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Chemistry PhD · Brown University

Zhongqi Xiu 修中淇

Exploring light, quantum materials,
and the physics in between.

I’m a second-year graduate researcher at Brown University in Yusong Bai’s Group, studying excitonic physics, quantum states, and two-dimensional materials.

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A lake and illuminated pavilion beneath a blue evening sky.
Warm sunset light across a quiet lake.
A tall saguaro cactus and distant desert mountains beneath open clouds.
A garden waterfall flowing over rocks surrounded by greenery.

Questions that guide my work.

From individual photons and atoms to collective behavior in two-dimensional materials.

Quantum light.

Single-photon emission, optical spectroscopy, and strain engineering in two-dimensional materials.

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Atoms & cavities.

Fiber cavity quantum electrodynamics, atom trapping, and the control of light–matter interactions.

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Tools for discovery.

Numerical models and practical software for spectroscopy, data analysis, and experiments.

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The path so far.

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2025 — Present

Brown University

Graduate research in chemistry, excitonic physics, and quantum materials.

2024 — 2025

Rice University

Research at the SCOPE Lab with Prof. Shengxi Huang and Wenjing Wu, studying single-photon emission in two-dimensional materials.

2021 — 2025

University of Science and Technology of China

Bachelor’s degree in physics, focused on optics and optical engineering. Research in fiber cavity quantum electrodynamics at the CAS Key Laboratory of Quantum Information.

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Beyond the lab.

Music, travel, and a different way of looking.

Another kind of wavelength.

I was principal player of the wind section in the School Folk Orchestra from 2021 to 2023.

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Let’s exchange ideas.

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