Xiaodan Gu

Dr. Xiaodan Gu is an Associate Professor in the School of Polymer Science and Engineering at the University of Southern Mississippi. He earned his PhD in Polymer Science and Engineering from UMass Amherst (2014) under Thomas P. Russell, focusing on block copolymer self-assembly, and completed postdoctoral research at Stanford University and SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory studying printed electronics morphology via X-ray scattering. His research integrates polymer physics, scattering techniques (X-ray/neutron), and conjugated polymers for organic electronics.

Key research areas include structure-dynamics-property relationships in conjugated polymers, advanced scattering metrology, and machine learning for materials characterization. Recent work explores backbone conformation effects on device stability, deuteration for property analysis, and AI-driven discovery of energy storage materials.

He teaches Polymer Physics and Polymer Electronics, leveraging expertise in block copolymer lithography and real-time morphology characterization. Collaborative projects with national labs focus on neutron scattering for polymer conformation studies.