She received her Ph.D. degree in the field of fluid mechanics from Tsinghua University. In the last decade, Dr. Xu has been engaged in nanotechnology, fluid mechanics, nonlinear analytical methods, and numerical simulation. Currently her researches are mainly focused on numerical simulation and experiment study of the electrospinning process. Dr. Xu is one of the leading research experts in the field of mechanism of electrospun nanofibers. She is author or coauthor of over 70 publications in scientific journals and conference proceedings. And she serves on the Editorial Board of some journals.