Xie Yi
Xie Yi FRSC (; born 23 July 1967) is a Chinese chemist. She is a member of the Chinese Academy of Sciences and a fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry. She is a professor and doctoral supervisor at University of Science and Technology of China. Xie won the L'Oréal-UNESCO Awards for Women in Science in March 2015. Early life and education. Xie was born in Fuyang, Anhui on July 23, 1967; her ancestral home is in Anqing, Anhui. She entered Xiamen University in September 1984, majoring in chemistry at the Department of Chemistry, where she graduated in  July 1988. After college, she was assigned to a chemical plant in Hefei as an assistant engineer. In September 1992, she was accepted to University of Science and Technology of China, studying chemistry under Qian Yitai, and she earned her doctorate in May 1996. From September 1997 to July 1998, she did postdoctoral work at Stony Brook University. Research and career. Xie became a professor at University of Science and Technology of China since November 1998 and doctoral supervisor since April 1999. In August 2013, she was elected a fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry. On December 19, 2013 , she was elected a fellow of the Chinese Academy of Sciences. Xie together with her lab is pursuing cutting-edge research at four major frontiers: solid-state chemistry, nanotechnology, energy materials, and theoretical physics. In particular, the research focuses on the design and synthesize inorganic functional solids with efforts to modulate their electron and phonon structures, including the following topics: Selected papers. Some of Xie most cited publications are: