Dr. Xia is the Brock Family Chair and Georgia Research Alliance (GRA) Eminent Scholar in Nanomedicine in The Wallace H. Coulter Department of Biomedical Engineering at Georgia Institute of Technology, with joint appointments in School of Chemistry and Biochemistry, and School of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering. He received his Ph.D. degree in physical chemistry from Harvard University (with Professor George M. Whitesides) in 1996, his M.S. degree in inorganic chemistry from University of Pennsylvania (with the late Professor Alan G. MacDiarmid, a
Nobel Laureate in Chemistry, 2000) in 1993, and his B.S. degree in chemical physics from the University of Science and Technology of China (USTC) in 1987. He came to the United States of America in 1991. Dr. Xia has received a number of prestigious awards and has actively contributed to many journals. A full list of awards and journal work is listed below.
AWARDS
Elected member, National Academy of Inventors, 2024
Linus Pauling Medal, the Puget Sound, Oregon, and Portland Sections of American Chemical Society (ACS), 2024
Highly Cited Researchers in Chemistry, Clarivate Analytics, 2024
National Award for Creative Invention, American Chemical Society (ACS), 2023
Best Scientists in the World 2023 (ranked #44 in the world and #31 in the United States), Research.com
Best Scientists in the field of Materials Science (ranked #6 in the world and #5 in the United States of America) and Materials Science Leader Award for 2023, https://research.com/scientists-rankings/materials-science, 2023
ScholarGPS #3 Ranking in Biomedical Engineering among all academic scholars in the United States, https://scholargps.com/.
Highly Cited Researchers in Chemistry, Clarivate Analytics, 2023
Outstanding Achievement in Research Innovation Award, Georgia Institute of Technology, 2023
Best Scientists in the World 2022 (ranked #48 in the world and #33 in the United States), Research.com
Frontier Materials Scientists Award, International Union of Materials Research Society (IUMRS), 2022
World’s Top Materials Scientists (ranked #5), https://research.com/scientists-rankings/materials-science, 2022
Highly Cited Researchers in Chemistry, Clarivate Analytics, 2022
World’s Top 2% Scientists (ranked #87), https://doi.org/10.17632/btchxktzyw.3, 2021
Highly Cited Researchers in Chemistry, Clarivate Analytics, 2021
Highly Cited Researchers in Chemistry and Materials Science, Clarivate Analytics, 2020
Highly Cited Researchers in Chemistry and Materials Science, Clarivate Analytics, 2019
Sigma Xi Sustained Research Award, Georgia Institute of Technology, 2019
Highly Cited Researchers in Chemistry, Physics, and Materials Science, Clarivate Analytics, 2018
Special Creativity Award, National Science Foundation, 2018
MRS Medal, Materials Research Society, 2017
Inaugural Class of Hall of Fame, Advanced Materials, 2017
Highly Cited Researchers in Chemistry, Physics, and Materials Science, Clarivate Analytics, 2017
Outstanding Faculty Research Author Award, Georgia Institute of Technology, 2017
Highly Cited Researchers in Chemistry and Materials Science, Thomson Reuters, 2016
Sigma Xi Best Faculty Paper Award, Georgia Institute of Technology, 2016
Highly Cited Researchers in Chemistry, Physics, and Materials Science, Thomson Reuters, 2015
Fellow, American Chemical Society (ACS), 2014
Highly Cited Researchers in Chemistry and Materials Science, Thomson Reuters, 2014
Nano Today Award, Elsevier, 2013
National Award in the Chemistry of Materials, American Chemical Society (ACS), 2013
Fred Kavli Distinguished Lectureship in Nanoscience, Materials Research Society (MRS), 2013
Top 100 materials scientists (No. 4) and top 100 chemists (No. 35) in the world from 2000-2010 based on the number of citations per paper, see http://sciencewatch.com/dr/sci/misc/Top100Chemists2000-10/
Top 10 chemists (No. 5) in the world from 1999-2009 based on the number of citations per paper, for details, see http://www.timeshighereducation.co.uk/story.asp?storyCode=409418§ioncode=26
The 2nd most cited scientist in the field of nanomedicine, see http://www.nano-biology.net/labs.php
Fellow, American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering (AIMBE), 2011
Fellow, Materials Research Society (MRS), 2009
NIH Director's Pioneer Award, National Institutes of Health (NIH), 2006
Leo Hendrik Baekeland Award, the North Jersey Section of American Chemical Society (ACS), 2005
Camille Dreyfus Teacher Scholar, Camille and Henry Dreyfus Foundation, 2002
Fellow in Science and Engineering, David and Lucile Packard Foundation, 2000
Research Fellow, Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, 2000
Faculty Early Career Development Award, National Science Foundation, 1999
Victor K. LaMer Award, American Chemical Society (ACS), 1999
Oversea Young Investigator Award, Chinese Natural Science Foundation, 1999
New Faculty Award, Camille and Henry Dreyfus Foundation, 1997
ICI Student Award Finalist, American Chemical Society (ACS), 1997
Stone Corporation Award for the Best Graduate Student, Graduate School of the University of Science and Technology of China, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 1988
Guo-Mo-Rou Award for the Best Student (the highest honor), University of Science and Technology of China, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 1986
EDITORIAL RESPONSABILITIES
Editor-in-Chief (inaugural), Materials and Interfaces, 2024–Present
Associate Editor, Nano Letters, 2002–2019
Chairman (inaugural) of International Advisory Board, Advanced Healthcare Materials, 2011–2022
Member of Editorial Board, Information & Functional Materials, 2023–Present
Member of Advisory Board, Green Carbon, 2023–Present
Member of Advisory Board, Carbon Future, 2023–Present
Member of Editorial Advisory Board, Precision Chemistry, 2023–Present
Member of Editorial Advisory Board, National Science Review, 2023–2027
Member of Executive Advisory Board, Advanced Healthcare Materials, 2022–Present
Member of Advisory Editorial Board, BMEMat, 2022–Present
Member of Editorial Advisory Board, Accounts of Materials Research, 2021–Present
Member of International Advisory Board, ChemCatChem, 2021–Present
Member of Editorial Advisory Board, Nano Letters, 2020–Present
Member of Advisory Board, Chemical Reviews, 2019–Present
Member of Advisory Board, BME Frontiers, 2019–Present
Member of Advisory Board, Research, 2018–2021
Member of Advisory Board, ACS Applied Nano Materials, 2018–2020
Member of International Advisory Board, Small Methods, 2017–Present
Member of International Advisory Board, ChemNanoMat, 2015–2022
Member of Editorial Advisory Board, Chemical Physics Letters, 2014–Present
Member of International Advisory Board, Chemistry: A European Journal, 2014–2021
Member of International Advisory Board, Chinese Journal of Chemistry, 2014–2017
Member of Editorial Advisory Board, Cancer Nanotechnology, 2014–Present
Member of International Advisory Board, Particle & Particle Systems Characterization, 2013–Present
Member of International Advisory Board, Angewandte Chemie International Edition, 2011–2020
Member of International Advisory Board, Chemistry: An Asian Journal, 2010–Present
Member of Editorial Advisory Board, Accounts of Chemical Research, 2010–2016
Member of Editorial Advisory Board, Journal of Biomedical Optics, 2010–2014
Member of Editorial Advisory Board, Science of Advanced Materials, 2009–2015
Member of Editorial Advisory Board, Nano Research, 2008–Present
Member of Editorial Advisory Board, Nano Today, 2006–Present
Member of Editorial Advisory Board, Langmuir, 2005–2010, 2013–2015
Member of Editorial Advisory Board, Chemistry of Materials, 2005–2007
Member of International Advisory Board, International Journal of Nanotechnology, 2003–Present
Member of Editorial Advisory Board, Nano Letters, 2002
Member of International Advisory Board, Advanced Functional Materials, 2001–Present