Min Xiao graduated from Hunan University (Hunan, China) in 1995. She received a doctorate in Polymer Science from the South China University of Technology (Guangzhou, China) in 2001 under the supervision of Professor Kecheng Gong. After conducting postdoctoral research at Sun Yat-sen University for two years under the supervision of Professor Yuezhong Meng, she became a staff of this university and now is a Professor in the School of Materials Science and Engineering. Her research areas include the chemical utilization of carbon dioxide and new energy materials. She has co-authored 150 research articles and holds 55 Chinese patents.