左铁镛教授1936年9月出生在北京,1958年毕业于东北工学院(现东北大学)冶金材料专业。1958年在中南矿冶学院(现中南工业大学)任教,历任助教、讲师、副教授(1981)、教授(1985)、博士生导师(1986)等学术职务,1960年1月加入中国共产党。并任研究室主任(1961)、系副主任、研究所副所长(1965)、中南矿冶学院副院长、院长(1985)、中南工业大学副校长 Professor Zuo Tieli was born in Beijing in September 1936 and graduated from the Northeast Institute of Technology (now Northeastern University) with a major in metallurgy materials in 1958. In 1958, he taught at Zhongnan Mining and Metallurgical College (now Zhongnan University of Technology) and served as a teaching assistant, lecturer, associate professor (1981), professor (1985), doctoral supervisor (1986) and other academic positions. In January 1960, he joined the Chinese Communist Party. And served as laboratory director (1961), deputy director of the Institute, deputy director (1965), Zhongnan Mining and Metallurgy Institute vice president, dean (1985), vice president of South China University of Technology