Prof. Dr. Jianbin Xu received his B.Sc. and M.Sc. from Nanjing University in 1983 and 1986, respectively. Since 1988, he was highly privileged to study in the University of Konstanz, under Prof. Klaus Dransfeld. He earned his doctorate (Dr.rer.nat.) in 1993. Afterwards, he joined the Department of Electronic  Engineering, The Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK), and has become a Faculty Member since August of 1994. He has been a Professor in the department since 2002. He has been named as Choh-Ming Li Chair Professor since August 2022. He is currently Academic Vice President of Shenzhen Institutes of Advanced Technology, CAS.

Prof. Dr. Jianbin Xu’s research interests include 2D materials; advanced energy science and technology; scanning probe techniques; interface engineering for materials and devices; physics and technology of organic semiconductors; functional oxides, etc. He has published c.a. 600 papers in peer-reviewed professional journals and conferences, with c.a. 30,000 SCI peer citations, and c.a. 34500 Google Scholar citations, which include the citations by a number of Nobel Laureates and prominent scholars. Meanwhile, he has secured more than 50 competitive research grants. He actively participates in a myriad of professional activities and has served as conference/symposium chair in several international conferences.

He is an elected Fellow of IEEE and Hong Kong Institution of Engineers, an elected Foreign Fellow of European Academy of Sciences, and Member of American Physical Society and Optica. He is a recipient of The Higher Education Outstanding Scientific Research Output Awards (Science and Technology) in the category of Natural Sciences (2nd Class), by Ministry of Education, China; Research Excellence Award by CUHK, Vice-Chancellor's Outstanding Fellow of Faculty of Engineering, CUHK. He was Chang Jiang Scholar Chair Professor by Ministry of Education, China. He has been named as Highly Cited Researcher multiple times by Clarivate Analytics.