Dr. Younan Xia is the McKelvey Professor of Biomedical Engineering appointment in Biochemistry and Radiology at Washington University in St. Louis.

Dr. Xia received his Ph.D. degree in physical chemistry from Harvard University (with Prof. George M. Whitesides) in 1996, M.S. degree in inorganic chemistry from University of Pennsylvania (with Prof. Alan G. MacDiarmid) in 1993, and B.S. degree in chemical physics from the University of Science and Technology of China (USTC) in 1987.  He came to the United States in 1991.

Dr. Xia has received a number of prestigious awards that include the 2006 NIH Director's Pioneer Award (NDPA), Leo Hendrik Baekeland Award (2005), Camille Dreyfus Teacher Scholar (2002), David and Lucile Packard Fellow in Science and Engineering (2000), Alfred P. Sloan Research Fellow (2000), NSF Early Career Development Award (2000), ACS Victor K. LaMer Award (1999), and Camille and Henry Dreyfus New Faculty Award (1997).

Dr. Xia is an Associate Editor of Nano Letters and sits on the Advisory Board of Nano Today (2006-), Langmuir (2005-), Chemistry of Materials (2005-), International Journal of Nanoscience (2004-), International Journal of Nanotechnology (2004-), and Advanced Functional Materials (2001-).  He has also served as a Guest Editor of Advanced Materials five times and MRS Bulletin one time.  He is a member of ACS, MRS, APS, and AAAS.