhanced plasticity of glassy matrix composites and the intrinsic mechanical property of reinforcement, Mater Sci & Eng A 560, 2013, pp. 40–46
4.X.B.Zhang,G.Y.Yuan*, W.J.Ding, Effects of extrusion and heat treatment on the mechanical properties and biocorrosion behaviors of a Mg-Nd-Zn-Zr alloy, Journal of the Mechanical Behavior of Biomedical Materials, Vol.7, pp.77-86,2012 (I.F.=3.327)
5.Xiaobo Zhang, Guangyin Yuan*, Jialin Niu, Penghuai Fu, Wenjiang Ding, Microstructure, mechanical properties, biocorrosion behaviors and cytotoxicity of as-extruded Mg-Nd-Zn-Zr alloy with different extrusion ratios, Journal of the Mechanical Behavior of Biomedical Materials, Vol.9, pp.153-162, 2012 (I.F.=3.327)
6.Wang, Y, Ouyang Y, Peng, X, Mao L,Yuan G, Jiang Y*, He Y, Effects of degradable MG-ND-ZN-ZR alloy on osteoblastic cell function, INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF IMMUNOPATHOLOGY AND PHARMACOLOGY, Vol. 25(3)(2012) 597-606. (I.F.=2.991)
7.Lin Mao, Guangyin Yuan*, Jialin Niu, Yang Zong, Wenjiang Ding, In vitro degradation behavior and biocompatibility of Mg-Nd-Zn-Zr alloy by hydrofluoric acid treatment, Materials Science and Engineering C 33(1),2013,pp. 242–250. (I.F.=2.686)
8.Chunxi Yang, Guangyin Yuan, Jia Zhang, Ze Tang, Xiaoling Zhang, Kerong Dai*, Effects of magnesium alloys extracts on adult human bone marrow-derived stromal cell viability and osteogenic differentiation, Biomedical Materials.5(2010) 045005. (I.F.=2.467)
9.Xiaobo Zhang, Guangyin Yuan*, Lin Mao, Jialin Niu, Wenjiang Ding，Biocorrosion properties of as-extruded Mg-Nd-Zn-Zr alloy compared with commercial AZ31 and WE43 alloys，Materials Letters，66(2012)209-211. (I.F.=2.120)
10.S. Zhang, G.Y. Yuan*, C. Lu, W.J. Ding, The relationship between (Mg,Zn)3RE phase and 14H-LPSO phase in Mg-Gd-Y-Zn-Zr alloys solidified at different cooling rates. Journal of Alloys and Compounds. 2011, 509(8): 3515-3521
11.Jian Yin, Guangyin Yuan*, Zhenhua Chu, Jian Zhang, Wenjing Ding, Formation, microstructure and mechanical properties of in situ Mg-Ni-(Gd,Nd) bulk metallic glass composite, J.Mater.Research, 2009, 24（12）3603-3610.
12.Y.Liu, G.Y.Yuan*, C Lu, et al,The role of nanoquasicrystals on the ductility enhancement of as-extruded Mg-Zn-Gd alloy at elevated temperature ，Journal of Materials Science 43 (16),2008, pp. 5527-5533
13.Guangyin Yuan, Yong Liu, Wenjiang Ding, Chen Lu, Effects of extrusion on the microstructure and mechanical properties of Mg-Zn-Gd alloy reinforced with quasicrystalline particles, Mater.Sci.& Eng.A, 2008, 474/1-2, p.348-354.
14.Yong Liu, Guangyin Yuan*, Cheng Lu et al, Stable icosahedral phase in Mg-Zn-Gd alloy, Scripta Materialia, 55(2006)919-922. times cited:10
15.Guangyin Yuan, Cunling Qin, Akihisa Inoue, Mg-Based Bulk Glassy Alloys with High Strength above 900MPa and Plastic Strain，J. Mater. Research, (2005) 20(2),394-400. times cited:16
16.Guangyin Yuan, Akihisa Inoue, The effect of Ni substitution on the glass-forming ability and mechanical properties of Mg-Cu-Gd metallic glass alloys, J. Alloys and Compounds, (2005) 387(1-2),134-138. times cited:57
17.Guangyin Yuan, Zili Liu, Yisuan Wang, Microstructure refinement of Mg alloys containing Mg2Si , Materials Letters (2002) 56,53-58. times cited:116
18.Guangyin Yuan , Yangshan Sun, Wenjiang Ding, Effects of Sb addition on the microstructure and mechanical properties of AZ91 magnesium alloy, Scripta Mater. (2000) 43,1009-1013. times cited:64.
