Xiuying Yao is a faculty member at China University of Petroleum (Beijing) specializing in chemical engineering, with expertise in flow batteries, slurry batteries, battery modification, and multiphase flow and simulation. She has extensive professional experience as a principal investigator and core technical member on major national and regional research programs, contributing leadership to projects spanning energy storage systems and complex gas–solid and gas–liquid flow technologies. Her research focuses on multiphase flow behavior, electrochemical energy systems, and catalytic and hydrodynamic enhancement, with over 30 peer-reviewed publications in leading journals such as Fuel, Materials Today Chemistry, Particuology, and AIChE Journal, alongside multiple authorized invention patents. Her work has received multiple science and technology and technological invention awards from national professional societies, and she is an active member of the academic community with international research experience and recognized scholarly contributions, with a research impact reflected by 158 citations across 126 documents, 33 publications, and an h-index of 6.