Dr. Xu received his bachelors in medicine from Medical College of AnHui University of Science & Technology in 2005, and Ph.D. from Peking University Health Science Center in 2011. Dr. Xu did postdoctoral training in Drs. Joseph L. Goldstein and Michael S. Brown's lab at University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center from september 2011 to July of 2013. Dr. Xu joined the faculty at the University of Jinan in 2013.