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• Education
• Position
• Research Interests
• Selected Publications
• Press
• Address/Telephone no./E-mail

Education

1. PhD, Department of Physics, The University of Chicago, 2006
2. BS, Department of Physics, The University of Science and Technology of China, 2000

Position

1. 2009-now, Assistant Professor, Department of Physics, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong
2. 2006-2009, Postdoctoral Fellow, School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Harvard University

Research Interests

1. Soft Condensed Matter
2. Fluid Mechanics (drops, bubbles and fingering instability)
3. Complex Fluids (colloids, emulsions and gels)

Selected Publications

1. L. Xu, A. Berges, S. Davis, A. Studart, H. Oki, A. Schofield, P. Lu and D. Weitz
   "Drying of complex suspensions", submitted to Phys. Rev. Lett.
   
   
2. L. Xu, S. Davis, A. Schofield and D. Weitz
   "Dynamics of drying in 3D porous media", Phys. Rev. Lett. 101, 094502 (2008).
   
   
3. X. Cheng, L. Xu, A. Patterson, H. M. Jaeger and S. R. Nagel
   "Toward the zero surface tension limit in the granular fingering instability", Nature Physics 4, 234 (2008).
   
   
4. L. Xu, L. Barcos and S. R. Nagel
   "Splashing of liquids: Interplay of surface roughness with surrounding gas", Phys. Rev. E 76, 066311 (2007).
   
   
5. L. Xu
   "Liquid drop splashing on smooth, rough, and textured surfaces", Phys. Rev. E 75, 056316 (2007).
   
   
6. L. Xu, W. W. Zhang and S. R. Nagel
   "Reply on "Thermal effects in the splashing of drops under a reduced pressure environment"", Phys. Rev. Lett. 96, 179402 (2006).
   
   
7. L. Xu, W. W. Zhang and S. R. Nagel
   "Drop Splashing on a Dry Smooth Surface", Phys. Rev. Lett. 94, 184505 (2005).
   
   

Press

1. Our research on drop splashing was chosen as one of the twenty-five "Top Physics Stories for 2005", by American Institute of Physics.
   
   It was also reported in the popular and scientific press, including:
   New York Times, April 5, 2005; Nature, 435, 1168, 2005; Science, 308, 190, 2005; News@Nature.com, Feb. 7, 2005; Scientific American, 292 # 6, 36, 2005; Science News, 167, 99, 2005; Discover, 26 # 7, 11, 2005; Physics Web, Feb. 1, 2005; Financial Times Deutschland (Financial Times of Germany), April 12, 2005; Chicago Sun-Times, May 4, 2005.

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