Xiuli is the China Projects Manager at Energy Innovation Policy & Technology. She holds a Ph.D. and an M.S. in transportation technology and policy from the University of California, Davis, an M.S in environmental sciences from Peking University, and a B.S. in environmental sciences from Nanjing University.

Before joining Energy Innovation Policy & Technology, Xiuli was a postdoctoral researcher at the Institute of Transportation Studies at the University of California.