Xin Song graduated from Shandong University and received her B.Sc., M.Sc., and Ph.D. in 1991, 1996 and 1999. After graduation, she stayed at the State Key Laboratory of Microbial Technology as a Lecturer, and in 2001, she was a Postdoctoral Fellow at the Department of Bioengineering, Inha University. From 2002 to 2007, she was promoted to Associate Professor and Master Supervisor and is now a Full Professor and Doctoral Supervisor. Her research interests include Microbial enzymology, biocatalysis, and biotransformation.