Tong Qiao obtained his Bachelor of Science degree from Southeast University in 1991, and his Master of Science and Ph.D. degree from Nanjing University in 2002 and 2005, respectively. He then joined the faculty of the Medical School of Nanjing University. He worked as a visiting scholar at the University of Erlangen-Nuremberg, Germany from March 2007 to October 2007, at the University of Bonn, Germany from September 2010 to November 2010, and at the University of Hamburg, Germany from July 2015 to August 2015. His current research interests include the mechanisms of iron metabolism in macrophages and the development of arteriosclerosis sclerosis, and clinical studies of Carotid artery stenosis and brain cognitive function. In the clinical practice, he is also a vascular surgeon at Nanjing Drum Tower Hospital, focusing on the treatment of arteriosclerotic diseases and aneurysms.