2022.10 – present
Associate Professor (Tenure-track), Spin-X Institute, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou, China
Also affiliated with Schools of Materials Science and Engineering & Microelectronics
2019.09 – 2022.08
Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Physics, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, U.S.
Faculty sponsor: Liuyan Zhao
2017.12 – 2019.08
Visiting scholar, Physics, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, U.S.
Faculty sponsors: Kin Fai Mak & Jie Shan
2014.08 – 2019.08
Ph.D., Physics, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA, U.S.
Advisors: Kin Fai Mak & Jie Shan
2012.09 – 2014.06
MPhys., Physics, First Class Honours, University of Manchester, UK
Advisor: Kostya Novoselov
2009.09 – 2013.06
B.S., Physics, Shandong University, Jinan, China
Conferences:
[Invited] H. Xie, 3rd Xiamen Light-Matter Interaction Conference: Exotic magnetism in twisted 2D magnets, 12/2024, Xiamen, China.
[Invited] H. Xie, Conference of Condensed Matter Physics 2024: Emergent magnetism in twisted 2D magnets, 08/2024, Liyang, China.
[Invited] H. Xie, 8th National Congress of Magnetic Materials and Devices: Moiré magnetism in twisted 2D magnets, 14/04/2024, Hangzhou, China.
[Invited] H. Xie, 2nd China-Germany Bilateral Meeting on Topological Devices, 2D Materials and the Future of Spintronics: Probing and engineering 2D magnetism in CrI3 atomic and moiré crystals, 08/2023, Mainz, Germany.
[Invited] H. Xie, 2023 International Workshop on Frontier Physics: Detection and control of 2D magnetism, 07/2023, Jinan, China.
[Invited] H. Xie, Symposium for NSFC Project of National Major Scientific Research Instrument: Optical characterization of 2D magnetism, 04/2023, Beijing, China.
Seminars:
[Invited] H. Xie, Materials Seminar: Investigate two-dimensional magnetism via lattice engineering, Guangdong University of Technology, 09/2025, Guangzhou, China.
[Invited] H. Xie, Physics Seminar: Investigate two-dimensional magnetism via lattice engineering, Hong Kong University of Technology (Guangzhou), 07/2025, Guangzhou, China.
[Invited] H. Xie, Nano Optoelectronics Series Seminar: Exotic magnetism in 2D moiré magnets, 11/2024, Online - KouShare Live, China.
[Invited] H. Xie, Physics Seminar: Moiré magnetism in twisted 2D magnets, Liaoning Academy of Materials, 07/2024, Shenyang, China.
[Invited] H. Xie, Physics Seminar: Moiré magnetism in twisted 2D magnets, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, 03/2024, Shanghai, China.
[Invited] H. Xie, Physics Seminar: Moiré magnetism in twisted 2D magnets, South China Normal University, 11/2023, Guangzhou, China.
[Invited] H. Xie, Physics Seminar: Towards exciton optomechanics in suspended 2D semiconductors, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, 04/2022, Hong Kong (online), China.
[Invited] H. Xie, Physics Colloquium: Probing and engineering 2D magnetism in magnetic atomic crystals, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, 04/2022, Hong Kong (online), China.
[Invited] H. Xie, Physics Colloquium: Probing and engineering 2D magnetism in magnetic atomic crystals, University of Notre Dame, 03/2022, Notre Dame, IN, U.S.
[Invited] H. Xie, Physics Colloquium: Probing and engineering 2D magnetism in magnetic atomic crystals, University of Nebraska Lincoln, 03/2022, Lincoln, NE, U.S.
[Invited] H. Xie, Physics Colloquium: Probing and engineering 2D magnetism in magnetic atomic crystals, Miami University, 02/2022, Oxford, OH, U.S.
[Invited] H. Xie, Physics Seminar: Probing and engineering 2D magnetism in magnetic atomic crystals, New York University, 01/2022, New York City, U.S.
[Invited] H. Xie, Condensed Matter Theory Seminar: Towards exciton optomechanics in suspended 2D semiconductors, University of Michigan, 04/2019, Ann Arbor, MI, U.S.
South China University of Technology (Instructor)
Electric Circuits (Spring 2025)
College Experimental Physics II (Fall 2023)
The Pennsylvania State University (Teaching assistant)
PHYS 457W: Experimental Physics (Summer 2015, Fall 2016&17)
PHYS 211: Mechanics (Fall 2014, Spring 2015&16)
PHYS 212: Electricity and Magnetism (Fall 2015)