DAPME Presents: Asian American Agency, Empowerment and Civil Rights

Wednesday, February 26, 2025

12:30 PM-1:30 PM

Please join us for a talk-story lunch and learn with Dr. Xiaoxing Xi from Temple University.
 
 Dr. Xi will share his experience advocating for his civil rights amidst the escalating global tensions impacting Asian Americans in higher education and research.
 
RSVP Highly Encouraged
Please email FA548@drexel.edu to attend.
 
 
About the Guest Speaker:
Dr. Xiaoxing Xi is Laurel H. Carnell Professor of Physics at Temple University. Dr. Xi's research focuses on the materials physics underlying the applications of oxide, boride, and transition metal dichalcogenide thin films, in particular epitaxial thin films and heterostructures at the nanoscale. Using various deposition techniques including Laser Molecular Beam Epitaxy and Hybrid Physical-Chemical Vapor Deposition, his group specializes in atomic layer-by-layer growth of artificial oxide heterostructures, magnesium diboride thin films for electronic and radio frequency cavity applications, iron pnictide superconductor thin films, and thin films of 2D layered materials transition metal dichalcogenides. He has published over 350 papers in refereed journals and holds three patents in the area of thin films of high-Tc superconductors and magnesium diboride. Since 2015, he has spoken out actively for open fundamental research and against racial profiling and received the American Physical Society 2020 Andrei Sakharov Prize for his effort.
 
About DAPME:
DAPME: Drexel Asian Pacific Islander Middle Eastern Employees is Drexel University's colleague resource group for Asian, Pacific Islander, and Middle Eastern/Southwest Asian faculty and staff. DAPME aims to facilitate community and fellowship through social, professional, and cultural exchanges among Drexel employees of Asian, Pacific Islander and Middle Eastern descent and their allies, advocates and supporters.

Contact Information

Francis Aguas
fa548@drexel.edu

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Location

URBN Center, Room 239
3501 Market Street
Philadelphia, PA 19104

Audience

  • Everyone

Special Features

  • Free Food