Xiaoqin Li
Xiaoqin Elaine Li is a Chinese and American experimental physicist whose work uses ultrafast laser spectroscopy to study the quantum electrodynamics of electrons and the quantum properties of nanostructures including van der Waals heterostructures, quantum dots, and optical metamaterials. She is a professor of physics at the University of Texas at Austin, where she directs the Texas Quantum Institute and holds the Jack S. Josey Welch Foundation Science Chair in Science.[1]
Education and career
[edit]Li entered the physics program at Beijing Normal University intending to teach physics at the high school level, but was encouraged by a professor there to continue her studies abroad, at the graduate level.[1] After graduating in 1997,[2] she completed her Ph.D. in 2003, at the University of Michigan.[3] There, she was one of many doctoral students of Duncan G. Steel.[4]
She became a postdoctoral researcher at JILA, formerly the Joint Institute for Laboratory Astrophysics, at the University of Colorado Boulder. She became a faculty member at the University of Texas at Austin in 2007,[1][3] reaching the rank of full professor in 2018.[2]
Recognition
[edit]Li was a 2008 recipient of a Sloan Research Fellowship,[5] and a 2009 recipient of the Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers.[6] She was a Humboldt Research Fellow in 2013–2015, funding her for a visit to Technische Universität Berlin to work with Ulrike Woggon.[3][7]
In 2015, Li was named a Fellow of the American Physical Society, "for contributions to quantum information, multidimensional coherent spectroscopy, nanophotonics based on AFM assembly, and spin dynamics in ferromagnetic nanostructures".[8] In 2024, she was elected as a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science.[9]
References
[edit]- ^ a b c "Xiaoqin (Elaine) Li, Professor, Director, Texas Quantum Institute", Directory, University of Texas at Austin Department of Physics, retrieved 2025-05-07
- ^ a b "About the speaker" (PDF), Seminar: Prof. Xiaoqin Elaine Li, Moiré excitons in a van der Waals heterostructure, Peking University Center for Quantum Materials, July 20, 2018, retrieved 2025-05-07
- ^ a b c "About the PI", LiNanoLight, retrieved 2025-05-07
- ^ June, Catharine (July 17, 2023), Duncan Steel retires, leaving a quantumly inspired legacy, University of Michigan Electrical & Computer Engineering, retrieved 2025-05-07
- ^ "Five Scientists Win Sloan Fellowships at The University of Texas at Austin", UT News, University of Texas at Austin, February 27, 2008, retrieved 2025-05-07
- ^ "Four University of Texas at Austin Researchers Receive Presidential Early Career Science and Engineering Awards", UT News, University of Texas at Austin, July 13, 2009, retrieved 2025-05-07
- ^ "Prof. Dr. Xiaoqin Li", Profiles, Humboldt Foundation, retrieved 2025-05-07
- ^ "Xiaoqin (Elaine) Li Elected to the American Physical Society", Accolades, University of Texas at Austin Department of Physics, October 26, 2015, retrieved 2025-05-07
- ^ "11 Faculty Members Elected Fellows of the American Association for the Advancement of Science", UT News, University of Texas at Austin, April 18, 2024, retrieved 2025-05-07
External links
[edit]- LiNanoLight, Li's research group
- Xiaoqin Li publications indexed by Google Scholar
- Living people
- Chinese physicists
- Chinese women physicists
- American physicists
- American women physicists
- Beijing Normal University alumni
- University of Michigan alumni
- University of Texas at Austin faculty
- Fellows of the American Physical Society
- Fellows of the American Association for the Advancement of Science