ZHU Xianglei
Associate Professor
Ph.D.
Tel: +86-10-627-83918
Email: zhux@ tsinghua.edu.cn
Educational Background
● 2001.9 – 2007.7, PhD in Science, Department of Physics, Tsinghua University
● 2001.9 – 2007.7, PhD in Science, Department of Physics, Tsinghua University
● Supervised by: Prof. Pengfei Zhuang
● 2004.9 – 2006.8, Visiting Student Researcher, Goethe University Frankfurt, Germany
● Supervised by: Prof. Horst Stöcker and Prof. Marcus Bleicher
● 1997.8 – 2001.7, Bachelor of Science in Physics, Department of Physics, Tsinghua University
Work Experience
● 2022.8 – Present, Tenured Associate Professor, Department of Engineering Physics, Tsinghua University
● 2016.8 –2022.7, Tenure-Track Associate Professor, Department of Engineering Physics, Tsinghua University
● 2012.12 –2016.8, Associate Research Professor, Department of Engineering Physics, Tsinghua University
● 2009.10 –2012.11, Research Assistant Professor, Department of Engineering Physics, Tsinghua University
● 2009.3 –2009.6, Visiting Scholar, University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA)
● 2008.2 –2008.9, Visiting Scholar, Brookhaven National Laboratory (BNL) and University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA)
● 2007.9 –2009.9, Postdoctoral Researcher, Department of Engineering Physics, Tsinghua University
Teaching work
● 2018 – Present, Co-instructor for undergraduate foundational course “Fundamental Physics I, II, III”
● 2011 – Present, Primary instructor for graduate core course “Particle Physics”
● 2015 – 2017, Co-instructor for undergraduate foundational course “General Physics III”
Student Supervision: supervised 9 PhD graduates, mentored 2 Master's graduates, currently advising 5 doctoral candidates
Research Field
My primary research lies in experimental high-energy heavy-ion physics. I participate in major international collaborations, such as the LHCb experiment at CERN's Large Hadron Collider (LHC) and the STAR experiment at Brookhaven National Laboratory's RHIC collider. My work involves analyzing heavy-ion collision data to investigate quantum chromodynamics phase transitions, and to study the properties of matter under extremely high temperature (over 2 trillion Kelvin) or baryon densities (over 5 times that of atomic nuclei).
Research Situation
● “Intermediate and High-Energy Nuclear Physics”, NSFC Excellent Young Scientists Fund, 2017-2019, Principal Investigator
● “Production Analysis of Strange Particles in 200GeV d+Au Collisions at STAR Experiment”, NSFC Young Scientists Fund, 2010-2012, Principal Investigator
● “Research on Strong Interaction Properties via STAR Experiment”, MOE National Excellent Doctoral Dissertation Author Funding, 2010-2014, Principal Investigator
● “Data Analysis of Heavy-Flavor Hadron Production in RHIC/STAR Experiments”, China Postdoctoral Science Foundation, 2008-2010, Principal Investigator
● Additionally served as key member in multiple NSFC Major Programs, Key Programs, International Cooperation Projects, and MOST Key R&D Programs.
Academic Achievements
Representative papers:
1. “Measurement of the multiplicity dependence of Υ production ratios in pp collisions at
= 13 TeV”, JHEP 05, 011 (2025), LHCb Collaboration.
2. “Observation of strangeness enhancement with charmed mesons in high-multiplicity pPb collisions at
= 8.16 TeV”, Phys. Rev. D 110, L031105 (2024), LHCb Collaboration.
3. “Multiplicity dependence of
in pp collisions at
= 13 TeV”, JHEP 05, 243 (2024), LHCb Collaboration.
4. “Measurement of
-pair production in pp collisions at
= 13 TeV and study of gluon transverse-momentum dependent PDFs”, JHEP 03, 088 (2024), LHCb Collaboration.
5. “Measurement of prompt
and
production in pPb collisions at
= 5.02 TeV”, JHEP 01, 070 (2024), LHCb Collaboration.
6. “Measurement of the prompt
nuclear modification factor in pPb collisions at
= 8.16 TeV, Phys. Rev. Lett. 131, 102301 (2023), LHCb Collaboration.
7. “Measurement of sequential
suppression in Au+Au collisions at
= 200 GeV with the STAR experiment”, Phys. Rev. Lett. 130, 112301 (2023), STAR Collaboration.
8. “Flow and interferometry results from Au+Au collisions at
= 4.5 GeV”, Phys. Rev. C 103, 034908 (2021), STAR Collaboration.
9. “Strange hadron production in Au+Au collisions at
= 7.7, 11.5, 19.6, 27, and 39 GeV”, Phys. Rev. C 102, 034909 (2020), STAR Collaboration.
10. “Bulk Properties of the Medium Produced in Relativistic Heavy-Ion Collisions from the Beam Energy Scan Program”, Phy. Rev. C 96, 044904 (2017), STAR Collaboration.
Part-time Academic Job
● 2019-current, Co-convener of “Spectra of Light Flavor and Hypernuclei” physics working group, MPD Collaboration
● 2012-current, Embedding Coordinator, STAR Collaboration
● 2018-current, Council member, STAR Collaboration
● 2012-2014, Co-convener of “Light Flavor Spectra” physics working group, STAR Collaboration
● 2010-2012, Embedding Deputy, STAR Collaboration
Award honors
● 2025, Breakthrough Prize in Fundamental Physics (as member of LHCb Collaboration), Breakthrough Prize Foundation
● 2015, Second Prize of Natural Science Award (3rd contributor), Ministry of Education, China
● 2009, Award of National Excellent Doctoral Dissertation of P.R. China, Ministry of Education, China
● 2007, Yu-Hsun WOO Prize, Department of Physics, Tsinghua University