Tian Cui

Professor Tian Cui ( 崔田 ) is Director of State Key Lab of Superhard Materials, Dean of College of Physics at Jilin University, China. He received his PhD from Jilin University, China. His current research interests are Electronic structures of materials at high-pressure, Novel high-pressure compound design from first-principles methods, particularly new superhard materials, The effects of pressure on defects in solids and Development of high-pressure methods and analytical techniques. He was elected Chairman of the Society of High Pressure Physics of China in 2010. He was elected member of the AIRAPT Executive Committee in 2007. E-mail: cuitian@jlu.edu.cn