Xinnan holds a bachelor's degree from Shanghai University, a master's degree from Zhejiang Sci-Tech University, and is pursuing a PhD in Molecular Medicine at Sun Yat-sen University. Her research focuses on the phenotype and functional plasticity of the tumour microenvironment. Xinnan has published a co-authored paper in Nature Communications, a co-first author review in BioEssays, and a first-author paper in Marine Drugs.