Dr Xu Xu is a Senior Lecturer in Complex Systems Modelling in the Department of Computer Science and the INSIGNEO Institute for in silico Medicine at the University of Sheffield, UK. Her current research focuses on haemodynamics and multi-scale modelling for personalised cardiovascular healthcare. Xu obtained a BEng degree in Automation from Xidian University, China, and then an MSc in Control Systems Engineering (with Distinction) and a PhD in Nonlinear Systems and Cellular Maps, both from the University of Sheffield (UoS). She had worked as a Postdoctoral Researcher at UoS and the University of Southampton on mathematical and computational modelling of complex systems and processes, followed by the positions of Lecturer, Senior Lecturer, Reader, and Interim Deputy Head of Department for the Department of Engineering and Maths at Sheffield Hallam University (SHU) before returning to UoS as a Senior Lecturer in October 2023.