Rate My Professor Kaihui Liu

Kaihui Liu is a Professor in the School of Physics at Peking University, where he has served as Principal Investigator since 2014. He earned his bachelor’s degree in physics from Beijing Normal University in 2004 and his PhD from the Institute of Physics at the Chinese Academy of Sciences in 2009 under the supervision of Professor Enge Wang. From 2009 to 2014, he conducted postdoctoral research in the group of Professor Feng Wang in the Department of Physics at the University of California, Berkeley.

Liu’s research focuses on the growth mechanisms and spectral physics of low-dimensional materials, including two-dimensional materials and carbon materials, with emphasis on optical spectroscopy and chemical vapor deposition techniques. He has authored or co-authored more than 200 scientific papers that have garnered over 26,000 citations on Google Scholar, with an h-index of 81. His work has appeared in leading journals such as Science, Nature, Nature Nanotechnology, Nature Photonics, and Nature Chemistry. Liu has received numerous honors, including the National Science Fund for Distinguished Young Scholars, the Xplorer Prize, the First Prize of the Beijing Science and Technology Award, and the First Prize of the National Natural Science Award from the Ministry of Education. He also serves in leadership roles such as Director of the Institute of Condensed Matter Physics at Peking University and has contributed to major national research projects and editorial positions.