Dr. Yufan Xu is an Associate Research Physicist specializing in liquid metal applications for next-gen fusion devices. At PPPL, Dr. Xu leads the development of the Lithium Experimental Application Platform (LEAP) and conducts liquid metal laboratory studies on LMX-U of various divertor designs combined with theoretical and numerical analyses. Dr. Xu has also worked on geophysical and astrophysical turbulence with liquid metal experiments, furthering the understanding of the roles of rotation and magnetic fields in planetary and stellar magnetic field generation processes.