2019年12月毕业于天津大学药学院获工学博士学位，导师Jay Siegel教授。2021.03—2023.04期间以洪堡学者身份在德国维尔茨堡大学开展博士后研究，合作导师Frank Würthner教授。2023年5月年加入天津大学分子+研究院，任副研究员，加盟孙哲教授研究团队。目前以第一作者在JACS、ACIE等期刊发表论文数篇。

代表性论文如下：

1) X. Tian, K. Shoyama, B. Mahlmeister, F. Brust, M. Stolte, F. Würthner,* Naphthalimide-Annulated [n]Helicenes: Red Circularly Polarized Light Emitters. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2023, 145, 9886–9894.

2) X. Tian, J. Xu, K. K. Baldridge,* J. S. Siegel,* Fluorous Corannulenes: Ab initio Predictions and the Synthesis of sym-Pentafluorocorannulene. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2020, 59, 1460-1464.

3) X. Tian, K. Shoyama, F. Würthner,* Nitrogen-Doped Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons by a One-Pot Suzuki Coupling/Intramolecular S_NAr Reaction. Chem. Sci. 2023, 14, 284-290.

4) X. Tian, L. M. Roch, N. Vanthuyne, J. Xu, K. K. Baldridge,* J. S. Siegel,*  Azaindenocorannulenes: Synthesis, Properties, & Chirality. Org. Lett. 2019, 21, 3510-3513.

5) X. Tian, S. Chaiworn, J. Xu, N. Vanthuyne, K. K. Baldridge,* J. S. Siegel,* Thiophene fused indenocorannulenes: synthesis, variable emission, and exceptional chiral configurational stability. Org. Chem. Front., 2021, 8, 3653.

6) X. Tian, L. M. Roch, K. K. Baldridge,* J. S. Siegel,* Diindenocorannulenes: Curved Aromatics Blending Bowl-in-Bowl Assembly and Nanocarbon Material Properties. Eur. J. Org. Chem. 2017, 2801–2805.