Her research focuses on single-molecule biophysics. Her team is currently engaged in manipulating single molecules in living cells to investigate the molecular mechanisms of both gene regulation and cell division.Dr. Xiao received her undergraduate degree in biochemistry from Nanjing University in Nanjing, China. She earned her Ph.D. from Rice University and completed a fellowship at Harvard University. Dr. Xiao joined the Johns Hopkins faculty in 2006.She co-founded the Cell Biophysics Day Symposium and launched the Fun with Science Summer Camp, which offers science education to Baltimore City Public Schools students.