Dr Xu Xu

About

Dr Xu Xu is a Senior Lecturer in Complex Systems Modelling in the School of Computer Science and the INSIGNEO Institute for in silico Medicine, at the University of Sheffield (TUoS), UK. Her current research focuses on mathematical and computational modelling of the cardiovascular system and digital twins, for personalised healthcare.Xu obtained a BEng degree in Automation from Xidian University, China, and then an MSc in Control Systems Engineering (with Distinction) and a PhD in Nonlinear Systems and Cellular Maps, both at TUoS. She worked as a Postdoctoral Researcher at TUoS and the University of Southampton, on mathematical and computational modelling of complex systems and processes, followed by the positions of Lecturer, Senior Lecturer, Reader and Deputy Head of Department for the D

Selected publications

• Taylor DJ, Yones E, Newman T, Gosling R, Halliday I, Xu X, Saxton H, Czechowicz K, Narracott A, Biancardi AM , Hose R et al (2026) Coronary microvascular resistance as a predictor of the placebo-controlled response to percutaneous coronary intervention. JACC: Cardiovascular Interventions, 19(10), 1259-1270. View this article in WRRO
• Taylor DJ, Saxton H, Xu X, Yones E, Aubiniere-Robb L, Adikari T, Newman T, van ‘t Veer M, Keulards DCJ, Tonino P , Gosling R et al (2025) Invasive validation of novel 1D models for computation of coronary fractional flow reserve. Cardiovascular Research. View this article in WRRO
• Saxton H, Taylor DJ, Xu X, Narracott A, Czechowicz K, Newman T, Gosling R, Hose DR, Hellevik LR, Gunn JP , Morris PD et al (2025) Derivation and sensitivity analysis of a novel one-dimensional model of coronary blood flow accounting for vessel taper & boundary slip. American Journal of Physiology-Heart and Circulatory Physiology. View this article in WRRO
• Saxton H, Taylor DJ, Faulkner G, Halliday I, Newman T, Schenkel T, Morris PD, Clayton RH & Xu X (2025) The impact of experimental designs & system sloppiness on the personalisation process: A cardiovascular perspective. PLoS One, 20(6). View this article in WRRO
• Alwafi FAS, Xu X, Saatchi R & Alboul L (2025) Development and evaluation of a multi-robot path planning graph algorithm. Information, 16(6). View this article in WRRO
• van der Waerden R, Spendlove J, Entwistle J, Xu X, Narracott A, Gunn J & Halliday I (2025) Analysis of blood stasis for stent thrombosis using an advection-diffusion lattice Boltzmann scheme. Mathematics, 13(3). View this article in WRRO
• Tlałka K, Saxton H, Halliday I, Xu X, Narracott A, Taylor D & Malawski M (2024) Sensitivity analysis of closed-loop one-chamber and four-chamber models with baroreflex. PLOS Computational Biology, 20(12). View this article in WRRO
• Javed T, Oluwole-ojo O, Howarth M, Xu X, Rashvand M & Zhang H (2024) Application of advanced process control to a continuous flow ohmic heater: a case study with tomato basil sauce. Applied Sciences, 14(19). View this article in WRRO
• Saxton H, Xu X, Schenkel T, Clayton RH & Halliday I (2024) Convergence, sampling and total order estimator effects on parameter orthogonality in global sensitivity analysis. PLoS Computational Biology, 20(7). View this article in WRRO
• Oluwole-ojo O, Javed T, Howarth M, Xu X, O’Brien A & Zhang H (2024) Model validation and real-time process control of a continuous flow ohmic heater. Modelling, 5(3), 752-775. View this article in WRRO