Tong Xie

Hi there! 👋 I’m Tong Xie, the CEO and co-founder of GreenDynamics, and Group Lead of UNSW AI4Science. I received my PhD in Photovoltaics Materials and Computer Science from UNSW Sydney 🇦🇺 in 2025, where I was advised by Bram Hoex, Clara Grazian. Before joining UNSW, I received my Bachelor’s degree from the School of Material Science and Engineering at both Monash University (where I completed my final year project with Jacek Jasieniak) and Central South University.

My Current Interests:

AI for Science, LLMs, Self-Driving Labs, Nano Thinfilms and Nano Particles

My Service and Leadership:

Conference Reviewer: NeurIPS, ICLR, ACL, and EMNLP ; Multiple Journal Reviewer(like Nature Communications)

UNSW Postgraduate Council - Research Committee Officer(2022-2023),Project Committee Officer(2023-2024)

Australian Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering - IMNIS Alumni

My Grant:

NCMAS: Accelerating Advanced Catalyst Discovery through Large Language Models and Neural Network Interatomic Potential

PAWSEY PARTNER SCHEME: Material Science focused Large Language Model for accelerated discovery

ACAP Collaborative Project Funds: Bayesian Optimization and Large Language Models: Towards Autonomous, Closed-Loop PV Materials Discovery

Microsoft Research AFMR: Unsupervised word embedding for material discovery from the natural scientific literature

UNSW DGFI Seed Funding: AI-Powered Datasets Collection and Analysis Platform in Smart Cities and Smart Grids

My Leadership:

2025 Google Australia Travel Scholarship

2024 Argonne National Lab ATPESC Receiptant

2023 UNSW Founder Climate 10x

2023 NCI Australia TOP 10 HPC-AI Talent

2022 Blackbird Venture Wild Future Program

Fun Facts:

🌏 We are building an autonomous lab for perovskite solar cells in Melbourne, equipped with advanced robotics and AI integration to optimize material synthesis and testing processes. We collaborate with researchers worldwide to push the boundaries of science and innovation.

🌱 I’m an advocate for sustainable R&D practices and love scaling technology to solve global challenges.

💡 I believe in changing the traditional R&D paradigm, making innovation simpler, faster, and more accessible.My interview by National Computaional Infrasture Australia

Feel free to explore my github or connect with me on LinkedIn to discuss AI, materials science, or anything renewable energy. Let’s innovate together! 🚀