个人简历

教育背景
1987 匹兹堡大学物理学 博士
1982 匹兹堡大学物理学 硕士
1981 兰州大学物理学 学士

工作经历
2018.8-至今 南方科技大学力学与航空航天工程系 讲席教授
2014-2018.8 香港中文大学卓铭物理学教授
2010.8-2015.7 香港中文大学物理系系主任
2007.8-2010.7 香港中文大学材料科学与工程系物理研究生院主任
2002-2018 香港中文大学物理系教授
1995-2002 香港中文大学物理系副教授
1992-1995 香港中文大学物理系讲师
1989-1992 康奈尔大学物理系和化学系博士后
1989 北卡罗来纳大学教堂山分校化学系助理研究员

研究领域

物理海洋、地球物理流体力学、流体湍流、复杂流体

近期论文

1. Y.-C. Xie, G.-Y. Ding and K.-Q. Xia, “Flow Topology Transition via Global Bifurcation in Thermally Driven Turbulence” Physical Review Letters 120, 214501 (2018).
2. F. Wang, S.-D. Huang, and K.-Q. Xia, “Contribution of Surface Thermal Forcing to Mixing in the Ocean” Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans 123, 855 (2018). (Selected as cover article)
3. K.-L. Chong, S. Wagner, M. Kaczorowski, O. Shishkina, and K.-Q. Xia, “Effect of Prandtl numberon heat transport enhancement in Rayleigh-B´ enard convection under geometrical confinement”Physical Review Fluids 3, 013501 (2018).
4. K.-L. Chong, Y. Yang, S.-D. Huang, J.-Q. Zhong, R. J. A. M. Stevens, R. Verzicco, D. Lohse and K.-Q. Xia, “Confined Rayleigh-B´ enard, Rotating Rayleigh-B´ enard, and Double Diffusive Convection:A Unifying View on Turbulent Transport Enhancement through Coherent Structure Manipulation”Physical Review Letters 119, 064501 (2017).
5. Y.-C. Xie and K.-Q. Xia, “Turbulent thermal convection over rough plates with varying roughnessgeometries” Journal of Fluid Mechanics 825, 573 (2017).
6. F. Wang, S.-D. Huang, and K.-Q. Xia, “Thermal convection with mixed thermal boundary conditions: effects of insulating lids at the top” Journal of Fluid Mechanics 817, R1 (2017).
7. F. Wang, S.-D. Huang, S.-Q. Zhou, and K.-Q. Xia, “Laboratory simulation of the geothermal heating effects on ocean overturning circulation” Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans 121, 7589 (2016).
8. K. L. Chong and K.-Q. Xia, “Exploring the severely confined regime in Rayleigh-B´ enard convection” Journal of Fluid Mechanics 805, R4 (2016).
9. H.-D. Xi, Y.-B. Zhang, J.-T. Hao and K.-Q. Xia, “Higher-order flow modes in turbulent Rayleigh-B´ enard convection” Journal of Fluid Mechanics 805, 31 (2016).
10. S.-Q. Zhou, Y.-C. Xie, C. Sun and K.-Q. Xia, “Statistical characterization of thermal plumes in turbulent thermal convection” Physical Review Fluids 1, 054301 (2016).
11. S-D. Huang and K.-Q. Xia, “Effects of geometric confinement in quasi-2-D turbulent Rayleigh-B´ enard convection” Journal of Fluid Mechanics 794, 639 (2016).
12. K.-L. Chong, S.-D. Huang, M. Kaczorowski, and K.-Q. Xia, “Condensation of Coherent Structures in Turbulent Flows” Physical Review Letters 115, 264503 (2015).
13. Y.-C. Xie, S.-D. Huang, D. Funfschilling, X.-M. Li, R. Ni, and K.-Q. Xia, “Effects of polymer additives in the bulk of turbulent thermal convection” Journal of Fluid Mechanics 784, R3,(2015)
14. S.-D. Huang, F. Wang, H.-D. Xi, and K.-Q. Xia, “Comparative Experimental Study of Fixed Temperature and Fixed Heat Flux Boundary Conditions in Turbulent Thermal Convection” Physical Review Letters 115, 154502 (2015).
15. K.-Q. Xia, K.-L. Chong, M. Kaczorowski and S.-D. Huang, “Enhanced heat transfer by a slower flow in highly confined turbulent natural convection” Turbulence, Heat and Mass Transfer 8
16. R. Ni, S-D. Huang and K.-Q. Xia, “Reversals of the large-scale circulation in quasi-2D Rayleigh-B´ enard convection” Journal of Fluid Mechanics 778, R5 (2015).
17. M. Kaczorowski, K.-L. Chong and K.-Q. Xia, “Turbulent flow in the bulk of Rayleigh-B´ enard convection: aspect ratio-dependence of the small-scale properties” Journal of Fluid Mechanics747, 73 (2014).
18. P. Wei, T.-S. Chan, R. Ni, X.-Z. Zhao and K.-Q. Xia “Heat transport properties of plates with smooth and rough surfaces in turbulent thermal convection” Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 740,28 (2014).
19. K.-Q. Xia “Current trends and future directions in turbulent thermal convection”, Theoretical& Applied Mechanics Letters 3, 052001 (2013).
20. S.-D. Huang, M. Kaczorowski, R. Ni, and K.-Q. Xia “Confinement-Induced Heat-Transport Enhancement in Turbulent Thermal Convection”, Physical Review Letters 111, 104501 (2013).