Tingting Song

Dr Tingting Song is an ARC DECRA Fellow and RMIT Vice-Chancellor's Research Fellow at the Centre for Additive Manufacturing in the School of Engineering, RMIT University. Tingting obtained her PhD in 2016 from RMIT University. Tingting is a physical metallurgist and materials scientist trained in Australia with a proven track record in both nanoporous metals and metal additive manufacturing – particularly in the design, nanofabrication and commercial translation of nanoporous metals, and high-performance Ti-alloys enabled by metal additive manufacturing. She pioneers interdisciplinary research in the unique integration of metal additive manufacturing and post-nanofabrication for a novel class of highly biocompatible implant materials.

Awards and honours:

• Ian Polmear Early Career Researcher Award, Materials Australia 2024
• RMIT Vice-Chancellor’s Research Fellowship 2023
• ARC Discovery Early Career Research Award (DECRA) 2023
• Best Poster Award, Additive Manufacturing Symposium, the 11th Pacific Rim International Conference on Advanced Materials and Processing (PRICM11), Jeju, South Korea, 2023
• JWRI International Joint Research Collaborator (JIJReC) (~$7000, by Joining and Welding Research Institute (JWRI), Osaka University, Japan, 2023)
• 1st Runner-Up Award MSC Software Indo-Pacific Virtual User Conference 2021
• Asia-Oceania Neutron Scattering Association (AONSA) Young Research Fellowship 2020
• The Ian Potter Foundation Travel Grant (The Ian Potter Foundation, 2018)High Degree by Research Travel Grant (RMIT University, 2015)
• Certificate of Graduation of 2014 Cheiron School organized by AOFSRR (Asia-Oceania Forum for Synchrotron Radiation Research)
• Graduate School International Travel Award (The University of Queensland, 2013)

Selected publications (As of Sep 2025, 58 journal papers with > 2500 GS citations)

• T. Song, Z.B. Chen, X.Y. Cui, S.L. Lu, H.S. Chen, H. Wang, T. Dong, B. Qin, K. Chan, M. Brandt, X.Z. Liao, S. Ringer, M. Qian, Strong and ductile titanium–oxygen–iron alloys by additive manufacturing, Nature, (2023) 618, 63-68.
• T. Song, R. Schmid-Fetzer, M. Yan, M. Qian, Near room-temperature formation of Cu3Sn: In-situ synchrotron X-ray diffraction characterization and thermodynamic assessments of its nucleation, Acta Materialia, (2021) 116894.
• T. Song, M. Yan, N.A.S. Webster, M.J. Styles, J. Kimpton, M. Qian, In-situ and ex-situ synchrotron X-ray diffraction studies of microstructural length-scale controlled dealloying mechanisms, Acta Materialia, 168 (2019) 376-392.
• T. Song, T. Dong, S.L. Lu, K. Kondoh, R. Das, M. Brandt, M. Qian, Simulation-informed laser metal powder deposition of Ti-6Al-4V with ultrafine α-β lamellar structures for desired tensile properties, Additive Manufacturing, (2021) 102139.
• T. Song, H.P. Tang, Y. Li, M. Qian, Liquid metal dealloying of titanium-tantalum (Ti-Ta) alloy to make ultrafine Ta ligament structures: A comparative study in molten copper (Cu) and Cu-based alloys, Corrosion Science, (2020) 108600.
• T. Song, M. Yan, M. Qian, The enabling role of dealloying in the creation of specific hierarchical porous metal structures, Corrosion Science, 134 (2018) 78-98.
• T. Song, Y. Gao, Z. Zhang, Q. Zhai, Microstructure and phase evolution during the dealloying of bi-phase Al–Ag alloy, Corrosion Science, 68 (2013) 256-262
• T. Song, M. Yan, Z. Shi, A. Atrens, M. Qian, Creation of bimodal porous copper materials by an annealing-electrochemical dealloying approach, Electrochimica Acta, 164 (2015) 288-296.
• H. Zhong, T. Song, H. Liu, C. Li, C. Li, M. Wen, Z. Ning, J. Gu, M. Qian, Skeletal High-Strength Nanoporous Copper and Metamaterials: The Hakka Tulou Design Heritage, Advanced Materials (2025) e03701.
• J. Elambasseril, T. Song, S. Mendis, E. Lui, M. Leary, M. Brandt, M. Qian, Effect of powder characteristics on layer density, defects, and tensile properties of Ti-6Al-4V via laser powder bed fusion: establishing benchmark parameters for quality, Progress in Additive Manufacturing (2025) https://doi.org/10.1007/s40964-025-01046-z
• H. Z. Zhang, T. Song, C. Li, R. Das, J. Gu, M. Qian, The Gibson-Ashby model for additively manufactured metal lattice materials: Its theoretical basis, limitations and new insights from remedies, Current Opinion in Solid State and Materials Science, 27 (2023), 101081.
• H. Zhong, T. Song, C. Li, R. Das, J. Gu, M. Qian, Understanding the superior mechanical properties of hollow-strut metal lattice materials, Scripta Materialia, (2023) 228, 115341.
• J.L. Smith, N. Tran, T. Song, D. Liang, M. Qian, Robust bulk micro-nano hierarchical copper structures possessing exceptional bactericidal efficacy, Biomaterials, 280 (2022) 121271.
• Q. Zhou, X.Z. Zhang, T. Song, S.L. Lu, T. Dong, H.P. Tang, M. Qian, Laser directed energy deposition of Ti-1Al-8V-5Fe alloy: From zero to significant tensile plasticity, Scripta Materialia 239 (2024) 115814.