1979年，汉族，九三学社湖南省第九届委员会妇工委委员，研究员。2010年毕业于湖南师范大学生命科学学院，获理学博士学位。同年入职于中国科学院亚热带农业生态研究所畜禽健康养殖研究中心印遇龙院士团队。2017年到美国加州大学戴维斯分校访学一年。2022年获“颐和青年”创新奖。近5年主持有国家自然科学基金面上项目、国家重点研发计划专题，湖南省自然科学基金杰出青年基金等项目。
近五年来以第一或通讯作者在《中国科学：生命科学》英文版、Animal Nutrition、American Journal of Physiology-Gastrointestinal and Liver Physiology等国内外重要期刊发表SCI论文26篇，其中JCR 1、2区期刊论文14篇、TOP期刊论文6篇，发表CSCD论文13篇；参编著作1部；授权国家专利5项，制定团体标准4项。主要研究方向为猪肠道健康与分子营养。
1、湖南省自然科学基金杰出青年基金项目（2018JJ1028）；
2、国家重点研发计划项目专题（2021YFD1300401; 2022YFD1300702）；
3、国家自然科学基金面上项目（31572420）；
4、国家自然科学基金青年基金（31301988）；
5、中国科学院亚热带农业生态研究所青年人才领域前沿项目（ISACX-LYQY-QN-1205）；
6、动物营养国家重点实验室开放课题（2004DA125184F1304）；
7、企业合作课题合计6项（内蒙古乳业技术研究院、四川合泰新光生物科技、建明科技有限公司等）；
1)Yuliang Wu, Xue Li, Hongnan Liu, Yanjun Du, Jian Zhou, Lijun Zou, Xia Xiong *, Ruilin Huang *, Zhiliang Tan, Yulong Yin. A water-soluble -glucan improve growth performance by altering gut microbiome and health in weaned pigs. Animal Nutrition, 2021; 7(4):1345-1351.
2)Xue Li, Xia Xiong*, Xin Wu, Gang Liu, Kai Zhou, Yulong Yin. Effects of stocking density on growth performance, blood parameters and immunity of growing pigs. Animal Nutrition, 2020,6:529-534.
3)Yirui Shao, Jian Zhou, Xia Xiong *, Lijun Zou, Xiangfeng Kong, Bie Tan, Yulong Yin. Differences in gut microbial and serum biochemical indices between sows with different productive capacities during perinatal period. Frontiers in Microbiology, 2020; 17; 10:3047.
4)Xia Xiong, Bie Tan, Minho Song, Peng Ji, Kwangwook Kim, Yulong Yin, Yanhong Liu *. Nutritional Intervention for the Intestinal Development and Health of Weaned Pigs. Frontiers in Veterinary Science, 2019; 6:46.
5)Lijun Zou, Xia Xiong *, Huansheng Yang, Kexing Wang, Jian Zhou, Dinghong Lv, Yulong Yin *. Identification of microRNA transcriptome reveals that miR-100 is involved in the renewal of porcine intestinal epithelial cells. Science China-Life Sciences, 2019; 62(6):816-828.
6)Lijun Zou, Xia Xiong *, Hongnan Liu, Jian Zhou, Yanhong Liu, YuLong Yin *. Effects of dietary lysozyme levels on growth performance, intestinal morphology, immunity response and microbiota community of growing pigs. Journal of the Science of Food and Agriculture, 2019; 99(4):1643-1650.
7)Dinghong Lv, Xia Xiong *, Huansheng Yang, Meiwei Wang, Yijie He, Yanhong Liu, Yulong Yin *. Effect of dietary soy oil, glucose and glutamine on the growth performance, amino acid profile, blood profile, immunity and antioxidant capacity in weaned piglets. Science China-Life Sciences, 2018, 61(10):1233-1242.
8)Huansheng Yang, Xia Xiong *, Qinqi Wen, Yulong Yin *. Effects of dietary supplementation with ethanolamine on intestine development and growth performance of weaned piglets. Journal of Animal Science, 2016.94:79–81.
9)Xia Xiong #, Huansheng Yang #, Bie Tan, Chenbo Yang, Miaomiao Wu, Gang Liu, Woo Kim Sung, Tiejun Li, Lili Li, Junjun Wang, Guoyao Wu, Yulong Yin *. Differential expression of proteins involved in energy production along the crypt-villus axis in early-weaning pig small intestine. American Journal of Physiology-Gastrointestinal and Liver Physiology, 2015; 309: G229-G237.
10)Xia Xiong #, Huansheng Yang #, Xiaochen Wang, Qin Hu, Chunxue Liu, Xin Wu, Dun Deng, Yongqin Hou, Charles Martin Nyachoti, Dingfu Xiao, Yulong Yin *. Effect of low dosage of chito-oligosaccharide supplementation intestinal morphology, immune response, antioxidant capacity, and barrier function in weaned piglets. Journal of Animal Science, 2015; 93:1089-1097.