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　　Xiaoying Xu obtained her bachelor’s degree from University of Science and Technology Beijing and completed her Ph.D degree in physics at Fudan University, China. She is a postdoctoral fellow in the Department of Physics and Astronomy at the Johns Hopkins University, after having worked in the Oak Ridge National Laboratory and Kyushu University since graduation. She works in experimental condensed matter physics, exploring novel physical phenomena in materials with reduced dimensions, with her expertise in thin film material synthesis and device fabrication. Her current research interest, developed while working at the Johns Hopkins University, focuses on intrinsic topological superconductors, with particular emphases on experimental detection of the spin-triplet pairing state and potential applications in the quantum information sciences.