Yuefang Zhou, PhD, studied psychology at the University of Dundee.  Between 2008 and 2017, she was researching healthcare communication in the School of Medicine, University of St Andrews.  Since 2016, she has been a visiting scholar in Cognitive Sciences at the University of Potsdam.  Since 2017, she has also been affiliated with the Charité Institute of Sexology and Sexual Medicine, Universitätsmedizin Berlin.  Her current research interest is in human-robot intimate relationships.