Xiufeng Han is a full professor at the Institute of Physics (IOP) of the Chinese Academy of Science (CAS).

During his tenure there, he founded the “Spintronics Materials, Physics and Devices” group-M02 in 2002 and has led it ever since with remarkable success. Professor Han obtained his Bachelor of Science from Lanzhou University in 1984, and graduated with a Masters on magnetic properties of rare-earth ions in RCo 5 (1990) and a PhD on effects of crystal field and exchange on the magnetic properties of RCo 5 and R 2 Co 17 (R=Y, La, Ce, Pr, Nd, Sm, Gd, Tb, Dy, Ho, and Er) (1993) from Jilin University, where he was a lecturer.

During a decade-long research period on Rare-earth transition metal (T) compounds and permanent magnets, he developed novel R 3 (Fe,T) 29 compounds, and explored new interstitial of R 3 (Fe,T) 29 nitride and carbide magnets. He was appointed as Associate Professor at the Institute of Semiconductors of the CAS in 1996, just three years after his PhD, and actively developed his overseas contacts during the period (1998-2002) when he worked as a JSPS Foreign Researcher with Prof. Terunobu Miyazaki at Tohoku University, Sendai (Japan) and with Prof. Michael Coey at Trinity College, Dublin (Ireland). He also spent time visiting the CNPq in Rio Janeiro (Brazil) and the University of New Orleans (USA).

In recognition of his promise and achievements, he was invited back to the position of full professor at the IOP in 2002 and established the first full-chain research group on “Spintronics Materials, Physics, and Devices” in China, leveraging his experience and contacts in Europe and Japan. He built his group an ultra-clean room equipped with state-of-the-art facilities for spintronics and magnonics micro-nano device fabrication. This included high vacuum systems, including ULVAC sputtering systems, deep UV exposure/e-beam lithography and argon ion etching systems, a high-frequency pulse generator/spectrum analyzer/oscilloscope operating between 1～40GHz, a physical property measurement system (PPMS) covering temperatures from 2～400 K, etc. These advanced resources have enabled his group to achieve cutting-edge advancements in the field. He received funding as a Distinguished Young Scholar from National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC) in 2003 and has been honoured twice with the NSFC Spintronics Outstanding Innovation Team Foundation Award, in 2007 and 2010. He also received 15 international joint and visiting funding from bilateral scientific cooperation agreements of China with Finland, France, Germany, Ireland, Russia, UK, Japan, Pakistan, Australia and Brazil spanning the period 2003～2027, which have supported 60 bilateral exchange visits.

Prof. Han is a worldwide leader in his field with a research team that has collaborated with 300 renowned foreign scientists, publishing 247 collaborative papers with colleagues: from Europe (Belgium, Czech Republic, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Ireland, Italy, Norway, Russia, Spain, Switzerland, The Netherlands, UK); North America (USA, Canada); Asia (India, Japan, Nepal, Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, South Korea); and beyond (Australia, Brazil). Among them, 96 collaborative papers were published with 120 scholars from 14 European countries, mainly based on bilateral joint and visiting NSFC projects etc. with the Finland, France, Germany, Ireland, Russia and UK, which have supported 50 bilateral exchange visits over the period 2003-2024.
Prof. Han often visits the European partner institutions as a visiting professor for academic discussions and collaborative research lasting 1 to 2 weeks, and his doctoral students remain abroad for periods of 6 months to 2 years. The record reflects Xiufeng Han strong engagement with the international scientific community.