Biography

Xiaoyan is currently an Associate Professor at Dalian Maritime University, and head of bachelor in Transport Engineering. She started her career as Research Associate (Chargé de Recherche) at École des Ponts ParisTech (Institut Polytechnique de Paris, IP Paris, since 2024) in 2014, then Associate Professor (Professeur Agrégé senior, then Enseignant-Chercheur senior) at CY Cergy Paris University in 2020, and Researcher (Chercheur; 50% full-time) at Université Gustave Eiffel between 2021 and 2022.

Research for Urban Traffic & Mobility in the field of transport engineering since 2010, she was not only engaged in fundamental research on the theories / models of passenger transportation and mobility to solve inherent and novel key issues, but also actively involved in various major research projects to promote the development of environmentally friendly, comfortable, safe and sustainable urban transport and mobility systems for urban development and planning, in LICIT of ENTPE - INRETS (IFSTTAR since 2011), in LVMT of École des Ponts ParisTech (IP Paris) - IFSTTAR - UPEM, in GRETTIA of UGE (ex IFSTTAR), in MATRiS of CYU - Cerema, and in College of transportation engineering of Dalian Maritime University.

She mentored and co-mentored PhD candidate, post-master (mastère / alternance) student, engineer / master student, and undergraduate student, and supported HR. She had undergraduate, engineer, or master courses on Traffic and Transportation in French, English or Chinese. She had been engaging with Ecole des Ponts ParisTech (IP Paris), Université Sorbonne Paris Nord (USPN) as Adjunct Professor for teaching, and with HaiNan Normal University and Henan University of Technology as Visiting Professor for seminars.