Dan Du received her B.S. in Chemistry and her M.S. in Analytical Chemistry from Hubei University, China. She then earned her Ph.D. in Analytical Chemistry from Nanjing University, China, in 2005. From 2005 to 2006, she was an Assistant Professor in the Department of Chemistry, Central China Normal University, China. From 2006 to 2009, she was an Associate Professor and a Professor from 2011 to 2012. Currently, she is a Research Professor at the School of Mechanical and Materials Engineering, Washington State University. Her research interests include nanomaterials for biosensing and drug delivery, immunosensors and microchips for biomarker detection, functional materials for electroanalysis and energy storage, and surface modification and characterization.