學歷及學術經歷：
1999至2006年就讀於華東理工大學，分別獲得學士、碩士學位（導師：陳國榮教授），2010年中科院上海有機化學研究所/華東理工大學聯合培養獲得博士學位（導師：陳耀峰研究員、鄒剛教授）。之後獲得德國洪堡獎學金（Alexander von Humboldt fellowship）資助，於2011年初赴德國明斯特大學有機化學研究所從事博士後研究工作（導師：Gerhard Erker教授）。2015年3月回國加入蘇州大學材料與化學化工學部有機化學系，任校特聘教授，博士生導師。入選中組部第七批“青年千人計畫”，2015年江蘇省特聘教授計畫。現主持蘇州大學人才引進啟動基金、國家自然科學基金青年項目、江蘇省自然科學基金青年項目。
研究領域：
金屬有機化學，過渡金屬有機化合物的合成，小分子活化，催化反應等
發表論文及專利：
1. X. Xu, G. Kehr, C. G. Daniliuc, G. Erker*, “Stoichiometric Reactions and Catalytic Hydrogenation with a Reactive Intramolecular Zr/Amine Frustrated Lewis Pair”, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2015, 137, DOI: 10.1021/jacs.5b01623.
2. X. Xu, G. Kehr, C. G. Daniliuc, G. Erker*, “Frustrated Lewis Pair Behavior of [CpZrOCRCHPPh]Cations”, Organometallics 2015, 34, DOI: 10.1021/om501312a.
3. X. Xu, G. Kehr, C. G. Daniliuc, G. Erker*, “Formation of Unsaturated Vicinal Zr/P Frustrated Lewis Pairs by t.he Unique 1,1-Carbozirconation Reactions”, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2014, 136, 12431-12443.
4. X. Xu, G. Kehr, C. G. Daniliuc, G. Erker*, “Reactions of (Diphenylphosphinomethyl) Zirconocene Chloride with B(CF): Competition Between P/B and P/ZrFrustrated Lewis Pair Reactions”, Organometallics 2013, 32, 7306-7311.
5. X. Xu, G. Kehr, C. G. Daniliuc, G. Erker*, “1,1-carbozirconation: Unusual Reaction of an Alkyne with a Methyl Zirconocene Cation and Subsequent Frustrated Lewis Pair Like Reactivity”, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 2013, 52, 13629-13632.
6. X. Xu, G. Kehr, C. G. Daniliuc, G. Erker*, “Reactions of a Cationic Geminal Zr/P Pair with Small Molecules”, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2013, 135, 6465-6476.
7. X. Xu, R. Fröhlich, C. G. Daniliuc, G. Kehr, G. Erker*, “Reactions of a methylzirconocene cation with phosphinoalkynes: an alternative pathway for generating CpZr(II) systems”, Chem. Commun., 2012, 48, 6109-6111.
8. X. Xu, Y. Chen*, G. Zou*, J. Sun, “Single, Double and Triple Deprotonation of a β-Diketimine Bearing Pendant Pyridine Group and the CorrespondingRare-Earth Metal Complexes”, Dalton Trans, 2010, 39, 3952-3958.
9. X. Xu, Y. Chen*, G. Zou*, Z. Ma, G. Li, “Magnesium, Zinc, and Calcium Complexes Based on Tridentate Nitrogen Ligands: Syntheses, Structures, and Reactivities to the Ring Opening Polymerization of rac-Lactide”, J. Organomet. Chem, 2010, 695, 1155-1162.
