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Administrative Position:Assistant to the President
Business Address:443 Huangshan Road, Hefei, Anhui 230027, P. R. China
Contact Information:xuetian@ustc.edu.cn
Degree:Dr
Academic Titles:Chair Professor of USTC
Other Post:Deputy Director of the National Key Laboratory of Visual Health
Alma Mater:Johns Hopkins University
Academic Honor
2019 Winner of National Science Fund for Distinguished Young Scholars
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Tian Xue, Ph.D.
Chair Professor
School of Life Sciences, Division of Life Sciences and Medicine, University of Science and Technology of China (USTC)
Address: 443 Huangshan Road, Hefei, Anhui 230027, P. R. China
Email: xuetian@ustc.edu.cn.
Website: http://www.xuelab.ustc.edu.cn
Research Field of Interests:
Dr. Xue’s research focused on understanding physiological and molecular/cellular mechanisms of light perception, vision neural circuits, photophysiological functions, and exploring novel methods for vision restoration and enhancement. He has published more than 70 papers with citations over 9500 times and h-index 44.
Education and Positions:
12/2024–present: Deputy Director of the National Key Laboratory of Visual Health
09/2022–present: Chair Professor, School of Life Sciences, Division of Life Sciences and Medicine, University of Science & Technology of China (USTC)
09/2012–08/2022: Professor, School of Life Sciences, Division of Life Sciences and Medicine, University of Science & Technology of China (USTC)
06/2011–08/2012: Research Associate, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
03/2006–05/2011: Postdoctoral Fellow (with Dr. King-Wai YAU) Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Department of Neuroscience
09/2000–05/2005: Ph.D., Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Department of Cellular & Molecular Physiology
09/1995–06/2000: B.S., University of Science & Technology of China (USTC), Department of Biophysics and Neuroscience; Special Class for Gifted Young (SCGY)
Honors & Awards:
2025 Top 10 Scientific Advances in Life Sciences of China in 2025
2025 IUPS Board of the General Assembly
2025 IUPS Academy Fellow
2024 Top 10 Scientific Advances of China in 2023
2024 CNS-CST Outstanding Neuroscientist Award
2023 Important Medical Progress of China in 2023
2023 New Cornerstone Investigator Program
2022 XPLORER PRIZE
2022 Significant Research Advances in Neuroscience in China
2020 Significant Research Advances in Neuroscience in China
2019 Cell Best of 2019, Cell press (9 Best Articles published in Cell in 2019)
2019 China’s Top 10 Research Advances in Life Sciences in 2019
2014 Human Frontier Science Program (HFSP) Young Investigator Award
2006 Best Paper Award, Circulation, American Heart Association (1 out of 1129)
2004 NIH Stem Cells Scholarship at the Keystone Stem Cells Symposium, NIH
2003 American Heart Association 2003 Scientific Sessions, Selected Late-Breaking Science
Educational ExperienceChair Professor, School of Life Sciences, Division of Life Sciences and Medicine, University of Science & Technology of China (USTC)
Research Associate, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Professor, Hefei National Research Center for Physical Sciences at the Microscale
Professor, School of Life Sciences, Division of Life Sciences and Medicine, University of Science & Technology of China (USTC)
