Xue-Mei Xu received her B.S. degree in physics from Hunan Normal University in 1994. In 1997, she obtained an M.S. degree in quantum optics from Hunan Normal University. She received her Ph.D. in materials physics and chemistry from Hunan University in 2005. Work experience: 09/2015-present Faculty of Physics and Electronics | Central South University | associate professor 07/2014-07/2015, Department of Physics and Astronomy | University of Rochester, USA | visiting scholar.