Zixuan Li, Ph.D.

Professional Appointments

Assistant Professor Aug. 2025 – Present

Department of Physics and Astronomy, City University of New York – Hunter College, New York, NY, USA

Postdoctoral Scholar Dec. 2022 – Aug. 2025

Advanced Light Source Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA, USA

Technologist Feb. 2022 – Nov. 2022

Infineum USA L.P., Linden, NJ, USA

Education

• PhD in Materials Science and Engineering, University of Texas at Austin (2022)
• MSE in Materials Science and Engineering, University of Pennsylvania (2017)
• BS in Optical Information Science and Technology, Sun Yat-sen University (2014)

Outside of work

At-home barista, soufflé artisan, mountain and city enthusiast (in that order)