
Xiaoyu Xu
Professor
Master Supervisor
Education and Working Experience
Professor 2024/09-present, Shandong Agricultural University
Postdoc 2021/08-2024/07, Fudan University
Postdoc 2018/04-2024/07, Åbo Akademi University
Ph.D. 2013/09-2018/03 Tongji University
Research Area
1.Research on Targeted Design, Fabrication and Detection Performance of MOFs-based Lanthanide Photofunctional Hybrid Materials
2.Research on Nanotechnology-facilitated Disease Diagnosis and Therapy Based on CRISPR Systems
3.Application Exploration of Functional Micro/nano Materials Design and Construction in Targeted Drug Delivery
Honors and Awards
1.2021 Shanghai Super Postdoctoral Fellowship
2.2019 Postdoctoral Fellowship, Åbo Akademi University
Funding
1.2023.01-2025.12, National Natural Science Foundation of China, Host
2.2026.01-2029.12, Taishan Scholars Project, Host
3.2021.11-2023.11, China Postdoctoral Science Foundation Funded Project, Host
Published Articles
1.Chang Liu, Xiaoyu Xu*, Droplet Microfluidics for Advanced Single-Cell Analysis, Smart Medicine, 2025; 4:e70002.
2. Shengyi Wang, Xiaoyu Xu, Tapani Viitala, Yilai Shu, and Hongbo Zhang, Unlocking mRNA-driven CRISPR-Cas9 gene therapy via optimizing mRNA and the delivery vectors, Molecular Therapy: Nucleic Acids, 2025, 36(4):102737.
3.Chang Liu, Yongyang Chen, Xiaoyu Xu, Miao Yin, Hongbo Zhang* and Wenmei Su*, Utilizing Macrophages Missile for Sulfate-Based Nanomedicine Delivery in Lung Cancer Therapy, Research, 2024, 7:0448.
4.Chang Liu, Xiaoyu Xu, Yongyang Chen, Miao Yin, Ermei Mäkilä, Wenhui Zhou, Wenmei Su*, Hongbo Zhang*, Metabolism-Regulating Nanozyme System for Advanced nanocatalytic Cancer Therapy, Small, 2024, 20(24):e2307794.
5.Xiaoyu Xu, Chang Liu, Shengyi Wang, Ermei Mäkilä, Jiali Wang, Oliver Koivisto, Junnian Zhou, Jessica M. Rosenholm, Yilai Shu* and Hongbo Zhang*, Microfluidic-assisted Biomineralization of CRISPR/Cas9 in Near-infrared Responsive Metal-organic Frameworks for Programmable Gene-editing, Nanoscale, 2022, 14, 15832-15844.
6.Xiaoyu Xu, Chang Liu, Yonghui Wang, Oliver Koivisto, Junnian Zhou, Yilai Shu, Hongbo Zhang*, Nanotechnology-based Delivery of CRISPR/Cas9 for Cancer Treatment, Advanced Drug Delivery Reviews, 2021, 176, 113891.
7.Xiaoyu Xu, Bing Yan*, An effective and simple fluorescent wearable platform for sweat Cl- analysis and logic smart-device fabrication based on color adjustable lanthanide MOFs, Journal of Materials Chemistry C, 2018, 6, 1863-1869.
8.Xiaoyu Xu, Xiao Lian, Jina Hao, Chi Zhang, Bing Yan*, Double stimuli-responsive fluorescent center for food spoilage monitoring based on dye covalent modified EuMOFs: from sensory hydrogel to logic device, Advanced Materials, 2017, 29, 1702298.
9.Xiaoyu Xu, Bing Yan*, Intelligent molecular searcher from logic computing network based on Eu(III) functionalized UMOFs for environmental monitoring, Advanced Functional Materials, 2017, 27, 1700247.
10.Xiaoyu Xu, Bing Yan*, Eu(III) functionaized ZnO@MOFs heterostructures: integration of pre-concentration and efficient charge tranfer as ppb-level sensing platform for volatile aldehyde gases in vehicles, Journal of Materials Chemistry A, 2017, 5, 2215-2223.
Contact Information
Email: xyxu@sdau.edu.cn
Room 1117 West, Liberal Arts Building
No. 61 Daizong Street, Tai’an, Shandong

