Lei Xue: "The Best Physicists Work Here"

08:41, April 19, 2021

A research engineer from China told why she decided to pursue science at UrFU

Every year more foreign students study at Ural Federal University. Some of them find themselves in science, as Lei Xue, a Chinese woman, did. After defending her dissertation, she works at the university as a research engineer at the Institute of Physics and Technology. She has been living in Russia for six years and has written several articles about nanomaterials. Lei Xue talked about why she chose UrFU in her interview with the Urals Federal newspaper (April 19, No. 11).

She successfully defended her dissertation "Modeling the influence of structure modification of low-dimensional materials ZnO, β-C3N4, InSe, and single-layer boron on their physical properties". Her Scopus profile contains scientific articles devoted to her research.

"The studied materials have already found their first applications in various industries - such as electronics, energy (batteries, solar panels), and chemical technology (catalysis). My goal is to comprehensively study the atomic structure of low-dimensional oxide systems and the relationship of its modification to electronic structure, optical, magnetic, and chemical properties through doping, defect creation, surface oxidation, and so on," notes Lei Xue.

According to Lei Xue, her supervisor, Anatoly Zatsepin, professor at the Department of Physical Techniques and Devices for Quality Control, helped her a lot.

"I chose Russia because the best physicists work here. You have strong scientific traditions in this field. And I found confirmation of that," emphasized Lei Xue.

You can find the full version of the interview in the newspaper. In addition, this issue presents new breakthrough research by Ural Federal University scientists. In turn, Maria Lavrova, senior lecturer at the Department of Clinical Psychology and Psychophysiology, spoke about her project, which recently won a grant competition of the Vladimir Potanin Foundation. The hero of the regular column "UrFU Honor Board" this time is Albert Sharafutdinov, Deputy Vice Rector for General Affairs, Associate Professor of Physical and Inorganic Chemistry. 

As always, the newspaper presents a selection of relevant and useful information about the life of the university.