Prof. Yuxi Xu

Founder & Chief Scientist

Graduated from the Department of Chemistry of Tsinghua University, Prof. Xu worked in postdoctoral research at University of Washington and UCLA. He joined the Department of Polymer Science and State Key Laboratory of Polymer Molecular Engineering of Fudan University in July 2015 as a professor/doctor. In April 2019, he joined the School of Engineering of Westlake University as a professor/doctoral director. He has presided over several national provincial and ministerial projects such as national excellent green, plane and Zhejiang key R & D programs, and is the world's top expert in the field of 2D materials.
Won the First Prize of Natural Science of the Ministry of Education in 2014 (ranked second). 2016 Second Prize of National Natural Science (ranked second); Selected as China Association for Science and Technology Young Talents Entrusted Project (2017); Clarivate Analytics Global Highly Cited Scientist (2018-2020); Won the First Chinese Chemical Society's 2019 CCI New Prize; The 2020 Young Innovator Award of Nano Research Funding for National Excellent Youth Program in 2020; Distinguished Professor of Oriental Scholar in Shanghai, Adjunct Professor in Tongji University, Visiting Professor at King Saudi University, Board Member of Zhejiang Membrane Society, Editorial Board of Nano Research, etc。