Dr. X. Nancy Xu is an elected AAAS (American Association for the Advancement of Science) Fellow and Professor of Biomedical Engineering, Biomedical Sciences, Biochemistry, and Chemistry at Old Dominion University (ODU). During her tenure at ODU, Dr. Xu has built a state-of-the-art interdisciplinary research laboratory, and successfully developed a nationally and internationally recognized and well-funded interdisciplinary research program at the interface of chemistry, biology, engineering, and medicine. Dr. Xu has successfully directed NSF and NIH funded interdisciplinary research programs and she has demonstrated a track-record of accomplishments in successfully competing for highly prestigious federal research grants, including NSF NIRT, NSF BRAIN Initiative, NIH R01, and DoD MURI awards. Dr. Xu has pioneered the development of a set of powerful new nano photonics tools for biomedical applications, and she has made distinguished contributions to the fields of sensing, imaging, nanobiotechnology, and ultrasensitive bioanalysis. She is especially well recognized for her pioneering work in single nanoparticle optics, nano optical biosensors, single molecule detection, and single live cell imaging. Dr. Xu holds a world-wide patent on DNA Biosensors and has consistently published her work in high impact peer-reviewed journals such as Science, JACS, Nano Letter, ACS Nano, Nanoscale, Analytical Chemistry, Journal Physical Chemistry C, Journal Applied Physics, and J. Electrochemical Society. Dr. Xu has led and developed curriculum for interdisciplinary PhD program in Biomedical Sciences. She has developed several new graduate and undergraduate courses and she has taught 26 different courses on topics that include advanced techniques in clinical chemistry, advanced techniques in biochemistry, biosensing, single-cell imaging, biomedical sciences, biomedical engineering, nanobiotechnology and neurotechnology. She has edited a book for a campus-wide interdisciplinary course on New Frontiers in Nanobiotechnology and reviewed undergraduate textbooks. Dr. Xu has led and served as a track director/coordinator for a joint interdisciplinary PhD program in Biomedical Sciences between Old Dominion University and Eastern Virginia Medical School (EVMS) for 12 years. Dr. Xu has served as the member of advisory board of Frank Reidy Research Center for Bioelectric, and the group coordinator of the Virginia Neuroscience Initiative. Dr. Xu has served as an expert reviewer and panelist for 15 national and international funding agencies, 63 NIH grant review panels and 27 NSF grant review panels. These panels include high-profile expert review panels for evaluating interdisciplinary center grants and new initiatives that are important to the nation, such as NSF Centers for Science and Technology; NSF CAREER; NSF Biophotonics; NSF Biosensor; NIH Biosensor Cores; NIH Nanotechnologies Initiatives; NIH Interface of the Life and Physical Sciences; NIH Innovative Research in Cancer Nanotechnology; NIH Bio-engineering; NIH Biomedical Imaging, and NIH Oncological Sciences. Dr. Xu has served as the member of executive committee and alternative councilor of ACS Division of Analytical Chemistry for 6 years. Dr. Xu has received several prestigious national awards, including NASA Tech Briefs’ Nano50 Innovator Award and Nano50 Technology Award, NSF BRAIN Initiative EAGER Award, Finalist of NIH Follow That Cell Challenge, ACS Roland F. Hirsch Award, and AAAS Mentor Award. Dr. Xu was elected as an AAAS Fellow for her distinguished contributions to the fields of nanobiotechnology and ultrasensitive bioanalysis, including single nanoparticle optics, nano biosensors, single molecule detection and single living cell imaging. Dr. Xu has also received several university distinguished awards, including Distinguished Research Award and Faculty Research Achievement Award (the highest research honor bestowed to a faculty at Old Dominion University), and multiple student-nominated awards, including University Presidential Diversity Champion Award, Shining Star Recognitions, and Most Inspired Faculty Member Designation. Dr. Xu earned her B.S. degree from Xiamen University and her Ph.D. from the University of Mississippi. She was a postdoctoral fellow at the University of Texas at Austin and Ames Lab-Iowa State University. Her profile is at www.odu.edu/~xhxu.