1. 09/2002-06/2006, Hubei Normal University, Bachelor of biological science.

2. 09/2006-03/2012, Institute of Hydrobiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Ph.D. of environmental science.

3. 04/2012-12/2016, Chongqing Institute of Green and Intelligent Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Assistant Professor.

4. 01/2017-12/2021, Chongqing Institute of Green and Intelligent Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Associate Professor.

5.01/2022-Now, Chongqing Institute of Green and Intelligent Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Professor.

Environmental Microbiology

1. 2018, “Youth Innovation Promotion Association” of Chinese Academy of Sciences.

2. 2023, delegate of the sixth Chongqing Women's Congress.

1. Yuran Cheng, Zhe Li, Yan Xiao*, Xinghua Wu, Liming Liu. Insights into the role of external layers in cyanobacteria at varying temperatures and their regulatory mechanism. Freshwater Biology. 2022, 67(11): 1889–1902.

2. Yan Xiao, Yuran Cheng, Pan He, Xinghua Wu, Zhe Li*. New insights into external layers of cyanobacteria and microalgae based on multiscale analysis of AFM force-distance curves. Science of the Total Environment. 2021, 774: 145680.

3. Yan Xiao, Lingxin Liu, Zhe Li*, Yuran Cheng. The role of cyanobacterial external layers in mass transfer: evidence from temperature shock experiments by noninvasive microtest technology. Microorganisms. 2020, 8(6): 861.

4. Shuqing Zhang, Yan Xiao*, Zhe Li, Shu Wang, Jinsong Guo, Lunhui Lu. Turbulence exerts nutrients uptake and assimilation of bloom-forming Dolichospermum through modulating morphological traits: Field and chemostat culture studies. Science of the Total Environment. 2019, 671: 329-338.

5. Yan Xiao, Shuqing Zhang, Zhe Li*, Xinghua Wu, Shu Wang, Jinsong Guo. Turbulent mixing mediates the photosynthetic activities and biochemical composition of Anabaena: implications for bioengineering. Journal of Applied Phycology. 2018, 30(4): 2227-2236.

6. Ping Zhang, Yan Xiao*, Zhe Li*, Jinsong Guo, Lunhui Lu. Microalgae in microwell arrays exhibit differences with those in flasks: evidence from growth rate, cellular carotenoid, and oxygen production. Frontiers in Plant Science. 2018, 8: 2251.

7. Yan Xiao, Zhe Li*, Jinsong Guo, Jing Liu, Yang Huang. Cyanobacteria in a tributary backwater area in the Three Gorges Reservoir, China. Inland Waters. 2016, 6: 77-88.

8. Yan Xiao, Zhe Li*, Jinsong Guo, Fang Fang, Val H. Smith. Succession of phytoplankton assemblages in response to large-scale reservoir operation: a case study in a tributary of the Three Gorges Reservoir, China. Environmental Monitoring and Assessment. 2016, 188(3):153.

9. Nanqin Gan#, Yan Xiao#, Lin Zhu, Zhongxing Wu, Jin Liu, Chenlin Hu, Lirong Song*. The role of microcystins in maintaining colonies of bloom-forming Microcystis spp. Environmental Microbiology. 2012, 14(3): 730-742.

10.Yan Xiao, Nanqin Gan, Jin Liu, Lingling Zheng, Lirong Song*. Heterogeneity of buoyancy in response to light between two buoyant types of cyanobacterium Microcystis. Hydrobiologia. 2012, 679(1): 297–311.