Brief Introduction:
Professor He serves as Director of the Research Affairs Office and Chair Professor in the Department of Physics at the Southern University of Science and Technology (SUSTech), and is a Fellow of the American Physical Society (APS Fellow). He received his B.S. in Physics from Wuhan University in 1998 and his Ph.D. in Physics in 2004 through a jointly supervised program between Wuhan University and Forschungszentrum Jülich, Germany. From 2004 to 2012 he worked successively at Brookhaven National Laboratory and Northwestern University, before joining SUSTech in 2013. His long-standing research focuses on experimental condensed matter physics, with principal interests in transmission electron microscopy, thermoelectric materials and device physics, and the correlation between fine structural features and physical properties. To date he has published more than 320 SCI-indexed papers, including 5 in Science as corresponding author; his work has received over 50,000 citations, with an h-index of 106, and he has been repeatedly recognized as a Clarivate Highly Cited Researcher.

Research Interests:
◆ Transmission Electron Microscopy
◆ Thermoelctric Materials and Device Physics

◆ Structure and property relationship

Educational Background:
◆ Ph.D. in Physics, Wuhan University and Germany Juelich Research Center, 2004
◆ B.S. in Physics, Wuhan University, 1998

Professional Experience:
◆ 2019-present, Chair Professor, Southern University of Science Technology, China
◆ 2013-2019, Professor, Southern University of Science Technology, China
◆ 2012-2013, Professor, Xi'an Jiaotong University, China
◆ 2010-2012, Research Assistant Professor,Northwestern University, USA
◆ 2008-2010, Research Associate, NorthwesternUniversity, USA
◆ 2004-2008, Postdoc fellow, Brookhaven NationalLaboratory, USA

Honors & Awards:

◆ 2024-First Prize, Guangdong Provincial Natural Science Award (ranked 1st)

◆  2024-Fellow of the American Physical Society (APS Fellow)

◆ 2022-First Prize, Shenzhen Natural Science Award (ranked 1st)

◆ 2018-Shenzhen "May 1st" Labor Medal

◆ 2017-Second Prize, Natural Science Award of the Ministry of Education (ranked 1st)

◆ 2017-Second Prize, Shenzhen Natural Science Award (ranked 1st)

Selected publication: * Corresponding author

1. J. M. Yang, L. Xie*, M. Y. Hu, Y. P. Qi, J. Li, B. H. Jia, J. H. Feng, Z. J. Chen, M. Bosman, D. Xiang*, and J. Q. He*, Tracking ultrafast ion diffusion dynamics in AgCrSe₂ superionic conductor, Physical Review X,16(2026)021024. 

2. W. Wang*, J. Cui, Z. B. Wang, J. R. Wang, M. Y. Hu, L. Xie, L. Gan, and J. Q. He*, Enhanced Atomic-Scale Chemical Inhomogeneity as a Determinant of Thermoelectric Transport in Bi₂Te₃-Based Materials, Physical Review X, 16(2026)011044.

3. Y. Wang, L. Xie*, H. B. Yang, M. Y. Hu, X. Qian, R. G. Yang, and J. Q. He*, Strong orbital-lattice coupling induces glassy thermal conductivity in high-symmetry single crystal, Physical Review X, 15(2025)011066.

4. B. H. Jia, D. Wu, L. Xie, W. Wang, T. Yu, S. Y. Li, Y. Wang, Y. Xu, B. B. Jiang, Z. Chen, Y. X. Weng, and J. Q. He*, Pseudo-nanostructure and trapped-hole release induce high thermoelectric performance in PbTe, Science, 2024, 384, 81-86.

5. Y. Lu, Y. Zhou, W. Wang, M. Hu, X. Huang, D. Mao, S. Huang, L. Xie, P. Lin, B.B. Jiang, B. Zhu, J. Feng, J. Shi, Q. Lou, Y. Huang, J. Yang, J. Li, G.D. Li, and J.Q. He*, Staggered-layer-boosted flexible Bi₂Te₃ films with high thermoelectric performance, Nature Nanotechnology, 18(2023)1281-1288.

6. Y. Zhou, T. P. Ding, Y. Cheng, Y. Huang, W. Wang, J. M. Yang, L. Xie, G. W. Ho*, and J. Q. He*, Non-planar dielectrics derived thermal and electrostatic field inhomogeneity for boosted weather-adaptive energy harvesting, National Science Review, 2023, 10, nwad186.

7. B. B. Jiang, W. Wang, S. Liu, Y. Wang, C. Wang, Y. Chen, L. Xie, M. Huang, and J. Q. He*, High figure-of-merit and power generation in high-entropy GeTe-based thermoelectrics, Science, 2022, 377, 208.

8. B. B. Jiang, Y. Yu, J. Cui, X.X. Liu, L. Xie, J. Liao, Q. Zhang, Y. Huang, S. Ning, B.H. Jia, B. Zhu, S.Q. Bai, L.D. Chen, S. J. Pennycook, and J. Q. He*, High-entropy stabilized chalcogenides with high thermoelectric performance, Science, 2021, 371, 830.

9. L. Xie, J.H. Feng, R. Li, and J. Q. He*, First-principles study of anharmonic lattice dynamics in low thermal conductivity AgCrSe₂: Evidence for a large resonant four-phonon scattering, Physical Review Letters, 2020, 125, 245901.

10. H. J. Wu, L.-D. Zhao, F. S. Zheng, D. Wu, Y. L. Pei, X. Tong, Mercouri G. Kanatzidis*, and J. Q. He*. Broad temperature plateau for thermoelectric figure of merit ZT>2 in phase separated PbTe_0.7S_0.3. Nature Communications, 2014, 5, 4515. 

Research ID: A-2245-2010