Xi Tian

Dr. Tian Xi joined the Tsinghua Shenzhen International Graduate School at Tsinghua University in 2024, dedicating himself to the development of advanced wireless technologies to address important scientific and biomedical challenges in human health. His research focuses on wireless communication, sensing, and powering of wearable or implantable devices within living systems, further advancing these technologies by integrating them into bioelectronic systems for enhanced applications in medical diagnostics and disease treatment.

To date, he has published 11 papers as the first/corresponding author (including co-authorships) in prestigious journals such as Nature Electronics, Nature Communication, Science Advances, and IEEE Trans. Antennas Propag., contributing to a total of 24 publications. Two of these papers have been recognized as highly cited papers by ESI. Additionally, he has applied for six invention patents (2 in the United States, 2 under the PCT, and 2 in China, respectively). His achievements have been widely reported by more than 30 international media outlets and TV stations, including Reuters, The New York Times, The Telegraph, and CGTN.

August, 2017 – August, 2021, National University of Singapore, Electrical Engineering, PhD;

September, 2012 – June, 2016, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Bachelor.

February, 2024 – present, Tsinghua Shenzhen International Graduate School, Tsinghua University, Assistant Professor

Aug, 2021- February, 2024，Institute for Health Innovation and Technology, National University of Singapore，Research Fellow

Mar, 2017- Aug, 2017，Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, National University of Singapore，Research Assistant

2021 Chinese Government Award for Outstanding Self-financed Students Abroad

2020 Featured Students of NUS Graduate School

2016 Excellent Graduate of Sichuan Province

2016 Outstanding Student of UESTC (the highest honour given to 10 undergraduates out of 5000)

2015 National Scholarship

[1] Xi Tian^#, Pui Mun Lee^#, Yu Jun Tan, et al. Wireless body sensor networks based on metamaterial textiles. Nature Electronics, 2019, 2(6): 243–251.

[2] Xi Tian^#*, Qihang Zeng^#, Selman A. Kurt^#, et al. Implant-to-implant wireless networking with metamaterial textiles. Nature Communications, 2023, 14(1): 4335.

[3] Dat T. Nguyen^#, Qihang Zeng^#, Xi Tian^#, et al. Ambient health sensing on passive surfaces using metamaterials. Science Advances, 2024, 10(1): eadj6613.

[4] Xi Tian^#*, Qihang Zeng^#, Denys Nikolayev, John S. Ho*. Conformal propagation and near-omnidirectional radiation with surface plasmonic clothing. IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation, 2020, 68(11): 7309–7319.

[5] Xi Tian^#*, Qihang Zeng^#, Dat T. Nguyen, John S. Ho. Textile-integrated phased surfaces for wireless networking of bioelectronic devices. IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation, 2024, 72(1), 267–276.

The primary research fields of the research group include wireless bioelectronics, wearable/implantable devices, electromagnetic metamaterials, wireless communication, wireless sensing, wireless energy transmission, and other related fields. We welcome inquiries from master's, doctoral, and post-doctoral candidates via email consultation.