个人简介：
1994年于湖南大学分析化学专业获博士学位，先后在湖南大学任助教、讲师、副教授、教授。
1998年-2002年多次在香港浸会大学进行访问研究。
2003 年到四川大学工作。
现为四川大学教授，博士生导师，曾主持参加过十余项国家和部省级项目以及教育部骨干教师基金。获得和申报国家专利十余项，完成了120 余篇研究论文。
教学及研究成果
化学与生物传感器方面：
1. Ting Zhou, Na Wang, Chenhuan Li, Hongyan Yuan, and Dan Xiao，Sulfide Sensor Based on Room-Temperature Phosphorescence of PbO/SiO2 Nanocomposite, Anal. Chem. 2010, 82, 1705–1711;
2. Chung Keung Lo, Man Chin Paau, Dan Xiao，and Martin M. F. Choi, Capillary Electrophoresis, Mass Spectrometry, and UV-Visible Absorption Studies on Electrolyte-Induced Fractionation of Gold Nanoclusters, Anal. Chem. 2008, 80, 2439-2446；
3. Xiaohong Shu, Ying Chen, Hongyan Yuan, Shangfeng Gao, and Dan Xiao, H2O2 Sensor Based on the Room-Temperature Phosphorescence of Nano TiO2/SiO2 Composite, Anal. Chem. 2007, 79, 3695-3702;
4. Dan Xiao, Martin M. F. Choi, Aspartame Optical Biosensor with Bienzyme-Immobilized Eggshell Membrane and Oxygen-Sensitive Optode Membrane, Anal. Chem. 2002, 74, 863-870;
5. Dan Xiao, Hong-Yan Yuan, Jun Li, and Ru-Qin Yu, Surface-Modified Cobalt-Based Sensor as a Phosphate-Sensitive Electrode, Anal. Chem. 1995,67, 288-291;
6. Yang Li, Xiaoyan Liu, Hongyan Yuan, Dan Xiao, Glucose biosensor based on the room-temperature phosphorescence of TiO2/SiO2 nanocomposite, Biosensors and Bioelectronics 24 (2009) 3706–3710；
7. Xiaofeng Yang, Zaide Zhou, Dan Xiao, Martin M.F. Choi, A fluorescent glucose biosensor based on immobilized glucose oxidase on bamboo inner shell membrane， Biosensors and Bioelectronics 21 (2006) 1613–1620;
8. Chung Keung Lo, Dan Xiao and Martin M. F. Choi, Homocysteine-protected gold-coated magnetic nanoparticles: synthesis and characterization, J. Mater. Chem., 2007, 17, 2418–2427;
9. Yunhua Liu, Jianfei Mao, Ping Jiang, Zemin Xu, HongyanYuan and Dan Xiao, Cu(OH)2 and CuO nanoribbon arrays have been facilely fabricated on copper foil by silver-mediated oxidation in the mixed aqueous solution of Na2O2 and AgNO3 at room temperature, CrystEngComm, 2009, 11, 2285–2287；
10. Jianfei Mao, Qian Shu, Yaqiong Wen, Hongyan Yuan, Dan Xiao, and Martin M. F. Choi, Facile Fabrication of Porous CuS Nanotubes Using Well-Aligned [Cu(tu)]Cl · 1/2H2O Nanowire Precursors as Self-Sacrificial Templates, Crystal Growth & Design, Vol. 9, No. 6, 2009；
色谱与毛细管电泳方面：
11. Shunping Xie, Man Chin Paau, Cheuk Fai Li, Dan Xiao, Martin M.F. Choi, Separation and preconcentration of persistent organic pollutants by cloud point extraction, Journal of Chromatography A, 1217 (2010) 2306–2317；
12. Pengzhi Li, Zemin Xu, Xiupei Yang, Weiwen Bi, Dan Xiao, Martin M.F. Choi, Single fiber-in-capillary annular column for gas chromatographic separation, Journal of Chromatography A, 1216 (2009) 3343–3348；
13. Shulin Zhao, Hongyan Yuan, Chao Xie, Dan Xiao, Determination of folic acid by capillary electrophoresis with chemiluminescence detection, Journal of Chromatography A, 1107 (2006) 290–293;
14. Shulin Zhao, Bing Wang, Hongyan Yuan, Dan Xiao, Determination of agmatine in biological samples by capillary electrophoresis with optical fiber light-emitting-diode-induced fluorescence detection, Journal of Chromatography A, 1123 (2006) 138–141;
15. Xiupei Yang, Feng Huo, Hongyan Yuan, Bo Zhang, Dan Xiao, Martin M. F. Choi, Sensitivity enhancement of fluorescence detection in CE by coupling and conducting excitation light with tapered optical fiber, Electrophoresis 2011, 32, 268–274；
16. Dan Xiao, Lei Yan, Hongyan Yuan, Shulin Zhao, Xiupei Yang, Martin M. F. Choi, CE with LED-based detection: An update, Electrophoresis 2009, 30, 189–202；
17. Chung Keung Lo, Man Chin Paau, Dan Xiao, Martin M. F. Choi, Application of capillary zone electrophoresis for separation of water-soluble gold monolayer-protected clusters, Electrophoresis 2008, 29, 2330–2339；
18. Dan Xiao, Shulin Zhao, Hongyan Yuan, Xiupei Yang, CE detector based on light-emitting diodes, Electrophoresis 2007, 28, 233–242;
19. Xiupei Yang, Hongyan Yuan, Chunlin Wang, Shulin Zhao, Dan Xiao, Martin M. F. Choi, In-column fiber-optic laser-induced fluorescence detection for CE, Electrophoresis 2007, 28, 3105–3114;
20. Shulin Zhao, Hongyan Yuan, Dan Xiao, Optical fiber light-emitting diode-induced fluorescence detection for capillary electrophoresis, Electrophoresis 2006, 27, 461–467。
研究工作化学与生物传感器、纳米材料与技术、色谱与毛细管电泳、分析仪器、化学教育。重点研究化学和生物传感器、新型功能纳米材料的开发以及快速分离分析方法。