Xie Yi has worked at Xiamen University, University of Science and Technology of China and Stone Brook University, after obtaining her doctorate degree in Chemistry.
She is a professor and doctoral supervisor at University of Science and Technology of China. From September 1997 to July 1998, she did postdoctoral work at Stony Brook University. In September 1992, she was accepted to University of Science and Technology of China, studying chemistry under Qian Yitai, and she earned her doctorate in May 1996. 
