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Avatar for Xiaoshan Xu
Xiaoshan Xu
Associate Professor

Appointments

2019- Associate Professor, Department of Physics and Astronomy

2018 - Adjunct Faculty Member, Department of Mechanical and Material Engineering

2013 - Faculty Associate, Nebraska Center for Materials and Nanoscience

2013 - 2019 Assistant Professor, Department of Physics and Astronomy

2012 - 2013 Research Associate, Bryn Mawr College

2010 - 2012 R&D Associate, Oak Ridge National Lab

2007 - 2010 Postdoctoral Research Associate, University of Tennessee

Honors and Awards

2023     Susan J. Rosowski Professorship

2018     Early Career Award, Department of Energy

2016     Emerging Leader, selected by Journal of Physics: Condensed Matter

2015     Faculty Early Career Development Award, National Science Foundation

2010     Eugene P. Wigner Fellowship, Oak Ridge National Lab

Graduate Students

  1. Avatar for Xin Li
    Xin Li
    Graduate Research Assistant Physics & Astronomy University of Nebraska-Lincoln
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    xli79@huskers.unl.edu
  2. Avatar for Bharat Giri
    Bharat Giri
    Graduate Research Assistant Physics & Astronomy University of Nebraska-Lincoln
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    bgiri2@huskers.unl.edu
  3. Avatar for Yuanyuan Ni
    Yuanyuan Ni
    Graduate Research Assistant Physics & Astronomy University of Nebraska-Lincoln
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    yuanyuan.ni@huskers.unl.edu
  4. Avatar for Bibek Tiwari
    Bibek Tiwari
    Graduate Research Assistant Physics & Astronomy University of Nebraska-Lincoln
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    tiwaribibek@huskers.unl.edu
  5. Avatar for Amit Shah
    Amit Shah
    Graduate Research Assistant Physics & Astronomy University of Nebraska-Lincoln
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    ashah9@huskers.unl.edu
  6. Avatar for Kawshan Hathurusingha
    Kawshan Hathurusingha
    Graduate TA Physics & Astronomy University of Nebraska-Lincoln
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    khathurusingha2@huskers.unl.edu
  7. Avatar for Bhaskar Khadka
    Bhaskar Khadka
    Graduate TA Physics & Astronomy University of Nebraska-Lincoln
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    bkhadka4@huskers.unl.edu

Alumni

Postdoctoral researchers
  • Jing Li (to Micron)
  • Yu Yun (to Drexell University)
  • Shashi Poddar (to Euclid TechLabs)
  • Yuewei Yin (now Professor at University of Science and Technology of China)
Graduate students
  1. Ahsan Ullah (Ph.D., Augst 2023), Topological Hall Effect in Particulate Magnetic Nanostructure
  2. Detian Yang (Ph.D., Augst 2023), Growth and Emergent Functionalities of Oxide Thin Films Utilizing Interface Engineering
  3. Haohan Wang (Ph.D., August 2022), Magnetism of Novel Rare-earth-free Intermetallic Compounds
  4. Corbyn Mellinger (Ph.D., May 2022), Strain and Surface Effects on Magnetization of Nickel Cobaltate Thin Films
  5. Yifan Yuan (Ph.D., May 2021), Growth and characterization of molecular ferroelectric thin films https://digitalcommons.unl.edu/mechengdiss/165/ 
  6. Xuanyuan Jiang (Ph.D., May 2020): Growth and Characterization of Organic Ferroelectric and Magnetic Thin Films https://digitalcommons.unl.edu/dissertations/AAI27667576 
  7. Kishan Sinha (Ph.D., May 2018): Growth and Characterization of Hexagonal Rare-Earth Ferrites (h-RFeO3; R = Sc, Lu, Yb) http://digitalcommons.unl.edu/dissertations/AAI10793763 
Undergraduate students
  • Abbegail Bowers (Undergraduate Creative Activities and Research Experience, Darrell J. Nelson Summer Undergraduate Internship in Energy Sciences Research)
  • Camden Olds (Undergraduate Creative Activities and Research Experience, Darrell J. Nelson Summer Undergraduate Internship in Energy Sciences Research)
  • Trevor Waldron (to UT Dallas)
  • Jason White
  • Caleb Schmidt (Darrell J. Nelson Summer Undergraduate Internship in Energy Sciences Research, to Rutgers U.)
  • Ankit Pant (Undergraduate Creative Activities and Research Experience, to U. Buffalo)
  • Haopeng Zhang (Undergraduate Creative Activities and Research Experience, to U. Binghamton)
  • Stuart Brutsche
  • Wesley Barnes