Min Fan is a Professor at the School of Animation and Digital Arts at the Communication University of China (CUC). She is also a Visiting Professor at the MIT Media Lab's Tangible Media Group (2025-2026) and a Research Associate at the University of British Columbia's Collaborative Digital Heritage Studio (CoDHerS). She received her PhD from Simon Fraser University (SFU) and subsequently held postdoctoral fellowships at both SFU and CUC. A recipient of the prestigious National High-Level Young Talents Program and the Beijing Nova Program, Professor Fan's research focuses on designing playful learning experiences for children and youth by leveraging interaction design and digital media. Her work has been supported by major grants from the National Social Science Fund of China (Arts), the State Administration of Radio and Television, and the Beijing Municipal Science & Technology Commission. She has authored over 40 high-impact publications in top-tier international journals and conferences. Her extensive academic service includes serving on the Editorial Board of the International Journal of Child-Computer Interaction (IJCCI), acting as Papers Chair for the ACM Interaction Design and Children conference (IDC '25-'26), and serving as an Associate Chair for the ACM CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems for seven consecutive years (CHI '20-'26).