DrHelen Xu

Dr Helen (Xiaoxue) Xu is a Senior Lecturer in the School of Biomedical Engineering in the FEIT at UTS. She completed the Chancellor’s Postdoctoral Research Fellowship at the University of Technology Sydney in 2021 and joined the FEIT in 2022. Her research focuses on biomaterials for biomedical implants and devices. She has developed biodegradable metallic materials for soft and hard tissue engineering including cardiovascular stents and bone scaffolds. Dr Xu is also an expert in the inorganic luminescent nanocrystals for biomedical imaging, drug delivery and photodynamic treatment towards cancers and Type I Diabetes. Prior to joining UTS, Dr Xu completed a Macquarie University Research Fellowship (2015-2017) and a postdoctoral position at the University of Western Australia (UWA) after she was awarded her PhD in Materials and Chemical Engineering at UWA.