Prof. Karl Ludwig Giboni earned his physics Ph.D. from RWTH Aachen, Germany, in 1981. He held postdoctoral positions at RWTH Aachen and Harvard University, contributing to the UA1 experiment at CERN, which led to the discovery of the W and Z bosons. After working in detector-related industry, he returned to academia with a fellowship from the Japanese Society for the Promotion of Science then joining Columbia University as a Research Scientist in 1996. In 2010, he joined Shanghai Jiao Tong University as a Zhiyuan Chair Professor, where he worked until his retirement in 2022.

Prof. Giboni was a pioneering physicist whose work in dual-phase xenon time-projection technology transformed dark matter research. He was a driving force behind the XENON10 and XENON100 experiments in Italy. After moving to Shanghai, he became a cornerstone of the PandaX collaboration. With foresight and strategic vision, he guided the staged xenon detector development at the China Jinping Underground Laboratory, ushering PandaX to the forefront of global dark matter research. His expertise and experience in detector technology and cryogenics shine through in every aspect of the PandaX detector design. As a committed mentor and colleague, he inspired many young scientists, leaving an enduring legacy in the quest for dark matter.