Xiaoxi Wei, PhD

Co-founder and CEO of X-Therma Inc. 

Xiaoxi Wei, Ph.D, is a co-founder and CEO of X-Therma Inc, award-winning entrepreneur and chemistry professional in the area of supramolecular assembly and biomimetic nanoscience. Dr. Wei is the inventor of X-Therma’s core technology based on hyper-effective ice prevention materials. She is also the lead author of eight peer-reviewed research papers and has been awarded 6 patents. Dr. Wei has served as Healthcare Advisor – UC Regents Working Group on Innovation Transfer and Entrepreneurship, as Vice Chair of the Younger Chemists Committee of the American Chemical Society, and as Scientific Advisor to the Life Extension Foundation. She graduated with honors from Ningbo University in 2007, where she studied biotechnology. In 2014, she received her Ph.D. in medicinal chemistry from SUNY-Buffalo and has since served as Principal Investigator for $5.4M in government R&D grants leading X-Therma’s development.