Education:

• B. S., Department of Physics, Wuhan University, 2002-2006
• M. S., Department of Physics, Wuhan University, 2006-2008
• Ph. D., Department of Physics, Wuhan University, 2008-2012
• Visiting Ph.D. student, Institute of Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 2009-2012

Work Experience:

• Post doc., Weldon School of Biomedical Engineering, Purdue University, 2012- present

Research Project:

• Field optimization in ion trap mass spectrometers.
• Development of electro-hydrodynamic methods for ion trajectory simulation in mass spectrometer.

Publication:
[1] X.Y. Zhou, C.Q. Xiong, S. Zhang, N. Zhang, Z.X. Nie, Study of nonlinear resonance effect in Paul trap,
J. Am. Soc. Mass Spectrom., 2013, DOI: 10.1007/s13361-013-0589-x.
[2] X.Y. Zhou, G.P. Xu, C.Q. Xiong, R. Chen, H.X. Qiao, Z. X. Nie, Characteristics of electrical field in surface-electrode ion traps,
J. Mass Spectrom., 2012, 47, 286.
[3] X. Y. Zhou, C. Q. Xiong, G. P. Xu, L. Hao, Y. Tang, Z. Q. Zhu, R. Chen, H. W. Qiao, Y. H. Tzeng, W. P. Peng, Z. X. Nie,
Y. Chen, Potential distribution and transmission characteristics in a curved quadrupole ion guide, 
J. Am. Soc. Mass Spectrom., 2011, 22, 386
[4] X.Y. Zhou, Z.Q. Zhu, C.Q. Xiong, R. Chen, W.J. Xu, H.W. Qiao, W.P. Peng, Z.X. Nie, Y. Chen,
Characteristics of stability boundary and frequency in nonlinear ion trap mass spectrometer, 
J. Am. Soc. Mass Spectrom., 2010, 21, 1588.