Hi, nice to meet you!
I speak Mandarin, English, and the language of rocks.
New profile photo taken at LPSC 2025!
Tianqi Xie / 谢天琪
谢, Xie: meaning thanks; 天, Tian: meaning sky; 琪, Qi: meaning jade
Research Interests:
Mineral evolution: behavior of minerals under high-pressure high-temperature conditions
Planetary surface process: pressure-temperature-time conditions for the formation of impact craters and meteorites
Planetary exploration: automated Raman spectroscopy in future missions
Gem and mineral inclusions
E–mail: t.xie@usask.ca
Events since became a faculty in USask
July, 2025: Rapid compression DAC workshop, DESY
June 2025: SCCM in Washington DC.
April-May, 2025: 13BMC beamtime, followed by PETRA III P02.2 beamtime and Feria de Abril!
March, 2025: LPSC in Houston
February, 2025: To APS!!!To my favourite beamline 13!!!
Januaray, 2025: Got my first co-supervised student
September, 2024 - April, 2025: Department seminar coordinator.
September - December, 2024: Teaching Geo 108/121 The Earth and How It Works again (around 380 students this time).
October, 2024: Try again with NSERC DG and RTI proposal.
May - August, 2024: writing manuscripts/proposals, buying stuff to set up my lab.
January - April, 2024: Teaching Geo 108/121 The Earth and How It Works (a 300 students class, 3 shows per week). [course link]
January, 2024: Sit on search committee for a Canada Research Chair in Geoscience of Critical Minerals for a Sustainable Future.
November, 2023: Sit on department salary review committee.
Late September - early November, 2023: Synchrotron beamtime at P02.2, PETRA III, Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron (DESY), Germany.
October, 2023: Submit my first NSERC DG and RTI proposal.
September, 2023: Got my first invite to serve on a PhD student's committee.
September 1st, 2023: Assistant Professor, Department of Geological Sciences, University of Saskatchewan (USask). [USask news] [department profile]
2023 Assistant Professor
2022 Postdoc
2021 Ph.D.
2014 M.Sc.
2011 B.Eng.
Gemology training
2012, Registered Qualification Certificate of Certified Gemologist, the People's Republic of China (CGC, 中国国家注册珠宝玉石质量检验师）
2010, Fellow of the Gemmological Association and Gem Testing Laboratory of Great Britain (FGA)
Work experience
2023 Assistant Professor, Department of Geological Sciences, Saskatchewan, SK, Canada
2022 Postdoctoral Associate, Department of Geosciences/Mineral Physics Institute, Stony Brook, NY, USA
Education
2021 Doctor's Degree in Geophysics, Department of Earth Sciences, University of Western Ontario, London, Canada.
Supervisors: Dr. Sean R. Shieh, Dr. Gordon R. Osinski
PhD thesis: Raman Spectroscopy and Synchrotron X-Ray Diffraction Study of Lunar and Terrestrial Plagioclase Feldspar under High-Pressures High-Temperature Conditions
2014 Master’s Degree in Mineralogy, School of Gemmology, China University of Geosciences (Beijing), Beijing, China
Supervisors: Xuemei He 何雪梅, Shiqi Wang 王时麒 (Peking University)
MSc thesis: Coloration and Formation Study of Zhanguohong Agate, Fuxin, Liaoning Province, China
2011 Bachelor’s Degree in Gemology School of Gemmology, China University of Geosciences (Beijing), Beijing, China
Supervisor: Xuemei He 何雪梅
BEng thesis: The Role of H2O in the Coloration of Turquoise from Hubei Province, China