Xiaoli Wu is a visiting professor of the School of Design and Creative Arts and a collaborative researcher scholar of Human Factors in Transport Safety at Loughborough University. She also serves as the director of the Human Factors & Ergonomics (HF&E) Joint Master’s Degree Programme between Nanjing University of Science and Technology (NJUST) and Loughborough University (LU).
In addition to her visiting professorship, Xiaoli is also currently a professor and PhD supervisor in Nanjing University of Science and Technology. She leads the Research Centre of Human Factors and Intelligent Interaction at NJUST.
Prof Xiaoli holds a PhD in Mechanical Engineering(Ergonomics) from Southeast University(2015). Her academic journey includes over three years as a research scholar at the Research School of Computer Science at the Australian National University (2017). She has also held esteemed positions as an academic visiting professor at the UCL Interaction Centre (2023), the School of Computer Science at the University of Birmingham (2023), and the School of Design and Art Creative at Loughborough University (2024).
Prof. Xiaoli is interested in exploring the correlation and mechanism among visual cognition, operators' tasks (coordination between natural persons, robots, or intelligent units), multi-modal physiological factors, and visualization design factors. Her research is active in areas such as nuclear power plant monitoring, aircraft cockpits, intelligent driving, and smart factories. She currently holds a number of grant projects with external organizations, including the National Natural Science Foundation.
- The National Nature Science Foundation of China (Grant No.52175469) The mechanism of information visualization in the coupling of temporal structure information flow and multi-modal physiological
- The National Social Science Foundation of China (Grant No. 20FGLB046) Human-machine System Interaction and Cognition
- Performance of intelligent Manufacturing
- The National Nature Science Foundation of China (Grant No.71601068) Error-cognition mechanism and the correlations with design factors of digital information interaction interface
- The National Key Laboratory of Nuclear Power Safety Monitoring Technology and Equipment (Grant No. P.B.10-02265) Strategic Program on Intelligent Nuclear Power-Design of the Monitoring Interface for the Main Control Room of a Nuclear Power Plant Facing Advanced Control Systems
- The National Key Laboratory of Nuclear Power Safety Monitoring Technology and Equipment (Grant No.K-A2021.419) The Attention Capturing Mechanism and Optimization Design of Information Presentation on Nuclear Power Monitoring System Interfaces
Prof. Xiaoli’s interests are active in academic organizations and industry associations, where she currently holds a number of positions with external organizations. She is:
- a member of Chartered Institute of Ergonomics & Human Factors in UK,
- an Executive Director of the Chinese Ergonomics Society,
- an Executive Director of the China Nuclear Society,
- an Expert Member of the China Technical Committee for Standardization on Human Ergonomics,
- an Human Factors Expert Member of the China Key Laboratory of Nuclear Power Safety Technology and Equipment,
- and a peer reviewer expert of the National Natural Science Foundation of China.