Prof. Xiangyi "X" Meng is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Physics, Applied Physics, and Astronomy at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI). He earned his B.S. in microelectronics from Peking University and completed his Ph.D. in physics at Boston University (advised by Prof. Eugene Stanley). Prior to his role at RPI, he worked with Prof. Albert-László Barabási as a Postdoc at Northeastern University's Center for Complex Network Research, and with Prof. István Kovács as a Research Associate at Northwestern University.