XU Hu Professor

Phone:0755-88018210

Email:xuh#sustech.edu.cn

Office:College of Science P4103

Research Areas

  • Surface structures and catalytic mechanisms of functional materials
  • Theoretical calculations of two-dimensional materials and topological materials

Educational Background

Sep 2005-Jan 2010: Ph. D. in Condensed Matter Physics, Technical Institute of Physics and Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China

Sep 2001-Jul 2005: B. Sc. in Physics, School of Physics, Shandong University



Professional Experience

Oct 2020-present: Professor, Department of Physics, Southern University of Science and Technology 
Feb 2018-Sep 2020: Associate Professor with Tenure, Department of Physics, Southern University of Science and Technology 
Aug 2012-Jan 2018: Associate Professor, Department of Physics, Southern University of Science and Technology 
Mar 2010-Jul 2011: Senior Research Associate, City University of Hong Kong
Jul 2008-Dec 2009: Research Assistant, City University of Hong Kong


Honors & Awards

2019, The Expert Enjoying Special Allowances from Shenzhen
2017, Guangdong Natural Science Funds for Distinguished Young Scholar
2017, Young Top-Notch Talent of Special Support Program in Guangdong Province, China



Selected Publication

1. "Two-Dimensional Dirac Semimetals without Inversion Symmetry", Y. J. Jin, B. B. Zheng, X. L. Xiao, Z. J. Chen, Y. Xu, and H. Xu*, Phys. Rev. Lett. 125, 116402 (2020).
2. "Symmetry-Protected Topological Triangular Weyl Complex", R. Wang, B. W. Xia, Z. J. Chen, B. B. Zheng, Y. J. Zhao, and H. Xu*, Phys. Rev. Lett. 124, 105303 (2020).
3. "Symmetry-Protected Ideal Type-II Weyl Phonons in CdTe", B. W. Xia, R. Wang, Z. J. Chen, Y. J. Zhao, and H. Xu*, Phys. Rev. Lett. 123, 065501 (2019).
4. "Robust Twin Pairs of Weyl Fermions in Ferromagnetic Oxides", B. W. Xia, Y. J. Jin, J. Z. Zhao, Z. J. Chen, B. B. Zheng, Y. J. Zhao, R. Wang*, and H. Xu*, Phys. Rev. Lett. 122, 057205 (2019).
5. "Quasi-One-Dimensional Metal-Insulator Transitions in Compound Semiconductor Surfaces", J. Z. Zhao, W. Fan, M. J. Verstraete, Z. Zanolli, J. Fan, X. B. Yang, H. Xu*, and S. Y. Tong*, Phys. Rev. Lett. 117, 116101 (2016).