As a FLEET PhD student Qile Li worked with Centre AI Dr Mark Edmonds at Monash University on the growth of 2D materials and characterisation of them by the ARPES technique, in particula on the characterisation of electronic structures of Quantum Anomalous insulators (e.g. MnBi₂Te₄), and QAH insulator/topological insulator heterostructures. In FLEET’s Research Theme 1: Topological materials, Qile investigated the effects of film thickness and magnetism on the electronic structure such as surface states of topological materials in the search for a large-gap QAH insulator. Qile is interested in both theory (model Hamiltonians) and experiments (characterisation of topological materials, strongly correlated materials).