Li Xiang joined CEDAR as a postdoctoral scholar after a two-year postdoctoral experience at Pohang University of Science and Technology (South Korea), where she received her Ph.D. degree in February 2020. She focused on the synthesis of topological polymers, inorganic and polymeric nanoparticles, nanoparticle/polymer composites, and surface modification of nanoparticles. She designed and fabricated nanoscaled structures from multifunctional and structural polymers and nanoparticles and characterized the nanostructures by synchrotron X-ray scattering and reflectivity. She is excited to join CEDAR where she targets to apply her functional polymer and nanoparticle materials in the cancer early detection area.