Xu Shidang Professor(PI)
E-mail：xusd@scut.edu.cn
2022-Present South China University of Technology, Associate Professor
2020-2022 National University of Singapore, Postdoc fellow
2016-2020 National University of Singapore, Ph.D
2012-2014 Sun Yat-sen University, Master
2008-2012 South China Normal University, Bachelor
Computational Biomedical Material Science
Dr. Xu is dedicated to biomaterials designand properties prediction guided by machine learning, quantum chemicalcalculation, and experimental verification. He has published 18 papers as afirst author. These papers were published in journals such as Angew Chem Int Ed(4 pieces), Adv Mater (3 pieces), and J Am Chem Soc (2 pieces). The of hispapers have been recognized as ESI highly cited papers. Dr Xu’s papers werecited more than 8,000 times in total and his H-index is 44.
1. Liu, Y.; Lin, Y.;Shen, D.; Li, H.; Wang, Y.; Liu, X.; Xu, S.*, Minimal High-ResolutionPatches Are Sufficient for Whole Slide Image Representation via CascadedDual-Scale Reconstruction. arXiv 2025, 2508.01641.
2. Liu, Y.; Cao, L.;Chen, C.; Geng, F.; Shen, D.; Cao, P.; Xu, S.*; Liu, X.*, MoGaFace:Momentum-Guided and Texture-Aware Gaussian Avatars for Consistent FacialGeometry. arXiv 2025, 2508.01218.
3.Lyu, Y.; Peng, M.; Hu,Y.; Hu, X.; Zhang, Y.; Zhao, P.; Wang, T.; Xu, S.*; Zhang, K.*; Bian,L.*, Molecular tautomerism-induced formation of supramolecular hydrogel formRNA enrichment and delivery. Cell Biomater. 2025, early access.
4.Chen, L.; Peng, M.;Ouyang, Y.; Chen, J.; Li, H.; Wu, M.; Qu, R.; Zhou, W.; Zhang, C.; Jiang, Y.; Xu,S.*; Wu, W.; Jiang, X.*; Zhen, X.*, Tuning Second Near-InfraredFluorescence Activation by Regulating the Excited-State Charge TransferDynamics Change Ratio. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2025, 147 (20), 17330–17341.
5. Liu, Y.#; Xu, S.#;Guo, J.; Wang, D.; Wang, Z.; Tan, X.; Liu, X.#, SyncAnimation: A Real-TimeEnd-to-End Framework for Audio-Driven Human Pose and Talking Head Animation.IJCAI 2025, 1657--1665.
6. Wang, Q.; Liu, Y; Li,C.; Xu, B.; Xu, S.*; Liu, B.*, Machine Learning–Enhanced NanoparticleDesign for Precision Cancer Drug Delivery. Adv. Sci. 2025, 12, e03138.
7. Xu, S.; Liu, B., High Exciton Utilization of 1D Molecular Column with HighPacking Energy Formed by Folded π-Molecules. J. Am. Chem. Soc.2022, 144 (39), 17897.
8.Xu, S. #; Li, J. #; Cai, P.; Liu, X.; Liu, B.; Wang, X., Self-ImprovingPhotosensitizer Discovery System via Bayesian Search with First-PrincipleSimulations. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2021, 47(143), 19769.
9.Wang, Y.#; Xu, S.#; Teh, C.; Qi,G.; Liu, B., Cancer-Cell-Activated Synthesis of Photosensitizer withAggregation-Induced Emission, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2021, 133(27), 15072. (ESI highly cited paper)
10.Xu,S.#; Liu, X.#; Cai, P.; Wang, X.; Liu, B.; Machine Learning-Assisted RobustPrediction of Molecular Optical Properties upon Aggregation. Adv. Sci.2021, DOI: 10.1002/advs.202101074.
11.Xu, S.; Duan, Y. K.; Liu, B., Precise Molecular Design for High-PerformanceLuminogens with Aggregation-Induced Emission. Adv. Mater. 2020, 32 (1),1903530. (ESI highly cited paper)