 Li’s research has resulted in 10 patents (three pending) and over 300 publications (articles, invited book chapters, feature and review papers), in high impact factor journals such as Nature Communications, the Journal of the American Chemical Society (JACS) and Angewandte Chemie International Edition.She was one of the “Highly Cited Researchers” by Thomson Reuters in both 2015 and 2016.Li completed her undergraduate studies in China, and received her master's degree from the State University of New York at Albany.