Xiaohui Xu
About Me
About Me
I am a postdoctoral research associate in Prof. Nathalie de Leon's group at Princeton University. I work on engineering diamond color centers for Nanoscale Quantum Sensing. My research combines optics, quantum photonics, materials science and engineering.
Education
Ph.D. in Materials Engineering, 2022
Purdue University, West Lafayette, USA
M.S. in Materials Engineering, 2018
Purdue University, West Lafayette, USA
B.Eng. in Materials Science and Engineering, 2016
Xiamen University, Xiamen, China
Professional Activities
Professional Activities
Professional Leaderships
President of the IEEE Photonics Society Purdue University Student Chapter, 2021—2022.Treasurer of the SPIE Purdue University Student Chapter, 2020—2021.Leadership member of the Quantum Science Center Postdocs and Graduate Students Association, 2020—2021.President of the SPIE Purdue University Student Chapter, 2019—2020.Professional Leaderships
Professional memberships
Member of the Honor Society of Phi Kappa Phi, 2022—present.Student member of The International Society for Optics and Photonics (SPIE), 2019—present.Student member of Optica (formerly OSA), 2019—present.Student member of the American Physical Society (APS), 2021—present.Student member of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), 2020—present.Student member of IEEE Photonics Society, 2020—present.Student member of IEEE Young Professionals, 2020—present.Professional memberships
Awards and Honors
Awards and Honors
2023
2023
Optica Corning Women Optical Communications Scholarship
2022
2022
IEEE Photonics Society Graduate Student Scholarship
SPIE Optics and Photonics Education Scholarship
Phi Kappa Phi Love of Learning Award
First place in the Oral Presentation at the 9th Annual Graduate Industrial Research Symposium (GIRS), Purdue University.First place in the Poster Competition at the 9th Annual Graduate Industrial Research Symposium (GIRS), Purdue University.Purdue College of Engineering Travel Grant.2021
Best Student Paper (third place), IEEE Photonics Conference.Director’s award, First DOE Quantum Science Center (QSC) poster competition.2021
2020
First place in the Sigma Xi Poster Competition at Purdue.SPIE Officer Travel Grant for Optics and Photonics.SVC Foundation College Scholarship.2020
2016
2016
Outstanding graduate of the year at Xiamen University (1%).
2015
Tohoku University JYPE Student Scholarship.National Scholarship at Xiamen University (1%).2015