Nan completed her postgraduate studies in Electronic Engineering at Durham University in November 2025, graduating with a Postgraduate Diploma. Her final project, supervised by Roy, focused on electro-optical characterisation of inkjet-printed mesh-based transparent conductive films. Her research particularly examined variants of triangular mesh geometries, investigating how this mesh configuration affects the trade-off between electrical conductivity and optical transparency.

She completed her undergraduate studies in Mechanical and Electronic Engineering at Qiqihar University. During her undergraduate studies, Nan gained diverse engineering experience through multiple projects and internships. She participated in the University Student Innovation and Entrepreneurship Competition with a food delivery robot project during her sophomore year. In summer 2022, she interned as a laboratory assistant at the Civil Aviation University of China, conducting research on airborne circuit hardware design. She also completed an internship at a mechanical trading company in Tianjin, where she was responsible for testing and maintaining mechanical products. For her undergraduate thesis, she successfully designed and developed a handling robotic arm and its control circuit.