Xiaoqing Pan

Xiaoqing Pan is a Professor and Henry Samueli Endowed Chair in Engineering at the University of California, Irvine, with dual appointments in the Department of Materials Science and Engineering and the Department of Physics and Astronomy. He serves as Director of the Irvine Materials Research Institute (IMRI) and the Center for Complex and Active Materials (NSF MRSEC). A renowned electron microscopy expert, Pan has developed advanced transmission electron microscopy (TEM) techniques for atomic-scale material characterization.

• Ph.D., Universität des Saarlandes, Germany (1991)

His research focuses on atomic-scale structure-property relationships in oxide heterostructures, ferroelectrics, nanocatalysts, and 2D functional materials. Pan leads development of novel 4D-STEM and momentum-resolved vibrational electron microscopy methods to study single-atom catalysts and complex oxides. With over 400 high-impact publications in Nature, Science, and Nature Materials, his work has been recognized by major fellowships and awards from the American Ceramic Society, American Physical Society, and National Science Foundation.

Pan's recent work includes:

• Atomic-scale analysis of grain boundary phonon anisotropy
• Advances in FeSe/SrTiO₃ interface electron-phonon coupling
• Plastic waste upcycling through carbon intermediate interception
• Control of metal-support interactions in photocatalysts
• Strain engineering in high-entropy oxide films

His laboratory at UCI represents the forefront of materials characterization technology development.