Jimmy Xu
Professor:
Engineering and Physics
Phone: 401-863-1439
Jimmy_Xu@brown.edu
Professor Xu's interests include nanoscale science and technology, quantum photonics, aperiodic optics, semiconductor lasers, molecular electro-optics, and collective behaviors of large coupled systems. His ongoing research includes carbon nanotube structures, Silicon lasers, synthesis and non-lithographic fabrication and sciences of quantum-arrays made from metals, superconducting, molecules and semiconductors, DNA conductivity, physics of redox processes in proteins and cells, and sensing and high speed electronics.
Biography
The Charles C. Tillinghast Jr. '32 University Professor, Engineering and Physics. Prior to coming to Brown University in 1999, he was the former Nortel Chair in Emerging Technologies and James Ham Chair in Optoelectronics, and the Director of Nortel Institute of Telecommunications at the University of Toronto. Professor Xu's interests include nanoscale science and technology, quantum electronics and photonics, aperiodic optics, semiconductor lasers, molecular electro-optics, and collective behaviors of large coupled systems. His ongoing research includes carbon nanotube structures; Silicon lasers, synthesis and non-lithographic fabrication and study of quantum-arrays made from metals, superconducting, molecules and semiconductors; DNA conductivity; physics of redox processes in proteins and cells.
Over 200 refereed journal papers and over 200 invited talks at conferences, seminars, colloquia, and speeches in the areas of nano and quantum structures, photonics and physics in USA, Canada, and other regions and countries. Holds 18 patents. Supervised 17 Ph.D. theses, 30 Master Degree theses and 20 postdoctoral fellows. Currently supervising 10 Ph.D students and 4 postdoctoral fellows and research associates. Fourteen of former and current students won international, national, and university awards and prizes for their research accomplishments. Served and serving as adviser and advisory boards and committees of government agencies, labs, and companies and firms in USA, Canada, Korea, and China.
Interests
Professor Xu's interests include nanoscale science and technology, quantum photonics, aperiodic optics, semiconductor lasers, molecular electro-optics, and collective behaviors of large coupled systems.
His ongoing research includes carbon nanotube electronics, sensors, and actuators; Nano-engineered Silicon for applications in light emission, detection, and laser; synthesis and non-lithographic fabrication and sciences of quantum-arrays made from metals, superconducting, molecules and semiconductors; DNA conductivity; physics of redox processes in proteins and cells, and nanoelectronic interface with proteins and biomolecules for real time monitoring and acuation of biomolecular activities, and sensing and high speed electronics..
Degrees
Ph. D., M. Sc.
Awards
WCU Professor, Seoul National University, 2009-14
AAAS Fellow, 2008
Guggenheim Fellow, 2005
Institute of Physics (UK) Fellow, 2004
2000-2003 Distinguished Visiting Scientist, Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL), NASA
2003 Distinguished Visiting Professor, Pohang Univ. of Science & Technology, Korea
2003-06 IMS Advisory Board, National Research Council of Canada
2003- Editorial Board, IOP, J. of Physics D
1999-present Foreign Associate, Canadian Institute of Advanced Research
2001 NASA Tech Brief Class 1 Award
1998-present Senior Fellow, Massey College, University of Toronto
1997-1999 Nortel Chair Professor of Emerging Technologies, University of Toronto
1992-1997 Editor, IEEE Transactions on Electron Devices
1992-1997 James Ham Chair Professor in Optoelectronics, University of Toronto
1996-1999 IEEE EDS Distinguished Lecturer
1996 Award of Merit, FCCP Education Foundation
1995 Steacie Prize of Canada
1998 Conference Board of Canada/NSERC Award for Best Practices in University-Industry R&D; 1998, as Director of an Institute; and 2nd place as Individual, 1995.
1987-1992 NSERC Junior Industrial Research Chair
1987-present: Fourteen former and current students received fifteen international and national award/prize for their thesis research, including Best Paper prize and Doctoral Thesis Medals.
Affiliations
Institute of Physics, AAAS, Canadian Institute of Advanced Research (Foreign Associate), Massey College (Senior Fellow)of the University of Toronto, World-Class University Professor of Seoul National University
Teaching
Electricity and Magnetism
Optoelectronics and Lasers
Electrical Properties of Materials
Quantum Electronics
Funded Research
Research projects are funded by Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA), Air Force Office of Scientific Research(AFOSR), Office of Naval Research (ONR),Army Research Office (ARO), National Science Foundation (NSF), Department of Justice (DOJ), Motorola, Nortel, Textron Systems, and private foundation as well as the World-Class University program of Korea.
