Qinmei Xu Ph.D

Professor of psychology, College of Education, Zhejiang University, China

Professional Education

September 1997 - July 2000 Ph.D. in Developmental and Educational Psychology, Department of Psychology, East China Normal University.
March 1997 - October 1999
Participant in the inaugural Sino-German Advanced Psychotherapist Training Program at the German-Chinese Academy for Psychotherapy, specializing in Systemic Family Therapy; received a certificate upon completion.
September 1989 - July 1992
Master's degree in Educational Psychology, Department of Psychology, Hangzhou University.
September 1987 - January 1988
Advanced studies in Cognitive Psychology and Educational Psychology, Department of Psychology, Beijing Normal University.
September 1983 - July 1987
Bachelor's degree in Science, Department of Psychology, Hangzhou University, Master's degree in Educational Psychology, Department of Psychology, Hangzhou University.

Academic & Administrative Appointments

November 2019 - Present
Director, Zhejiang University-Jiaxing Joint Research Center for Mental Health
September 2016 - Present
Professor, College of Education, Zhejiang University; Director of the Center for Learning and Cognitive Science; Founder and Head of the Learning and Cognitive Science Laboratory
September 2000 - Present
Faculty member, Department of Psychology and Behavioral Sciences, Zhejiang University; Master's supervisor in Developmental and Educational Psychology
June 2015 - May 2017Executive Director, Tianxing Education Research Center, Institute of Education, Tsinghua University
May 2015 - August 2018
Professor, College of Education, Zhejiang University; Founding Chair of the Department of Curriculum and Learning Sciences
September 2014 - May 2015
Professor, College of Education, Zhejiang University; Director of the Institute of Curriculum and Instruction
December 2009 - December 2011
Assistant to the District Mayor (flexible position), Nanxun District, Huzhou City, Zhejiang Province
February 2008 - February 2009
Visiting Scholar, Department of Experimental Psychology, University of Oxford, UK
December 2007 - August 2014
Professor, Department of Psychology and Behavioral Sciences, Zhejiang University; Deputy Director of the Institute of Cognition and Development
August 2001 - August 2002
Visiting Scholar, Department of Human Development and Psychology, Graduate School of Education, Harvard University, USA
September 1998 - December 2007
Associate Professor, Department of Psychology and Behavioral Sciences, Zhejiang University
September 1993 - August 1998
Lecturer, Department of Psychology, Hangzhou University
September 1987 - August 1993
Teaching Assistant, Department of Psychology, Hangzhou University

Professional Services

Head (preparatory), Committee on Child Development and Social Policy, Chinese Association of Social Psychology. 

Member, Committee on Adolescent Mental Health, Chinese Association for Mental Health. 

Vice President, Zhejiang Society of Family Education. 

Vice President, Zhejiang Talent Development Association.
Vice President and Chair of the Committee on Social Education, Zhejiang Early Childhood Education Research Association. 

Chair, Developmental Psychology Committee, Zhejiang Psychological Society.

Vice President, Hangzhou Early Development Association.
Executive Member, Zhejiang Behavioral Science Society. 

Board Member and Chair of the Developmental Psychology Committee, Zhejiang Psychological Society. 

Adjunct Professor, Children's Hospital, School of Medicine, Zhejiang University. Member, Chinese Psychological Society. 

Member, International Society for the Study of Behavioral Development (ISSBD). 

Peer Reviewer for journals including Advances in Psychological Science, and Chinese Journal of Applied Psychology.