Dr. Xiaohu Xia is currently an Associate Professor in the chemistry department at University of Central Florida (UCF). He holds a joint appointment in the NanoScience Technology Center at UCF. Prior to his appointment at UCF, he worked at Michigan Technological University as an Assistant Professor during 2014-2018. He received his Ph.D. in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology from Xiamen University, China in 2011. He worked at Washington University in St. Louis as a Visiting Graduate student from 2009 to 2011 and at Georgia Tech as a Postdoctoral Fellow from 2012 to 2014. His current research interests include materials chemistry, nano-science/technology, and medical diagnostics. As of 2023, he has published 70 peer-reviewed journal articles. His publications have been cited more than 9,500 times.