Emma Xu

@Columbia PhD. @ForbesUnder30. Research: avalanching nanoparticles.

[Emma Xu @infraremma]

It is such a massive honor to be selected for the @ForbesUnder30 2023 cohort! I have to thank my PI, Professor P. James Schuck @columbia, for his mentorship and support. I am excited to keep studying avalanching nanoparticles and applying them to real-world applications!

[Emma Xu @infraremma]

Is this a joke? What physical laws of universe did they discover? Which new physical structure/ system did they invent? 🤡

[The Nobel Prize @NobelPrize]

BREAKING NEWS
The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences has decided to award the 2024 #NobelPrize in Physics to John J. Hopfield and Geoffrey E. Hinton “for foundational discoveries and inventions that enable machine learning with artificial neural networks.”

[Emma Xu @infraremma]

@EmoryChanNano Thank you Emory! You made many of our projects possible 🙂

[Emma Xu @infraremma]

The Schuck Lab Graduation Galore! A total of 5 PhD students are leaving the lab within a 6 month period. Left to right: myself🎓, Kevin Kwock🎓, (Jim in the back), Emanuil Yanev🎓. Not pictured: Xinyi Xu🎓 (left in December), Benedikt Ursprung🎓 (defending next month).

[Emma Xu @infraremma]

@BernabeLou Thank you Louis

[Emma Xu @infraremma]

@CaptainFRET @EmoryChanNano Vielen Dank Niko! wow you remember my love for Rammstein🤘

[Emma Xu @infraremma]

I'm a day late but in case you were holding your breath, I passed my defense! 🥂

[Emma Xu @infraremma]

@EmoryChanNano Changhwan is very supportive for sure! ;) Thank you Emory for your mentorship during my time at LBL; if you zoom in and squint at the first image, you can find your name in my acknowledgments!

[Emma Xu @infraremma]

@EmoryChanNano @JiaAhnPan just found this 14 hours before my defense! hopefully that's still enough time for me to polish up some final bits. Thanks for all your tips.

[Emma Xu @infraremma]

@BernabeLou Thank you Louis ☺️

[Emma Xu @infraremma]

A helicopter was hovering loudly above my building last night 12-1am. Couldn't sleep or work, so I came to campus. High tensions, high emotions. Oh, I'm also defending my PhD in less than 24 hours, but that feels like an after thought now. Wish me luck 🙏

[Emma Xu @infraremma]

@HuanZhaoPhD Thank you!

[Emma Xu @infraremma]

Top personal essay?! 🤯 thank you all for reading!

[Science Careers @ScienceCareers]

Read @ScienceMagazine’s top personal essays of 2023: From homeless to Ph.D.: How I found my way into research

Emma Xu (@infraremma) quieted her insecurities about her personal and professional background. #PhDChat #AcademicChatter https://t.co/dxqYWWqny0

[Emma Xu @infraremma]

Thank you for the feature, @NNInanonews, and congrats on the 20th anniversary!

May #nanoscience continue to attract young talents who will push the boundaries of science in the next 20 years!

[NNI @NNInanonews]

Emma Xu is a Ph.D. student at @Columbia. Read about her academic journey, how she became interested in math and science, and how she decided to pursue research in #nanoscience: https://t.co/7XYJEk2YUN. @CUSEAS @Columbia @UT_Dallas @UTDJonsson #NNI20thAnniversary

[Emma Xu @infraremma]

It is a difficult time to wrap my head around my role as a scientist and how my research may impact global conflicts and wars. I mean, I love science but I would hate to unknowingly contribute to the suffering and deaths of others.

[DOE Office of Science @doescience]

In the blink of an eye - or a nanoparticle. @Columbia scientists found that a special nanoparticle developed @molecularfndry can brighten and darken over & over in different environments without degrading. It could be used for computer memory & microscopy: https://t.co/MNvGczU1U8

[Emma Xu @infraremma]

Twitter friends, I'm doing a TEDx talk on October 15th in New Jersey! Please consider attending it in person ( I might be able to hook you up with free tickets 😉)
https://t.co/FZYT2cTEKb

[Columbia Engineering @CUSEAS]

Shine on, shine off! Researchers @CUSEAS, @molecularfndry, and @iUNIST report on an ultra-stable, indefinitely photoswitchable nanocrystal in @nature. The work lights the way for advances in optical probes, 3D memory, and super-res microscopy. https://t.co/Y9aUXEmG9g

[Emma Xu @infraremma]

@ArturBed Ah yes, definitely! The element of “luck” plays a big role of my (and probably many others’) story.

[Emma Xu @infraremma]

After spending over a decade of being ashamed of my traumatic past (even though none of it was my fault), I finally have the courage to share my story openly, as a way of healing.

I still feel very emotional about this, so if you wish to leave a comment, please be kind. ❤️

[Science Magazine @ScienceMagazine]

"I was late learning about science; I didn’t even know what research was until I was 20 years old. For much of my scientific training I feared I was behind my peers.

But I have been able to close the gap—and that is something to be proud of." https://t.co/rIUvvUf30N

[Emma Xu @infraremma]

@AnaLRodriguezD Thank you for your kind response Ana 🥰

[Emory Chan @EmoryChanNano]

Check out our latest work in @Nature! We show that photon avalanching nanoparticles can be switched on and off repeatedly using light, which allows us to perform <1 Å accuracy super-resolution imaging and 3D nanopatterning. https://t.co/z1lV6uB3sv
(open access link in 🧵)