Rate My Professor Xiang Liu

Professor Liu's research focuses on high-energy physics phenomenology, with particular emphasis on non-perturbative issues in quantum chromodynamics and hadron physics. His theoretical work has provided crucial guidance for major high-energy physics experiments worldwide, including BES at BEPC in Beijing, BaBar at SLAC in the USA, Belle at KEK in Japan, CDF and D0 at Fermilab in the USA, LHCb, and COMPASS. Over his career, he has published more than 180 research papers in leading international journals, with over 110 appearing in the Physical Review series by the American Physical Society. Notable review articles include those in Physics Reports, Reports on Progress in Physics, and Progress in Particle and Nuclear Physics. Key publications encompass 'The hidden-charm pentaquark and tetraquark states' (2016), 'A review of the open charm and open bottom systems' (2017), 'Decoding the X(5568) as a fully open-flavor su\bar{b}\bar{d} tetraquark state' (2016), 'Towards exotic hidden-charm pentaquarks in QCD' (2015), and 'Identifying exotic hidden-charm pentaquarks' (2015). His contributions have earned him significant recognition, including the National Natural Science Funds for Distinguished Young Scholars (2018), the 15th China Youth Science and Technology Award, the First Prize of the Ministry of Education for Natural Science (as first completer), the Fourth 'Morning Light Cup' Youth Excellent Paper First Prize from the High Energy Physics Society, and the 2021 Gansu Province Graduate Education Excellent Supervisor Award. Liu recruits PhD students in theoretical physics, particle physics, and nuclear physics, fostering the next generation of researchers in these fields.