Short Bio

Binyan Xu holds a Ph.D. in natural sciences from the University of Osnabrueck in Germany. She is currently a professor and doctoral supervisor. Formerly she served as a member of the Executive Committee of the International Committee on Mathematical Instruction; member of the Working Committee of Women Mathematicians of the Chinese Mathematical Society; co-Chairman of the Organizing Committee of the 14th International Congress on Mathematical Education (ICME14). She has been awarded the title of Outstanding Young Teacher in Shanghai Universities, the Outstanding Returned Youth Fund of the Ministry of Education, and the Humboldt Research Fellow in Germany. In 2006, she was selected for the Shanghai Pujiang Talent Plan and in 2007, she was selected for the "New Century Excellent Talent Support Plan" by the Ministry of Education in China.