Xiaolei Wu is an Associate Professor at Hebei Agricultural University. She holds a bachelor's degree in horticulture, which she obtained from the Horticulture College at Hebei Agricultural University in 1998. In 2005, she earned a master's degree in landscape plants and ornamental horticulture from Beijing Forestry University. Xiaolei Wu has been working towards a PhD in facility horticulture at the College of Horticulture, Hebei Agricultural University, since September 2018. She also worked as a visiting scholar at the University of Wisconsin and Michigan State University from December 2016 to December 2017. Her research mainly focuses on facility vegetables and soil-less cultivation.