{"id":2,"date":"2021-08-27T15:27:01","date_gmt":"2021-08-27T15:27:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.nd.edu\/xliu\/?page_id=2"},"modified":"2026-01-23T05:59:47","modified_gmt":"2026-01-23T10:59:47","slug":"people","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sites.nd.edu\/xliu\/people\/","title":{"rendered":"People"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Principal Investigator<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-8f761849 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:33.33%\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-style-rounded\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1024\" src=\"http:\/\/sites.nd.edu\/xliu\/files\/2021\/08\/Xiaolong-Liu_square_small_size-1024x1024.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-235\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.nd.edu\/xliu\/files\/2021\/08\/Xiaolong-Liu_square_small_size-1024x1024.png 1024w, https:\/\/sites.nd.edu\/xliu\/files\/2021\/08\/Xiaolong-Liu_square_small_size-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/sites.nd.edu\/xliu\/files\/2021\/08\/Xiaolong-Liu_square_small_size-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/sites.nd.edu\/xliu\/files\/2021\/08\/Xiaolong-Liu_square_small_size-768x768.png 768w, https:\/\/sites.nd.edu\/xliu\/files\/2021\/08\/Xiaolong-Liu_square_small_size.png 1080w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 1362px) 62vw, 840px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:66.66%\">\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"line-height:1\">Xiaolong Liu<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/sites.nd.edu\/xliu\/xiaolong-liu\/\">Profile<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"line-height:1\">Assistant Professor, Department of Physics &amp; Astronomy<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Email<\/strong>: xliu33@nd.edu<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Office<\/strong>: 435 Nieuwland Science Hall, University of Notre Dame<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Lab<\/strong>: B084 Nieuwland Science Hall, University of Notre Dame<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"> +1 574-631-6768 (office)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">+ 1 574-631-2579 (lab)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-8f761849 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Postdocs<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex 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wp-block-paragraph\">fcheng3@nd.edu<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Graduate Students<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-8f761849 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-style-rounded\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"864\" height=\"864\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.nd.edu\/xliu\/files\/2022\/02\/Nileema-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-486\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.nd.edu\/xliu\/files\/2022\/02\/Nileema-2.jpg 864w, https:\/\/sites.nd.edu\/xliu\/files\/2022\/02\/Nileema-2-300x300.jpg 300w, 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https:\/\/sites.nd.edu\/xliu\/files\/2022\/05\/20220524_133658-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 432px) 85vw, 432px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">Matthew Toole<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\">424 Nieuwland Science Hall<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\">mtoole2@nd.edu<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Undergraduate Students<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-8f761849 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-style-rounded\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"626\" height=\"628\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.nd.edu\/xliu\/files\/2026\/01\/iScreen-Shoter-Finder-260123055821.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-964\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.nd.edu\/xliu\/files\/2026\/01\/iScreen-Shoter-Finder-260123055821.jpg 626w, https:\/\/sites.nd.edu\/xliu\/files\/2026\/01\/iScreen-Shoter-Finder-260123055821-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sites.nd.edu\/xliu\/files\/2026\/01\/iScreen-Shoter-Finder-260123055821-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 626px) 85vw, 626px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">Jonah Blay<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\">jblay@nd.edu<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Alumni<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Penglin Xin (REU from XJTU, summer 2025)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Elena Ding (UND undergraduate researcher, 2025)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Emma Laboe (UND Honors thesis track, 2025)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Ethan Wang (REU from XJTU, summer 2024)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Anthony Francisco (PhD, 2023)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Lily Baker (REU frpm College of Wooster, summer 2023)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Carter Hrabrick (UND Honors thesis track, 2023)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Teng Long (iSure visiting student, 2023)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Ziyu Wang (REU from XJTU, summer 2022)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Matthew Toole (REU from West Chester University, summer 2022) <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Suoyuan Xiao (Visiting student from XJTU, 2022)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Juwan Jeremy Jacobe (UND undergraduate researcher, 2022)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Principal Investigator Xiaolong Liu Profile Assistant Professor, Department of Physics &amp; Astronomy Email: xliu33@nd.edu Office: 435 Nieuwland Science Hall, University of Notre Dame Lab: B084 Nieuwland Science Hall, University of Notre Dame +1 574-631-6768 (office) + 1 574-631-2579 (lab) Postdocs Fangjun Cheng 441 Nieuwland Science Hall fcheng3@nd.edu Graduate Students Nileema Sharma 424 Nieuwland Science Hall &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/sites.nd.edu\/xliu\/people\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span 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