1972年10月出生，教授，博士生导师。1998年6月于中国科学技术大学获得凝聚态物理博士学位；1998年7月至2002年8月，任职中国科学技术大学讲师、副教授；2000年9月至2006年8月在日本电力中央研究所任STA研究员、特别契约研究员；2006年9月作为中科院“引进国外杰出人才”到中国科学技术大学任职，2006年12月入选中科院“百人计划”。

主要从事高温超导体、强关联电子体系和低维量子磁性材料的输运性质研究

1)X. Rao, G. Hussain, Q. Huang, W. J. Chu, N. Li, X. Zhao, Z. Dun, E. S. Choi, T. Asaba, L. Chen, L. Li, X. Y. Yue, N. N. Wang, J.-G. Cheng, Y. H. Gao, Y. Shen, J. Zhao, G. Chen*, H. D. Zhou*, and X. F. Sun*, “Survival of itinerant excitations and quantum spin state transitions in YbMgGaO4 with chemical disorder”, Nat. Commun.12, 4949 (2021). 2)N. Li, Q. Huang, X. Y. Yue, W. J. Chu, Q. Chen, E. S. Choi, X. Zhao, H. D. Zhou*, and X. F. Sun*, “Possible itinerant excitations and quantum spin state transitions in the effective spin-1/2 triangular-lattice antiferromagnet Na2BaCo(PO4)2”, Nat. Commun.11, 4216 (2020). 3)C. C. Gu, Z. Y. Zhao, X. L. Chen, M. Lee, E. S. Choi, Y. Y. Han, L. S. Ling, L. Pi, Y. H. Zhang, G. Chen*, Z. R. Yang*, H. D. Zhou*, and X. F. Sun*, “Field-Driven Quantum Criticality in the Spinel Magnet ZnCr2Se4”, Phys. Rev. Lett.120, 147204 (2018). 4)S. P. Shen, J. C. Wu, J. D. Song, X. F. Sun*, Y. F. Yang, Y. S. Chai, D. S. Shang, S. G. Wang, J. F. Scott, and Y. Sun*,“Quantum electric-dipole liquid on a triangular lattice”, Nat. Commun. 7, 10569 (2016). 5)L. Yin*,J. S. Xia, Y. Takano, N. S. Sullivan, Q. J. Li, and X. F. Sun*, “Low-Temperature Low-Field Phases of the Pyrochlore Quantum Magnet Tb2Ti2O7”, Phys. Rev. Lett.110, 137201 (2013). 6)X. F. Sun, W. Tao, X. M. Wang, and C. Fan, “Low-Temperature Heat Transport in the Low-Dimensional Quantum Magnet NiCl2-4SC(NH2)2”, Phys. Rev. Lett.102, 167202 (2009). 7)X. F. Sun, S. Ono, Yasushi Abe, Seiki Komiya, Kouji Segawa, and Yoichi Ando, “Electronic Inhomogeneity and Breakdown of the Universal Thermal Conductivity in Cuprate Superconductors”, Phys. Rev. Lett.96, 017008 (2006). 8)X. F. Sun, Kouji Segawa, and Yoichi Ando, “Metal-to-Insulator Crossover in YBa2Cu3Oy Probed by Low-Temperature Quasiparticle Heat Transport”, Phys. Rev. Lett.93, 107001 (2004). 9)X. F. Sun, Y. Kurita, T. Suzuki, Seiki Komiya, and Yoichi Ando, “Thermal Conductivity of Pr1.3–xLa0.7CexCuO4 Single Crystals and Signatures of Stripes in an Electron-doped Cuprate”, Phys. Rev. Lett.92, 047001 (2004). 10)X. F. Sun, Seiki Komiya, J. Takeya, and Yoichi Ando, “Magnetic-Field-Induced Localization of Quasiparticles in Underdoped La2–xSrxCuO4 Single Crystals”, Phys. Rev. Lett. 90, 117004 (2003).