Xi Lin

xilin@pku.edu.cn

Education

2003-2008 Ph.D. in Physics, The Pennsylvania State University

1998-2003 Bachelor's Degree in Physics, University of Science and Technology of China

Experience

2022-Present Researcher, Hefei National Laboratory

2023-Present Professor, Peking University

2017-2023 Associate Professor, Peking University

2012-2016 Researcher, Peking University

2009-2011 Postdoctoral Fellow/Associate, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

2008-2009 Postdoctoral Associate, The Pennsylvania State University

Overview of Academic Research

His research focuses on many-body problems in condensed matter physics. In particular, he is interested in the statistical properties and quantum phase transitions in two-dimensional electron systems through innovations in ultra-low-temperature experimental techniques. He designed and realized a cryogen-free refrigerator below 0.1 mK.

Research Directions/Fields:‌

Fractional Quantum Hall Effect

Quantum Transport

Development of Ultra-Low-Temperature Experimental Techniques

Major Honors and Awards

Representative Publications

1. Nature 449, 1025 (2007), Probable heat capacity signature of the supersolid transition

2. Science 350, 542 (2015), Quantum Griffiths singularity of superconductor-metal transition in Ga thin films

3. PNAS 113, 12386 (2016), Competing ν=5/2 fractional quantum Hall states in confined geometry/span>

4. Physical Review Letters 123, 206602 (2019), Resymmetrizing broken symmetry with hydraulic pressure

5. Review of Scientific Instruments 92, 025120 (2021), Cryogen-free one hundred microkelvin refrigerator

6. Fundamental Research 2, 178 (2022), Dynamic ordering transitions in charged solid

7. Nature Communications 14, 1758 (2023), Anomalous quantized plateaus in two-dimensional electron gas with gate confinement