Dai Lijuan was born in 1982 in Leshan, Sichuan Leshan. She received a bachelor's degree in History from Sichuan University in 2004, a master's degree in History from Sichuan University in 2007, and a doctorate in Philosophy from the Chinese University of Hong Kong in 2012. Since 2012, she has been a lecturer at the Sichuan University. Her research interests mainly encompass research of ancient Chinese utensils, regional cultural exchanges, and interaction among early ethnic groups and other topics.

Practice and experiment courses undertaken by Dai: Field Excavation Practice and Archaeological Investigation Practice