Xiaonan Zhang, Associate Professor in the Department of Immunology, Genetics, and Pathology at Uppsala University, earned her Ph.D. from the Department of Oncology-Pathology at the Karolinska Institute, Sweden, in 2015. Following her doctoral studies, she conducted research as a Visiting Researcher in the Department of Obstetrics, Gynaecology, and Women's Health at the University of Minnesota, USA, before joining Uppsala University. Her research is dedicated to investigating the distinct characteristics of dormant tumor cells resistant to traditional cancer therapies, with a particular emphasis on mitochondria.