Peng Xue received her BSc and PhD in physics at the University of Science and Technology of China. She is a professor at the Beijing Computational Science Research Center and previously served as a professor at Southeast University in China. Her research primarily focuses on quantum information science, quantum optics, and non-Hermitian physics. She also maintains a broad interest in related fields, including atomic, molecular, and optical physics; condensed-matter physics; and computational sciences. She has led several national research projects and is a recipient of the National Science Fund for Distinguished Young Scholars, of the Wang Daheng Optics Award, and of the Xie Xide Physics Prize. She is an elected fellow of Optica.