Personal Profile

Ou Xueling, female, is a professor at the Department of Forensic Medicine, Zhongshan School of Medicine, Sun Yat-sen University. She received her Bachelor's degree in Forensic Medicine from Sun Yat-sen University in 2002 and her Ph.D. in Forensic Medicine (through a combined master's and doctoral program) from the same university in 2007. In July 2010, she completed her postdoctoral research and has been working at Sun Yat-sen University ever since, focusing on teaching, research, and forensic identification in forensic medicine. She was appointed as an associate professor at Sun Yat-sen University starting from January 2013 and promoted to full professor in April 2022. Her long-term research interests include forensic genetics, forensic genomics, and prenatal genetics.

Academic Achievements

Her research focuses on the development and application of new technologies in forensic evidence. As the principal investigator, she has led multiple projects funded by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (both general and youth funds), the Guangdong Provincial Natural Science Foundation (free application and postdoctoral start-up funds), the Guangzhou Science and Technology Plan, and the Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities' Young Talent Cultivation Projects. To date, she has published 22 SCI papers as the first author or corresponding author in prestigious journals such as Forensic Science International: Genetics, International Journal of Legal Medicine, and Electrophoresis. She has also contributed to three textbooks and applied for two invention patents, with one already granted.

Textbooks and Monographs

National Thirteenth Five-Year Plan English Textbook: Forensic Medicine, published by People's Medical Publishing House.
Forensic Medicine Teaching Guidance Committee Planned Textbook: Advanced Forensic Medicine.
*Frontiers of DNA Identification, published by Science Press.

Research Projects

Representative Academic Publications

1. Bai Z^#, Zhang N^#, Liu J, Ding H, Zhang Y, Wang T, Gao J*, Ou X*. Identification of missing persons through kinship analysis by microhaplotype sequencing of single-source DNA and two-person DNA mixtures. Forensic Sci Int Genet. 2022, 58, 102689.
2. Ou X*, Bai Z. A case of heteropaternal superfecundation identified by microhap sequencing of maternal plasma cell-free DNA A case of HS identified by microhap sequencing. Forensic Sci Int Genet. 2021, 51, 102458.
3. Bai Z^#, Zhao H^#, Lin S, Huang L, He Z, Wang H*, Ou X*, Evaluation of a Microhaplotype-Based Noninvasive Prenatal Test in Twin Gestations: Determination of Paternity, Zygosity, and Fetal Fraction，Genes, 2021, 12, 1, 1-11.
4. Ou X*, Qu N. Noninvasive prenatal paternity testing by target sequencing microhaps. Forensic Sci Int Genet. 2020, 48, 102338.
5. Qu N^#, Lin S^#, Gao Y^#, Liang H, Zhao H*, Ou X*. A microhap panel for kinship analysis through massively parallel sequencing technology. Electrophoresis. 2020, 41:246-253.
6. Xie Y^#, Qu N^#, Lin S^#, Jiang H, Zhang Y, Zhang X, Liang H, Chen F*, Ou X*. Noninvasive prenatal paternity testing by maternal plasma DNA sequencing in twin pregnancies. Electrophoresis. 2020, 41, 1095-1102. 
7. Qu N, Zhang XC, Liang H, Ou XL*Analysis of genetic polymorphisms and mutations at 23 autosomal STR loci in Guangdong Han population. Forensic Sci Int Genet. 2019, 38: e16-17.
8. Qu N^#, Xie YF^#, Li HY^#, Liang H, Lin SB, Yang DG, Gao J, Shi YW*, Ou XL*. Non-invasive prenatal paternity testing using targeted massively parallel sequencing. Transfusion. 2018, 58:1792–1799.
9. Yang DG^#, Liang H^#, Lin SB, Li Q, Ma XY, Gao J, Sun HY, Chen QQ, Wu JZ, Ou XL*. An SNP panel for the analysis of paternally inherited alleles in maternal plasma using Ion Torrent PGM. Int J Legal Med. 2018, 132(2):343-352.
10. Yang DG^#, Liang H^#, Gao Y, Lin SB, He ZM, Gao J, Sun HY, Li Q, Ma XY, Ou XL*. Noninvasive fetal genotyping of paternally inherited alleles using targeted massively parallel sequencing in parentage testing cases. Transfusion. 2017, 57(6):1505-1514.
11. Ou XL^#, Wang H^#, Qu DY, Chen YZ, Gao J*, Sun HY*. Epigenome-wide DNA methylation assay reveals placental epigenetic markers for noninvasive fetal SNP genotyping in maternal plasma. Transfusion. 2014, 54:2523-2533.

Representative Research Projects

National Natural Science Foundation of China (General Program) (Grant No. 82072119, January 1, 2021 to December 31, 2024)
National Natural Science Foundation of China (General Program) (Grant No. 81471825, January 1, 2015 to December 31, 2018)
National Natural Science Foundation of China (Youth Program) (Grant No. 81001352, January 1, 2011 to December 31, 2013)
Guangdong Provincial Natural Science Foundation (General Program) (Grant No. 2021A1515010585, January 1, 2021 to December 31, 2023)
Guangdong Provincial Natural Science Foundation (General Program) (Grant No. 2020A1515010774, October 1, 2019 to September 30, 2022)
Guangzhou Science and Technology Plan (General Project) (Grant No. 201804010247, April 1, 2018 to March 31, 2021)
Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities (Young Faculty Development Program) (Grant No. 12ykpy04, January 1, 2013 to December 31, 2015)

Academic Affiliations

Expert in Forensic Evidence Group, Guangdong Judicial Expertise Database
Certification Reviewer for Inspection and Testing Institutions, Guangdong Province
Committee Member of the Forensic Medicine Branch, Guangdong Precision Medicine Application Society
Deputy Leader of the Forensic Genetics Group, Guangdong Medical Association