Pan received a bachelor's degree in electrical engineering and information science from the
University of Science and Technology of China in
Hefei in 2004, and completed her Ph.D. in electromagnetic field and microwave technology at the same university in 2009. She was a research fellow in the State Key Laboratory of Terahertz and Millimeter Waves at the
City University of Hong Kong, from 2009 until 2013. Meanwhile, she became an associate professor at the South China University of Technology in 2012 and was promoted to full professor in 2014. ==Recognition==