Xiankui Wei has been a Professor at Xiamen University since 2023, specializing in ultrahigh-resolution transmission electron microscopy and the microstructural characterization of ferroelectric, catalyst, battery and 2D materials. He was a Research Leader (2019.06 to 2022.12) and a Postdoctoral Fellow (2016.06 to 2019.05) at the Research Center, Jülich, Germany, and a Postdoctoral Fellow at the Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, Switzerland/Research Center, Jülich, Germany (2011.09 to 2016.05). He obtained his Bachelor's degree from Jilin University (2002.09 to 2006.07) and his Master's and Ph.D. degrees from the Institute of Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences (2006.09 to 2011.07). Honors include National High-Level Young Talents (2022), the IAAM Young Scientist Award (2021), and nomination as a Vebleo Fellow (2021).