1998/9-2004/1, Ph.D. and Master, Materials Science and Engineering, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China
1993/9-1998/7, Bachelor, Materials Science and Engineering, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China

2007/12-present, Associate Professor, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China
2016.6-2016.7, EMI training, Department of Education, Oxford University, UK
2006.8-2007.8, Visiting Fellow. Graduate School of Arts and Science, Harvard University, US
2004/3 - 2007/12, Assistant Professor, Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China

Nanomaterials, Osteochondral tissue engineering, Nerve tissue engineering, tumor theranostics

2016 Students' favorite teacher in School of Materials Science and Engineering, Tsinghua University
2015 Outstanding teaching award for young teachers, Tsinghua University (ten persons per year)
2014 Excellent Guide Teacher Award for Student Research Training (SRT), Tsinghua University
2012 Second prize of the Fifth Young teachers teaching competition, Tsinghua University
2009 Science and Technology Award of Yunnan Province——Natural science award, Second prize

Representative Publications:
[1]Yan H, Zhao LY, Shang WT, Liu ZQ, Xie WS, Cai Q, Xiong ZY, Zhang RR, Li BH, Sun XD*, Kang FY*, Controlled in situ Synthesis of High-Performing Magneto-Conjugated Polymer Core-Shell Nanoparticles Free of Extra Surfactant and Oxidant, Nano Research, 2017, 10(2): 704–717.
[2]Hao YAN, Yang CHEN, Xiao-Dan SUN*, Ling-Yun ZHAO*, Chao-Xing ZHANG, Lu BIAN, Yu-Hang YANG, Yun-Zhi LIU, Jie YUAN, Yi YAO, Qiong WU, Controlled synthesis of Fe3O4 single crystalline spheres in one solvothermal system and their application in MRI, Journal of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology, 2017, 17: 1983-1991.
[3]Jie Yuan,  Jialu Liu, Qi Song, Dan Wang, Wensheng Xie, Hao Yan, Junfeng Zhou, Yan Wei, Lingyun Zhao*, Xiaodan Sun*, One-pot in situ Synthesis of Drug-loaded PLGA/PPy Nanocomposites as Multifunctional Platform for Photoinduced Mild Hyperthermia and Enhanced Chemotherapy, ACS Applied Materials & Interfacial, 2016, 8: 24445？24454
[4]Junfeng ZHOU, Yiguo WANG, Liang CHENG, Zhao WU, Xiaodan SUN*, Jiang PENG*, Electrospun polylactic acid (PLA) / polypyrrole (PPy) nanofibrous scaffolds for nerve tissue engineering, Neural Regeneration Research, 2016, 11(10): 1644-1652.
[5]Junfeng Zhou, Liang Cheng, Xiaodan Sun*, Xiumei Wang*, Shouhong Jin, Junxiang Li, Qiong Wu, Neurogenic differentiation of human umbilical cord mesenchymal stem cells on aligned electrospun polypyrrole/polylactide composite nanofibers with electrical stimulation, Frontiers of Materials Science, 2016, 10(3): 260-269.
[6]Xiaodan Sun*, Zhongqun Liu, Hao Yan, Preparation of graphene quantum dots and their biological application. Journal of Inorganic Materials, 2016, 31 (4): 337-344.
[7]Ning Ma, Yiqun Deng, Wenting Liu, Shiji Li, Jie Xu, Yanan Qu, Ke Gan, Xiaodan Sun*, Jinlong Yang *. A one-step synthesis of hollow periodic mesoporous organosilica spheres with radially oriented mesochannels, Chemical Communications, 2016, 52: 3544-3547
[8]Xiaodan Sun*, Hao Yan, Cheng Shan, Sisheng Ding, Cheng Li, Jian Dong, Xi Cheng, Weiping Qian, Biomimetic Double-Layered Scaffolds Composed of Jellyfish Collagen and Chitosan for Cartilage Tissue Engineering, Journal of Biomaterials and Tissue Engineering, 2014, 4: 1080-1086
[9]Sun XD, Zhao WL, Zhang XD. Development of Biomaterials Science and Engineering. JOURNAL OF BIOMATERIALS AND TISSUE ENGINEERING, 2014, 4(12): 1113-1114.
[10]Xiaodan Sun, Lily Jeng, Catherine Bolliet, Bjorn R Olsen, Myron Spector*, Non-viral endostatin plasmid transfection of mesenchymal stem cells via collagen scaffolds, Biomaterials, 2009, 30(6): 1222-1231
[11]Xiaodan Sun*, Yingli Zhou, Yongjuan Ren, Fuzhai Cui, Hengde Li, Effect of pH on the fibroin regulated mineralization of calcium phosphate, Current Applied Physics, 2007, 7(Supplement 1): e75-e79
[12]Jinglin Zhan, Xiaodan Sun*, Fuzhai Cui, Xiangdong Kong. Preparation of 3-D Porous Fibroin Scaffolds by Freeze Drying with Treatment of Methanol Solutions, Chinese Science Bulletin, 2007, 52(13): 1791-1795
[13]Xiaodan Sun, In-Seop Lee*, Gene Technology in Tissue Engineering, American Journal of Biochemistry and Biotechnology, 2006, 2 (2): 66-72
[14]Xiaodan Sun*, Xiangdong Kong, Yude Wang, Chunlai Ma, Fuzhai Cui, Hengde Li, Formation of Manganite Fibers under the Directing of Cationic Surfactant, Materials Science and Engineering C-Biomimetic and Supramolecular Systems, 2006, 26: 653–656