Dr. Dandan Xu obtained her degree in Astrophysics at Beijing University before a PhD in Astronomy and Astrophysics at the Jodrell Bank Centre for Astrophysics at The University of Manchester, UK (2006-2009). She was a postdoctoral researcher at NAOC in 2010, then received a joint position, under the Alexander Von Humboldt Fellowship, between Bonn University (2011-2013) and the Heidelberg Institute for Theoretical Studies (2014-2015), Germany. Since 2015, she’s been scientific staff at the Heidelberg Institute for Theoretical Studies, Germany.