Rate My Professor Xiaoqing Pan

Pan is an internationally recognized materials scientist and electron microscopy expert whose pioneering transmission electron microscopy methods have enabled probing of atomic-scale structures, properties, and dynamic behaviors of materials, leading to discoveries of new materials and functionalities. His research specializes in atomic-scale characterization of material interfaces and nanostructures under controlled conditions, with emphasis on oxide heterostructures, ferroelectrics and multiferroics, nanocatalysts, two-dimensional functional materials, single-atom catalysts, and complex concentrated materials. Notable contributions include the first direct observation of ferroelectric polarization vortices, real-time nanoscale ferroelectric domain switching, and conducting filament growth in resistive memories, detailed in key publications such as 'Room-temperature ferroelectricity in strained SrTiO3' (Nature, 2004), 'Enhancement of ferroelectricity in strained BaTiO3 thin films' (Science, 2004), 'Observation of conducting filament growth in nanoscale resistive memories' (Nature Communications, 2012), and 'Polarization vortex arrays' (Nano Letters, 2011). He has authored over 200 peer-reviewed papers in high-impact journals including Nature, Science, and Nature Materials, delivered more than 150 invited talks and 120 seminars, and served on committees such as the Advisory Committee of the Overseas Chinese Affairs Office of the State Council, China, since 2011, and the Physical Sciences Panel of the Hong Kong Research Grants Council since 2013. Pan's honors include the NSF CAREER Award, Chinese NSF Outstanding Young Investigator Award, and election as fellow of the American Ceramic Society (2011), American Physical Society (2013), Microscopy Society of America, and Materials Research Society.