2014/9~至今：12BET，12BET注册，生物传感中心，副研究员、研究员； 2012/07~2014/08：澳大利亚阿德莱德大学，化学工程学院，加入乔世璋教授课题组，博士后研究员；2007/09~2012/06：中国科学院理化技术研究所，物理化学专业，博士学位，导师：贺军辉研究；2003/09~2007/06：南开大学，化学学院材料化学专业，理学学士学位。

   12BET高水平拔尖人才引进计划，启动经费30万；国家自然科学基金-青年基金，29.82万; 中央高校基础科研业务费研究项目，10万；中央高校基础科研业务费研究项目，10万；横向经费，25.8万。

   1. 新南威尔士大学副董事长博后奖学金；2.中科院三好员工标兵、所长奖学金、三星奖学金；3. 8项已经授权的发明专利，3项在申请中。

每年招收2~3名硕士生，欢迎本科生来实习。

   目前，在Adv. Mater., Adv. Funct. Mater., Biomaterials, Small等化学、材料和生物类重要期刊发表SCI研究论文100多篇，其中第一和通讯作者文章64篇，影响因子大于10的有15篇，引用超过4000次，高被引论文5篇，H指数为35，研究成果被国际网络新闻ACS News Service Weekly PressPac, ChemistryView, MaterialViews等进行了广泛关注报道。
代表性论文论著
1. Y. Xing, M. Zhou, S. Tang, Y. Fu, X. Du*, T. Xu, L. Su, Y. Wen, X. Zhang*, T. Ma*, Core@Satellite Janus Nanomotors with pH‐Responsive Multi‐phoretic Propulsion, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2020, 59, 14368-14372.
2. M. Zhou, Y. Xing, X. Du*, T. Xu*, X. Zhang*, Cancer Cell Membrane Camouflaged Semi-Yolk@Spiky-Shell Nanomotor for Enhanced Cell Adhesion and Synergistic Therapy, Small 2020, https://doi.org/10.1002/smll.202003834
3. Y. Xing, S. Tang, X. Du,* T. Xu*, X. Zhang*, Near-infrared Light-Driven Yolk@Shell Carbon@Silica Nanomotors for Fuel-Free Triglyceride Degradation, Nano Research 2020, https://doi.org/10.1007/s12274-020-3092-2
4. X. Xuan, S. Tu, H. Yu, X. Du*, Y. Zhao, J. He, H. Dong*, X. Zhang*, H. Huang*, Size-dependent selectivity and activity of CO2 photoreduction over black nano-titanias grown on dendritic porous silica particles. Appl. Catal. B 2019, 255, 117768.
5. Y. Xing, Q. Pan, X. Du*, T. Xu*, Y. He, X. Zhang*, Dendritic Janus Nanomotors with Precisely Modulated Coating Rates and their Effects on Velocity. ACS Appl. Mater. Interface 2019, 11, 10426.
6. Yi Xing, Mengyun Zhou, Xin Du∗, Xiaoyu Li, Jianqiang Li, Tailin Xu*, Xueji Zhang*, Hollow mesoporous carbon@Pt Janus nanomotors with dual response of H2O2 and near-infrared light for active cargo delivery. Applied Materials Today 2019, 17, 85–91.
7. Y. Wang*, X. Du*, S. Shi, Z. Liu, H. Lv, Dendritic fibrous nano-particles (DFNPs): rising stars from mesoporous materials. J. Mater. Chem. A 2019, 7, 5111.
8. X. Du*, F. Kleitz*, X. Li, H. Huang, X. Zhang, S. Z. Qiao*, Disulfide-bridged organosilica frameworks: Designed synthesis, redox-triggered biodegradation, and nanobiomedical applications. Adv. Funct. Mater. 2018, 28, 1707325.
9. Y. Wang, Y. Wang, X. Li, J. Li, L. Su, X. Zhang, X. Du*, Dendritic silica particles with well-dispersed Ag nanoparticles for robust antireflective and antibacterial nanocoatings on polymeric glass. ACS Sustain. Chem. Eng. 2018, 6, 14071.
10. X. Du*, C. Zhao, M. Zhou, T. Y. Ma, H. Huang, M. Jaroniec, X. Zhang, S. Z. Qiao*, Hollow carbon nanospheres with tunable hierarchical pores for drug, gene and photothermal synergistic treatment. Small 2017, 13, 1602592.
11. X. Du*, C. Zhao, Y. Luan*, C. Zhang, M. Jaroniec, H. Huang, X. Zhang, S. Z. Qiao*, Dendritic porous yolk@ordered mesoporous shell structured heterogeneous nanocatalysts with enhanced stability. J. Mater. Chem. A 2017, 5, 21560.
12. B. Shi,* X. Du*, J.Chen, L. Fu, M. Morsch, A. Lee, Y. Liu, N. Cole, R. Chung, Multifunctional hybrid nanoparticles for traceable drug delivery and intracellular microenvironment controlled multistage drug release in neurons. Small 2017, 13, 1603966.
13. M. Zhou, X. Du*, W. Li, X. Li, H. Huang, Q. Liao, B. Shi, X. Zhang, M. Zhang*, One-pot synthesis of redox-triggered biodegradable hybrid nanocapsules with a disulfide-bridged silsesquioxane framework for promising drug delivery. J. Mater. Chem. B 2017, 5, 4455.
14. X. Du, X. Li, L. Xiong, X. Zhang*, F. Kleitz, S. Z. Qiao*, Mesoporous silica nanoparticles with organo-bridged silsesquioxane framework as innovative platforms for bioimaging and therapeutic agent delivery. Biomaterials 2016, 91, 90.
15. X. Du*, X. Li, H. Huang, J. He, X. Zhang, Dendrimer-like hybrid particles with tunable hierarchical pores. Nanoscale 2015, 6173.
16. X. Du, S. Z. Qiao*, Dendritic silica particles with center-radial pore channels: promising platforms for catalysis and biomedicine applications. Small 2015, 11, 392.
17. X. Du, B. Y. Shi, J. Liang, J. Bi. S. Dai, S. Z. Qiao*, Developing functionalized dendrimer-like silica nanoparticles with hierarchical pores as advanced delivery nanocarriers. Adv. Mater. 2013, 25, 5981.
18. X. Du, L. Xiong, Y. Tang, S. Dai, F. Kleitz, S. Z. Qiao*, Intracellular microenvironment-responsive dendrimer-like mesoporous nanohybrids for responsive, traceable, effective and safe intracellular gene delivery. Adv. Funct. Mater. 2014, 24, 7627.
19. X. Du, B. Shi, Y. Tang, S. Dai, S. Z. Qiao*, Label-free dendrimer-like silica nanohybrids for traceable and controlled gene delivery. Biomaterials 2014, 35, 5580.
20. X. Du, B. Y. Shi, L. Xiong, S. Dai, S. Z. Qiao*, ɣ-PGA coated mesoporous ailica nanoparticles with covalently attached prodrug for enhanced cellular uptake and intracellular GSH-responsive release. Adv. Healthcare. Mater. 2015, 4, 771.

   已培养硕士研究生多名，联合培养博士研究生3名，毕业员工均有高水平论文发表，多人获得国家奖学金、12BET优秀毕业论文和优秀毕业生等称号。