Xiaoyi Lyu is an undergraduate student in Biological Sciences in the joint program between Shandong University and the Australian National University. She ranks among the top students in her cohort and plans to begin her Ph.D. studies in 2027.

Her undergraduate research focuses on the identification of novel microbial species and genomics. As sole first author, she has published a paper describing three novel Vibrio species in Systematic and Applied Microbiology.

Her research in the laboratory focuses on microfluidics-based spatial transcriptomics and the application of tissue clearing to disease research.