2005.09-2009.07 北京师范大学，物理学，理学学士

2009.09-2015.07 北京师范大学，凝聚态物理，理学博士

2016.10-2016.12 大阪大学访问

2015.07-2019.06 国家纳米科学中心，助理研究员

2019.06-2021.06 中国人民大学，工程师

2021.06-2026.07 中国人民大学，高级工程师

2026.08-至今  中国人民大学，教授级高级工程师

1 二维材料的表界面研究

2 先进原子力显微学研究

  在扫描探针显微分析技术领域具有长期的工作经验和优异的工作基础，曾利用扫描探针技术的功能成像、谱学测量以及原子/分子操纵等功能手段系统地开展了多个方面的研究工作，获得了多项前沿性的研究结果。在国际有影响力的学术期刊上共发表论文60余篇，部分研究结果在Physical Review Letters，Nature Communications，ACS Nano等著名科学期刊发表。

承担国家自然科学基金，中国人民大学校内基金等项目。

代表性论文：

1. L Lei, JQ Dai, H Dong, Y Geng, F Cao, C Wang, R Xu, F Pang, ZX Liu, F Li, ZH Cheng, G Wang, W Ji, “Electronic Janus lattice and kagome-like bands in coloring-triangular MoTe2 monolayer”, NATURE COMMUNICATIONS,  14，6320（2023）

2. R Xu, J Guo. S Mi. H Wen. F  Pang, W Ji, ZH Cheng, “Advanced Atomic Force Microscopies and their Applications in Two-Dimensional Materials: A Review”,Materials Futures, 1，032302 (2022)

3. L Lei, YZ Lun, FY Cao, L Meng, SY Xing, JF Guo, HY Dong, SZ Gu, KQ Xu, S Hussain, YJ Li, Y Sugawara, F Pang, W Ji, JW Hong, R Xu, and ZH Cheng, “Size-dependent strain-engineered nanostructures in MoS₂ monolayer investigated by atomic force microscopy”. Nanotechnology 32, 465703 (2021)

4. F Pang, FY Cao, L Lei, L Meng, SL Ye, SY Xing, JF Guo, HY Dong, S Hussain, SZ Gu, KQ Xu, YJ Li, Y Sugawara, W Ji, R Xu, ZH Cheng, "Strain-Engineering Rippling and Manipulation of Single Layer WS2 by Atomic Force Microscopy", Journal of Physical Chemistry C 125, 8696 (2021)

5. R Xu, F Pang, YH Pan, YZ Lun, L Meng, ZY Zheng, KQ Xu, L Lei, S Hussain, YJ Li, Y Sugawara, JW Hong, W Ji, ZH Cheng, "Atomically Asymmetric Inversion Scales up to Mesoscopic Single-Crystal Monolayer Flakes", ACS Nano 14, 13834-13840 (2020).

6. S Hussain, R Xu, KQ Xu, L Lei, L Meng, ZY Zheng, SY Xing, JF Guo, HY Dong, A Liaqat, M Iqbal, YJ Li, Y Sugawara, F Pang, W Ji, LM Xie, ZH Cheng, "Strain-Induced Hierarchical Ripples in MoS2 Layers Investigated by Atomic Force Microscopy",  Applied Physics Letters 117, 153102 (2020)

7. KQ Xu, YH Pan, SL Ye, L Lei, S Hussain, QM Wang, ZY Yang, XM Liu, W Ji, R Xu, ZH Cheng, "Shear Anisotropy-Driven Crystallographic Orientation Imaging in Flexible Hexagonal Two-Dimensional Atomic Crystals", Applied Physics Letters 115, 063101 (2019) (该文章被编辑推荐为特色文章，同时美国物理协会的Scilight也对该工作进行了专题采访并发表评论文章。Webpage: https://aip.scitation.org/doi/10.1063/1.5122952)

8. R Xu, XS Wang, ZY Zheng, SL Ye, KQ Xu, L Lei, S Hussain, F Pang, XM Liu, YJ Li, Y Sugawara, W Ji, LM Xie, ZH Cheng, “Interfacial Water Intercalation-Induced Metal-Insulator Transition in NbS2/BN Heterostructure”, Nanotechnology 29, 594-601 (2019)

9. KQ Xu, SL Ye, L Lei, L Meng, S Hussain, ZY Zheng, HR Zeng, W Ji, R Xu, ZH Cheng, “Dynamic interfacial mechanical-thermal characteristics of atomically thin two-dimensional crystals”, Nanoscale 10, 13548 (2018)

10. R Xu, SL Ye, KQ Xu, L Lei, S Hussain, ZY Zheng, F Pang, SY Xing, XM Liu, W Ji, ZH Cheng, “Nanoscale charge transfer and diffusion at the MoS2/SiO2 interface by atomic force microscopy: contact injection versus triboelectrification”, Nanotechnology 29, 355701 (2018)

11. R Xu, Z Zheng, W Ji, Z Cheng, "Advanced scanning microwave microscopy" Progress in Physics 35, 241 (2015).

12. R Xu, LJ Yin, JB Qiao, KK Bai, JC Nie, L He, "Direct probing stacking order and electronic spectrum of rhombohedral trilayer graphene with scanning tunelling microscopy", Physical Review B 91, 035410 (2015).

专利：

1.发明专利：ZL201610178483.3，“利用STM的电流信号对AFM信号进行测量的系统”

2.发明专利：ZL202110017122.1，“振幅调制静电力显微术测量电学特性的方法及装置” 

3.发明专利：ZL20201156692.6，“一种基于静电力显微镜的宽屏电学检测方法、系统和可读介质”